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+{"text":"Assemblers and Fabricators: Jobs, Career, Salary and Education Information\nAssemblers and Fabricators\nWhat They Do: Assemblers and fabricators assemble finished products and the parts that go into them.\nWork Environment: Most assemblers and fabricators work in manufacturing plants. Some of the work may involve long periods of standing or sitting. Most work full time, and they sometimes work evenings and weekends.\nHow to Become One: The education level and qualifications needed to enter these jobs varies with the industry and employer. Although a high school diploma is enough for most jobs, experience and additional training are needed for more advanced assembly work.\nSalary: The median annual wage for assemblers and fabricators is $37,170.\nJob Outlook: Overall employment of assemblers and fabricators is projected to decline 6 percent over the next ten years.\nRelated Careers: Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of assemblers and fabricators with similar occupations.\nFollowing is everything you need to know about a career as an assemblers and fabricator with lots of details. As a first step, take a look at some of the following jobs, which are real jobs with real employers. You will be able to see the very real job career requirements for employers who are actively hiring. The link will open in a new tab so that you can come back to this page to continue reading about the career:\nTop 3 Assembler and Fabricator Jobs\nMetal Door and Window Assembler\/Fabricator - Design Synthesis Inc - San Diego, CA\nArchitectural Millwork\/Woodworker\/ Fabricator . Should be proficient with assembly, glazing, and window\/door fabrication. Entry to journeyman full-time positions available. Company Description For over ...\nQualified Installer\/Assembler and Fabricator - Demo Studz, Inc. - Anaheim, CA\nWe are seeking a Qualified Installer\/ Assembler And Fabricator to become an integral part of our team! You will perform assembly line tasks as well as identify areas of improvement to increase ...\nTrailer Manufacturing -Fabricator\/Assembler\/Welder - Tarps & Tie-Downs Inc - Fresno, CA\nJob description - Fresno based Semi-Trailer manufacturer seeking fabricator \/ assembler \/welder. - Experience in Semi-Trailer or Van body manufacturing or repair helpful - 25% welding, 75% assembly\nSee all Assembler and Fabricator jobs\nWhat Assemblers and Fabricators Do[About this section] [To Top]\nAssemblers and fabricators assemble finished products and the parts that go into them. They use tools, machines, and their hands to make engines, computers, aircraft, ships, boats, toys, electronic devices, control panels, and more.\nDuties of Assemblers and Fabricators\nAssemblers and fabricators typically do the following:\nRead and understand schematics and blueprints\nPosition or align components and parts either manually or with hoists\nUse hand tools or machines to assemble parts\nConduct quality control checks\nClean and maintain work area, tools, and other equipment\nAssemblers and fabricators have an important role in the manufacturing process. They assemble both finished products and the pieces that go into them. The products encompass a full range of manufactured goods, including aircraft, toys, household appliances, automobiles, computers, and electronic devices.\nChanges in technology have transformed the manufacturing and assembly process. Modern manufacturing systems use robots, computers, programmable motion-control devices, and various sensing technologies. These technological changes affect the way in which goods are made and the jobs of those who make them. Advanced assemblers must be able to work with these new technologies and use them to manufacture goods.\nThe job of an assembler or fabricator requires a range of knowledge and skills. Skilled assemblers putting together complex machines, for example, read detailed schematics that show how to assemble the machine. After determining how parts should connect, they use hand or power tools to trim, shim, cut, and make other adjustments to fit components together. Once the parts are properly aligned, they connect them with bolts and screws, or they weld or solder pieces together.\nQuality control is important throughout the assembly process, so assemblers look for faulty components and mistakes in the assembly process. They help fix problems before defective products are made.\nManufacturing techniques are moving away from traditional assembly line systems toward lean manufacturing systems, which use teams of workers to produce entire products or components. Lean manufacturing has changed the nature of the assemblers' duties.\nIt has become more common to involve assemblers and fabricators in product development. Designers and engineers consult manufacturing workers during the design stage to improve product reliability and manufacturing efficiency. Some experienced assemblers work with designers and engineers to build prototypes or test products.\nAlthough most assemblers and fabricators are classified as team assemblers, others specialize in producing one type of product or perform the same or similar tasks throughout the assembly process.\nThe following are examples of types of assemblers and fabricators:\nAircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as the wings, fuselage, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, and heating and ventilating systems.\nCoil winders, tapers, and finishers wind wire coils of electrical components used in a variety of electric and electronic products, including resistors, transformers, generators, and electric motors.\nElectrical and electronic equipment assemblers build products such as electric motors, computers, electronic control devices, and sensing equipment. Automated systems have been put in place because many electronic parts are too small or fragile for human assembly. Much of the work of electrical and electronic assemblers is done by hand during the small-scale production of electronic devices used in all types of aircraft, military systems, and medical equipment. Production by hand requires these workers to use devices such as soldering irons.\nElectromechanical equipment assemblers assemble and modify electromechanical devices such as household appliances, computer tomography scanners, or vending machines. The workers use a variety of tools, such as rulers, rivet guns, and soldering irons.\nEngine and machine assemblers construct, assemble, and rebuild engines, turbines, and machines used in automobiles, construction and mining equipment, and power generators.\nStructural metal fabricators and fitters cut, align, and fit together structural metal parts and may help weld or rivet the parts together.\nFiberglass laminators and fabricators laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, and other products.\nTeam assemblers work on an assembly line, but they rotate through different tasks, rather than specializing in a single task. The team may decide how the work is assigned and how different tasks are done. Some aspects of lean production, such as rotating tasks and seeking worker input on improving the assembly process, are common to all assembly and fabrication occupations.\nTiming device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators do precision assembling or adjusting of timing devices within very narrow tolerances.\nWork Environment for Assemblers and Fabricators[About this section] [To Top]\nAssemblers and fabricators hold about 1.8 million jobs. Employment in the detailed occupations that make up assemblers and fabricators is distributed as follows:\nMiscellaneous assemblers and fabricators 1,367,100\nElectrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers 279,500\nStructural metal fabricators and fitters 63,600\nEngine and other machine assemblers 47,300\nAircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers 34,300\nFiberglass laminators and fabricators 17,800\nCoil winders, tapers, and finishers 11,400\nTiming device assemblers and adjusters 600\nThe largest employers of assemblers and fabricators are as follows:\nTransportation equipment manufacturing 25%\nTemporary help services 12%\nMachinery manufacturing 10%\nComputer and electronic product manufacturing 9%\nFabricated metal product manufacturing 8%\nMost assemblers and fabricators work in manufacturing plants, and working conditions vary by plant and by industry. Many physically difficult tasks, such as tightening massive bolts or moving heavy parts into position, have been automated or made easier through the use of power tools. Assembly work, however, may still involve long periods of standing, sitting, or working on ladders, such as in the shipbuilding industry.\nInjuries and Illnesses for Assemblers and Fabricators\nSome assemblers may come into contact with potentially harmful chemicals or fumes, but ventilation systems normally minimize any harmful effects. Other assemblers may come into contact with oil and grease, and their work areas may be noisy. Fiberglass laminators and fabricators are exposed to fiberglass, which may irritate the skin. Therefore, fiberglass workers must wear gloves and long sleeves and must use respirators for safety.\nMiscellaneous assemblers and fabricators have one of the highest rates of injuries and illnesses of all occupations. (\"Miscellaneous\" titles represent occupations with a wide range of characteristics that do not fit into any of the other detailed occupations.).\nAssembler and Fabricator Work Schedules\nMost assemblers and fabricators are employed full time. Some assemblers and fabricators work in shifts, which may require evening, weekend, and night work.\nHow to Become an Assembler and Fabricator[About this section] [To Top]\nGet the education you need: Find schools for Assemblers and Fabricators near you!\nThe education level and qualifications needed to enter these jobs varies with the industry and employer. Although a high school diploma is enough for most jobs, experience and additional training are needed for more advanced assembly work.\nEducation for Assemblers and Fabricators\nMost employers require a high school diploma or equivalent for assembler and fabricator positions.\nAssembler and Fabricator Training\nWorkers usually receive several months of on-the-job training, sometimes including employer-sponsored technical instruction.\nSome employers may require specialized training or an associate's degree for the most skilled assembly and fabrication jobs. For example, jobs with electrical, electronic, and aircraft and motor vehicle products manufacturers typically require more formal education. Apprenticeship programs are also available.\nLicenses, Certifications, and Registrations for Assemblers and Fabricators\nThe Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) offers certificates and training programs in fabrication, coil processing, and other related topics. Although not required, becoming certified can demonstrate competence and professionalism. It also may help a candidate advance in the profession.\nIn addition, many employers that hire electrical and electronic assembly workers, especially those employers in the aerospace and defense industries, require certifications in soldering. The Association Connecting Electronics Industries, also known as IPC, offers a number of certification programs related to electronic assembly and soldering.\nImportant Qualities for Assemblers and Fabricators\nColor vision. Assemblers and fabricators who make electrical and electronic products must distinguish different colors, because the wires they often work with are color coded.\nDexterity. Assemblers and fabricators should have a steady hand and good hand-eye coordination, as they must grasp, manipulate, or assemble parts and components that are often very small.\nMath skills. Assemblers and fabricators must know basic math and be able to use computers, because the manufacturing process continues to advance technologically.\nMechanical skills. Modern production systems require assemblers and fabricators to use programmable motion-control devices, computers, and robots on the factory floor.\nPhysical stamina. Assemblers and fabricators must stand for long periods and perform repetitious work.\nPhysical strength. Assemblers and fabricators must be strong enough to lift heavy components or pieces of machinery. Some assemblers, such as those in the aerospace industry, must frequently bend or climb ladders when assembling parts.\nTechnical skills. Assemblers and fabricators must understand technical manuals, blueprints, and schematics for a wide range of products and machines in order to manufacture the final product properly.\nAssembler and Fabricator Salaries[About this section] [More salary\/earnings info] [To Top]\nThe median annual wage for assemblers and fabricators is $37,170. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $27,420, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $58,640.\nMedian annual wages for assemblers and fabricators are as follows:\nAircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers $49,480\nEngine and other machine assemblers $47,440\nStructural metal fabricators and fitters $45,480\nCoil winders, tapers, and finishers $38,360\nTiming device assemblers and adjusters $37,780\nFiberglass laminators and fabricators $37,650\nElectrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers $37,460\nMiscellaneous assemblers and fabricators $36,590\nThe median annual wages for assemblers and fabricators in the top industries in which they work are as follows:\nTransportation equipment manufacturing $44,980\nMachinery manufacturing $37,960\nFabricated metal product manufacturing $37,400\nComputer and electronic product manufacturing $37,230\nTemporary help services $29,820\nWages vary by industry, geographic region, skill, education level, and complexity of the machinery operated.\nMost assemblers and fabricators are employed full time and may need to work evenings and weekends.\nJob Outlook for Assemblers and Fabricators[About this section] [To Top]\nOverall employment of assemblers and fabricators is projected to decline 6 percent over the next ten years.\nDespite declining employment, about 192,100 openings for assemblers and fabricators are projected each year, on average, over the decade. All of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.\nSee all manufacturing jobs.\nEmployment of Assemblers and Fabricators\nProjected employment of assemblers and fabricators varies by occupation.\nIn general, employment of assemblers and fabricators is projected to decline or have limited growth because many manufacturing sectors are expected to become more efficient and able to produce more with fewer workers.\nIn most manufacturing industries, improved processes, tools, and, in some cases, automation will reduce job growth. Increasingly, new advances in robotics have enabled machinery to perform more complex and delicate tasks previously performed by workers. In addition, assemblers and fabricators are increasing efficiency by working alongside robots, also known as \"collaborative robotics,\" which may reduce the demand for some assemblers and fabricators.\nChanges in the cost of operations both in the United States and abroad may encourage some manufacturers to bring back production that was previously sent offshore. However, because new facilities in the United States likely will incorporate more automation technologies, they may require less labor overall and may require workers to have high-level skills.\nEmployment projections data for Assemblers and Fabricators, 2021-31\n1,821,600 1,706,700 -6 -114,900\nAircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers\n34,300 27,700 -19 -6,600\nCoil winders, tapers, and finishers\n11,400 9,300 -18 -2,000\nElectrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers\n279,500 285,500 2 6,000\nEngine and other machine assemblers\nStructural metal fabricators and fitters\n63,600 53,600 -16 -10,100\nFiberglass laminators and fabricators\nTiming device assemblers and adjusters\n600 500 -18 -100\nMiscellaneous assemblers and fabricators\n1,367,100 1,270,700 -7 -96,400\nCareers Related to Assemblers and Fabricators[About this section] [To Top]\nBoilermakers assemble, install, maintain, and repair boilers, closed vats, and other large vessels or containers that hold liquids and gases.\nIndustrial Machinery Mechanics and Maintenance Workers and Millwrights\nIndustrial machinery mechanics and machinery maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.\nIronworkers install structural and reinforcing iron and steel to form and support buildings, bridges, and roads.\nMetal and Plastic Machine Workers\nMetal and plastic machine workers set up and operate machines that cut, shape, and form metal and plastic materials or pieces.\nSheet metal workers fabricate or install products that are made from thin metal sheets, such as ducts used in heating and air conditioning systems.\nWelders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers\nWelders, cutters, solderers, and brazers use hand-held or remotely controlled equipment to join or cut metal parts. They also fill holes, indentations, or seams in metal products.\nMore Assembler and Fabricator Information[About this section] [To Top]\nFor more information about assemblers and fabricators, including certification, training, and professional development, visit\nFabricators & Manufacturers Association, International\nFor information about careers in manufacturing, visit\nNuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs\nFor information about certifications in electronics soldering, visit:\nIPC, Association Connecting Electronics Industries","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Character Education - the Long Road to Peace\nIt is a great honour to have this opportunity to speak at this distinguished venue. Although I have a very short time in which to speak, I would like to share with you about a project with which I was involved in Russia, China and several other countries.\nI moved to Moscow, then the capital of the collapsing Soviet Union, in 1990. It was a time of much social and economic turmoil, with people asking, \"What is next?\" From 1994 I also began working in the People's Republic of China. As you know, China is the most populous country in the world and is undergoing massive social, political and economic changes. Due to their \"one child policy,\" parents, educators and other concerned leaders in that society are facing a big question: How can we raise the younger generation to be selfless, when they grow up in homes as a single child? This is not a simple matter when such children are pressured to be Number 1 in everything they do.\nIn both Russia and China, and for different reasons, the governments were facing a crisis on the question of how to educate their youth. In the West we also face many challenges, as our nations experience spiritual crises and moral confusion. Many of you will recall how a few weeks ago in the UK there was a sudden explosion of looting and burning. Initially the authorities seemed paralysed and unable to know how to respond. After regaining their composure, the police launched a massive offensive against the looters \u2013 with courts handing out severe sentences to anyone found guilty of being involved. People began to question the wisdom of this approach \u2013 considering it an attack on the symptoms of the problem rather than the roots.\nBeginning in the early 1990s, my colleagues and I at the International Educational Foundation, founded by UPF's founder, Dr. Moon, began discussions with officials at the Ministry of Education in Moscow. As a result of joint programmes, we developed a special curriculum on character education called My World and I. We were careful to integrate issues that were familiar and relevant to the local population, working with linguists and experts on culture. In the former Soviet region we paid particular attention to the multi-religious and multi-ethnic nature of the newly independent countries. Our concern was to help young people develop an appreciation of the various faiths represented in these countries \u2013 so as to avoid divisions in societies such as we saw later in the former Yugoslavia. Our distinguished speaker Dr. Schwimmer earlier today mentioned the importance of helping young people appreciate the valuable role of religion. This is exactly how we felt \u2013 not to preach, but to appreciate the valuable role played by religious and spiritual values.\nVisiting China posed several challenges. In this country that was communist and officially atheist, we had to consider how to promote the concept of spiritual and moral values. Due to their Confucianist culture, however, the Chinese were very receptive to our approach. Over the ten years in which I worked in China, from 1994 to 2004, we held over 300 programmes for more than 250,000 participants on every level, from the national to the provincial to the local. I had the privilege of travelling to China over 60 times and could witness an overwhelmingly positive response from all levels of Chinese society. Unusually for China, the authorities were very accommodating in allowing us to present our ideas directly to students in all the major universities. We also co-published, together with various universities and other organisations, 43 books dealing with issues from drug abuse to the unique challenge of raising a single child.\nWhat were the ideas that we shared? Based on a concept known as the Unification Theory of Education, we approached the concept of education from a broader concept of education for life, which includes education provided by school systems, but also goes beyond that sphere. We see education as more than just the passing on of knowledge. Rather an important aspect of education lies in developing men and women of character who can use their knowledge and skills to serve their society in addition to earning an income.\nA fundamental concept in this approach sees education as a means to help people realize three fundamental \"life goals.\" These are, firstly, becoming a person of mature character; secondly, developing relationship skills needed to establish successful relationships and family; and, thirdly, the pursuit of excellence in the academic area of study with a view to serving society.\nThe first goal, therefore, is to become a person of integrity \u2013 one whose words and deeds match, who practices self-control and who becomes a man or woman who can express love in an unselfish way.\nLooking at the above diagram, the base refers to \"Cultivation of Heart.\" The most fundamental place for this education lies in the experience of the family. It is also a lifelong learning experience. In UPF you will often hear us referring to the family as \"the school of love.\" This is because it is there that one experiences all levels of love, from the child's experience through sibling, conjugal and on to parental love. As a person moves through life and experiences love in each level, he or she becomes a man or woman with a greater capacity to love and empathise. Strong and healthy families become the basis of a healthy society.\nThe second fundamental education one should receive is education in the area of norms and ethics. This deals with issues of how we relate to others in a way that allows for harmony and helps us to love more easily. In the Orient there is still a much greater sense of the importance of ethics in all relationships.\nThirdly, we feel it is important to encourage young people to strive for excellence in their chosen field of study. This is not just to succeed for their own sake, but also to become a person who can be an asset to society through contributing to the general welfare, based on their knowledge and skills. Academic and skills education should therefore always have a moral component. Just as a doctor pledges to uphold the Hippocratic Oath, and business education should always be accompanied by Business Ethics, students in all areas of study should be aware of the moral obligations associated with any career they choose.\nUnfortunately, this inverse pyramid represents the failed approach to education which lays all emphasis on education of knowledge and skills, with little or no attention to the education of values and ethics.\nTo illustrate this point, I would like to conclude with a letter that was written by a headmaster in an American school. This person was a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp and understood that a good external education is not necessarily sufficient to produce a good person.\nI'm a survivor of a concentration camp.\nMy eyes saw what no man should witness:\ngas chambers built by learned engineers,\ninfants killed by trained nurses,\nwomen and children shot by high school and college graduates.\nSo, I am suspicious of education.\nMy request is: Help your students become more human.\nYour efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns.\nReading, writing and arithmetic are very important only if they serve to make our children more human.\nMr. Jack (John) Corley, UPF Chairman UK\nJack Corley was born in Ireland in 1953. Throughout the 1990s, he worked for the International Educational Foundation (IEF), a non-profit organization active in the field of character education. Until 2006, he served as both Vice President of the International Educational Foundation and Regional Secretary General of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in Eurasia. He has worked extensively in the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation developing and coordinating programs on character education. More recently, he was Assistant Secretary General of UPF International and currently serves as the director of UPF-Ireland as well as Chairman of UPF-UK.\nAcademic and skills education should therefore always have a moral component. Just as a business education should always be accompanied by Business Ethics, students in all areas of study should be aware of the moral obligations associated with any career they choose.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"You are here: PacLII >> Databases >> Fiji Promulgations and Decrees >> Telecommunications Promulgation 2008\nDownload original PDF\nTelecommunications Promulgation 2008\nREPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS\nINTERIM GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS\n(PROMULGATION NO. 1 OF 2008)\nPART 1-PRELIMINARY\n1. Short title and commencement\n3. Objectives of the Promulgation\nPART 2-MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nDivision 1 \u2013 Responsibility of the Minister\n4. Functions of the Minister\nDivision 2 \u2013 Telecommunication Authority of Fiji\n5. Establishment of the Authority\n6. Board of the Authority\n7. Terms of appointment and allowances\n8. Vacation of office\n9. Meetings of the Board\n10. Disclosure of interest at meetings\n11. Chief Executive Officer of the Authority\n12. Appointment officers, employees, etc\n13. Application of the Penal Code\n14. Oath of office\nDivision 3 \u2013 Functions and Powers of the Authority\n15. Functions of Authority\n16. Alternative disputes resolution (ADR) schemes\n17. Powers of the Authority\n18: Power to make determinations\n19. Procedures for determinations\n20. Enforcement of determinations\n21. Consideration of the burden of regulation\n22. Procedural fairness\nDivision 4 \u2013 Finance of the Authority\n23. Funds of the Authority\n24. Charges and fees\n25. Power to borrow\n26. Annual report and accounts\n27. Corporate plan and quarterly reports\nDivision 5 \u2013 Other Matters\n28. Arrangements with other entities\n29. Publication of information\n30. Limits on disclosure of information\n31. Power to require information\nPART 3-REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nDivision 1 \u2013 Telecommunication Licensing\n33. Licence for telecommunications services\n34. Power to issue licences\n35. Duration and renewal of licences\n36. Modification of licence conditions\n37. Assignment of licences\n38. Public registers\nDivision 2 \u2013 Spectrum Licensing and Management\n39. Spectrum management\n40. Spectrum licence\n41. Power to issue spectrum licence\n42. Duration and vacation of spectrum licence\nDivision 3 \u2013 Telecommunication Numbering System\n43. National numbering\n44. Number protability\n45. National emergency numbers\n46. Industry working groups\nDivision 4 \u2013 Universal Service\n47. Universal Service Advisory Committee\n48. Universal service scheme\n49. Minister to declare universal service areas\n50. Universal service obligations\n51. Universal service benefits\n52. Universal service levies\n53. Universal Service Fund\nDivision 5 \u2013 Consumer Protection and Technical Matters\n54. Consumer protection\n55. Technical rules and standards\nPART 4 \u2013 ACCESS TO LAND AND FACILITIES\n56. Access to freehold land\n57. Requirements for a court order\n58. Access to State land and properties\n59. Rights of entry to land\n60. Access to native lands\nPART 5 \u2013 TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPEAL Tribunal\n61. Establishment and constitution of the Tribunal\n62. Jurisdiction of the Tribunal\n63. Vacancy and resignation\n64. Allowances\n65. Administration of the Tribunal\n66. Rules of procedures\n67. Evidence\n68. Privileges and immunities\n69. Non-attendance or refusal to co-operate\n70. Power to award costs\n71. Annual report of the Tribunal\nPART 6 \u2013 NATIONAL INTEREST MATTERS\n72. Authority's obligations\n73. Obligations of licensees\n74. Terms and conditions on which help is to be given\n75. Suspension of telecommunications service in an emergency\nPART 7 \u2013 MISCELLANEOUS\n76. Contraventions and breaches\n77. Power of the Authority to impose penalties\n78. Monitoring and enforcement\n79. Power to issue desist orders\n80. Application to the Government\n81. Safety of life at sea services\n82. Regulations and rules\n83. Review of the Promulgation\n84. Consequential amendments and transitional\nSchedule \u2013 Transitional and savings\nIN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Interim Government, and upon the exercise of my own deliberate judgement as President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands as to what is best and good for the people of Fiji, and by the executive authority of the State in accordance with section 85 of the Constitution and such other powers as may appertain, and with the advice of Cabinet, I, Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, make this\nTO ESTABLISH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF FIJI AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPEAL TRIBUNAL, AND THEIR FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND THE MANAGEMENT AND LICENSING OF RADIO SPECTRUM AND FOR RELATED MATTERS\nPART 1 - PRELIMINARY\nShort title and commencement\n1. - (1) This Promulgation must be cited as the Telecommunications Promulgation 2008.\n(2) This Promulgation comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister, by notice in the\nGazette.\n2. In this Promulgation, unless the context otherwise requires -\n''access to facilities\" means the making available of any elements or facilities of a telecommunications network or any telecommunications services to another party for the purpose of providing any kind of telecommunications services;\n\"annual gross revenue\" means the annual gross revenue of the previous year from providing any telecommunications services excluding VAT, levies for Universal Service Fund and ADC and any other Government imposed levies passed through charges or, in the case of an entity that as at the relevant date has been providing telecommunications services for less that a year, an estimate of the annual gross revenue as so calculated based on the gross revenue for the part of the year ending with the relevant date;\n\"Authority\" means the Telecommunications Authority of Fiji established by section 5;\n\"Board\" means the Board of the Authority;\n\"Commerce Commission\" means the Commerce Commission established under the Commerce Act;\n\"desist order\" means an order made under section 79;\n\"determination\" means a determination made pursuant to section 18;\n\"facility\" means any element or physical component of a telecommunications network (other than consumer equipment), whether fixed or non-fixed, such as wires, lines, poles, masts, ducts, sites, towers, satellite earth stations, infrastructure, buildings, housing structures, any apparatus using radio spectrum, submarine cables, software systems, number translation systems, virtual network services and other resources used in the provision of a telecommunications service;\n\"Fund\" means the Universal Service Fund established under section 53;\n\"licence\" means a licence issued under Division 1 of Part 3;\n\"licensee\" means the holder of a licence issued under this Promulgation;\n\"Ministry\" means the ministry responsible for the administration of this Promulgation;\n\"number portability\" means the ability of consumers to change service provider without having to change their telephone numbers;\n\"radio communication\" means any telecommunications by means of electromagnetic waves;\n\"service provider\" means any person or entity providing a telecommunications service;\n\"spectrum\" means the continuous range of electromagnetic wave frequencies;\n\"spectrum licence\" means an authorisation to use radio spectrum issued under Division 2 of Part 3;\n\"telecommunications\" means the conveyance of one or more of the following -\n(a) speech, music or other sounds;\n(b) visual images;\n(c) signals serving for the imparting of any matter otherwise than in the form of sounds or visual images;\n(d) signals serving for the actuation or control of machinery or apparatus,\nfrom one device to another, through the agency of electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, electrochemical or electro mechanical energy, or by means of fibre optic technology, or any other means or form of conveyance that may be developed in the future;\n\"telecommunications apparatus\" means apparatus used in transmitting or receiving telecommunications that is conveyed by means of a telecommunications network;\n\"telecommunications network\" means transmission systems, switching or routing equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of telecommunications;\n\"telecommunications policy\" means any existing telecommunications policy approved by the Cabinet and includes the universal service policy;\n\"telecommunications service\" means any service that enables or facilitates telecommunications;\n\"Tribunal\" means the Telecommunications Appeal Tribunal established by section 61;\n\"universal service\" means a universal service scheme devised under Division 4 of Part 3;\n\"universal service area\" means a universal service area declared under section 49;\n\"universal service benefit\" means a universal service benefit devised under section 51; and\n\"universal service obligation\" means an obligation undertaken by or imposed on a licensee to provide services under section 50.\nObjectives of the Promulgation\n3. The objectives of this Promulgation are to provide a regulatory framework for telecommunications that promotes the long term interests of end users of telecommunications services, or of services provided by means of telecommunications services, and the efficiency and international competitiveness of the telecommunications industry in Fiji and, as consistently with that objective as is practicable -\n(a) to provide rapid expansion of reliable and as affordable as possible telecommunications services on an equitable basis, with particular improvement in rural areas;\n(b) to promote efficient investment and innovation in telecommunications networks and services;\n(c) to provide fair competition among service providers and allowing market forces to operate; and\n(d) to provide and promote appropriate consumer protection and other safeguards in relation to telecommunications services where market forces are insufficient.\nPART 2 - MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nDivision 1 - Responsibility of the Minister\nFunctions of the Minister\n4. - (1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the objectives in section 3, the Minister has the following functions-\n(a) to formulate, monitor and review the telecommunications policy, for approval by Cabinet;\n(b) to recommend to Government policies in the area of legislation, fiscal incentives, investment promotion, rural development, education, health and other areas affecting or affected by telecommunications;\n(c) to promote Fiji as a regional telecommunications hub; and\n(d) to ensure that Fiji is represented in regional and international organisations, agreements and obligations.\n(2) The Minister shall review telecommunications policies at least every 3 years and the review shall -\n(a) assess progress in achieving the objectives in section 3 since the previous telecommunications policy, including by comparison to other countries;\n(b) identify impediments to such progress;\n(c) recommend policies to address such impediments and improve such progress, having due regard to the need to preserve the value of investment and to minimize uncertainty in the investment environment; and\n(d) recommend legislation, if required, to implement such policies.\n(3) In preparing the telecommunications policy, the Minister shall consult with the Authority and the Commerce Commission, and shall hold consultations with users and licensees.\n(4) The Minister may not hold any direct or indirect financial interest in, or exercise any management control over, a licensee under this Promulgation, except for -\n(a) Government holding shares in a licensee under this Promulgation so long as the Minister is not responsible for exercising rights under such shares; and\n(b) indirect interests managed through investment and pension funds where the Minister cannot influence, purchase, sale or exercise of voting rights of such an interest.\nDivision 2 - Telecommunications Authority of Fiji\nEstablishment of the Authority\n5. This section establishes the Telecommunications Authority of Fiji, as a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and the Authority may -\n(a) sue and be sued;\n(b) enter into contracts and other legal obligations;\n(c) hold or dispose of properties; and\n(d) perform any such acts as bodies corporate may, by law perform.\nBoard of the Authority\n6. - (1) This section establishes the Board of the Authority consisting of the following members to be appointed by the Minister-\n(a) a Chairperson; and\n(b) four other members.\n(2) The Board is the governing body of the Authority and performs the functions and the exercise the powers of the Authority, including the management of the Authority.\n(3) The members of the Board are to be appointed in a prescribed open and transparent selection process and procedures.\n(4) The members shall be independent and impartial in the exercise of their functions, shall represent the public interest and not any particular interest, and shall, at all times, seek to promote the objectives set out in section 3.\n(5) The Minister shall cause the appointment of a member to be published in the Gazette.\n(6) Neither a member nor the Chief Executive Officer, officer, consultant, employee or agent of the Authority may have a direct or indirect equity or other financial interest in a licensee, except for indirect interests managed through investment and pension funds where the member, Chief Executive Officer, officer, consultant, employee or agent cannot influence the purchase, sale or exercise of voting rights of such an interest.\nTerms of appointment and allowances\n7. - (1) A member of the Board may be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years and may be re-appointed to serve a maximum of 2 terms, provided that the Minister shall identify 2 persons from among the original group of appointees whose initial term of office shall be 1 year only.\n(2) Members of the Board are entitled allowances fixed by the Higher Salaries Commission.\nVacation of office\n8. - (1) The office of any member becomes vacant if the member -\n(a) resigns by giving written notice to the Minister;\n(b) has been absent, without leave of the Authority, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Authority;\n(c) becomes or has been declared bankrupt, whether in Fiji or elsewhere;\n(d) has been convicted, in the Fiji Islands or elsewhere, of an offence involving dishonesty or an offence under this Promulgation;\n(e) has, in the Fiji Islands or elsewhere, been disqualified or suspended from practising a profession by reason of misconduct;\n(f) becomes permanently incapable of performing the duties of member; or\n(g) takes a direct or indirect equity or other financial interest in a licensee, or receives remuneration of any kind from a licensee or otherwise receives a benefit of any nature.\n(2) The Minister may, by written notice, advise a member that he or she intends to recommend removal or suspension of the member on the grounds of misconduct, conflict of interest, inefficiency, fraud or dishonesty, or incapacity of a kind that adversely affects the member's ability to perform the duties of a member or brings the Authority into disrepute.\n(3) A member who is notified under subsection (2) must, within 10 working days of receipt of notice, reply in writing to the Minister.\n(4) Upon receiving any reply from a member served with a notice or the member fails to reply to the notice within the time specified in the notice, the Minister may, after considering the reply and the allegation, remove or suspend a member.\nMeetings of the Board\n9. - (1) The Board must meet at least once a month, which the Chairperson shall convene.\n(2) Three members of the Board constitute the quorum of a meeting of the Board.\n(3) The Board shall keep its minutes in a proper form.\n(4) Decisions at meetings of the Board must be by a simple majority of the members present and voting, and if there is an equality of votes, the member presiding has a casting vote, as well as a deliberative vote.\n(5) The Board has the power to invite any person to attend a meeting of the Board for the purpose of advising it on any matter under discussion, but the person has no right to vote on the matter.\n(6) Subject to this Promulgation, the Board may regulate other procedures for its meetings.\nDisclosure of interest at meetings\n10. - (1) A member of the Board who has any direct or indirect interested in a matter under discussion by the Board must disclose to the Board the fact and nature of the interest.\n(2) A disclosure under subsection (1) must be recorded in the minutes.\n(3) After a disclosure under subsection (1) the member in question must not take part in or be present during any discussion and deliberation on the matter.\n(4) If a member fails to disclose an interest as required by subsection (1) and the Minister is satisfied that the member intentionally withhold the disclosure of such interest, the Minister may remove the member from the Board.\nChief Executive Officer of the Authority\n11. - (1) The Board has the power to appoint a Chief Executive Officer of the Authority on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine and approved by the Higher Salaries Commission.\n(2) The Chief Executive Officer of the Authority shall -\n(a) be responsible to the Board for the proper administration and management of the functions and affairs of the Authority in accordance with the policy laid down by the Board and this Promulgation; and\n(b) perform any other functions or duties the Board determines.\nAppointment of officers, employees, etc\n12. - (1) The Board has the power to appoint other officers, consultants, employees and agents of the Authority for the purposes of carrying out its functions and powers under this Promulgation.\n(2) The Board may delegate its power under subsection (1) to the Chief Executive Officer.\n(3) The Board must take measures to ensure that no conflict of interests exist between its employees, agents or consultants and licensees.\nApplication of the Penal Code\n13. Chapters 11 and 40 of the Penal Code (Cap. 17) apply to any member of the Board, the Tribunal or a committee or body established under this Promulgation, the Chief Executive Officer, any officer, employee, consultant or agent of the Authority and such person is deemed to be a public officer for the purposes of those Chapters.\n14. A member of Board and the Chief Executive Officer and officers of the Authority must take and sign an oath of Office before the Minister in the form approved by the Minister.\nDivision 3 - Functions and Powers of the Authority\nFunctions of Authority\n15. - (1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the objectives in section 3, the Authority has the following functions -\n(a) to implement the telecommunications policy in accordance with its powers under this Promulgation;\n(b) to assist through mediation the resolution of disputes between licensees or between licensees and consumers;\n(c) to manage State assets through allocating, assigning and supervising the use of radio spectrum and frequencies;\n(d) to manage State assets through allocating, assigning and supervising the use of numbering;\n(e) to promote investor confidence relating to telecommunications;\n(f) to protect consumer interests and promote consumer awareness relating to telecommunications;\n(g) to represent the Government in regional and international organisations and obligations, when the Minister has officially delegated such tasks to the Authority; and\n(h) to perform any other functions assigned to it by this Promulgation or any other written law.\n(2) In this section, \"State assets\" means any radio frequency spectrum or the national telephone numbering system and includes any other prescribed telecommunications assets which by international convention or practice would qualify as a State-owned asset.\nAlternative dispute resolution (ADR) schemes\n16. - (1) The Authority must establish one or more alternative dispute resolution (\"ADR\") schemes for disputes between licensees and between service providers and consumers.\n(2) In establishing ADR schemes, the Authority shall request and take into account proposals from licensees.\n(3) ADR schemes may be comprised of -\n(a) mediation, whether conducted by the Authority, persons appointed by the Authority or persons appointed by the parties or a third party;\n(b) adjudication of specific identified matters having limited scope by an expert appointed by the Authority or the patties or a third party; or\n(c) such other method as the Authority may determine.\n(4) The Authority must approve an ADR scheme proposed by licensees if it is -\n(a) fair, transparent and non-discriminatory;\n(b) administered by persons who are for practical purposes independent of the licensees to whom they apply;\n(c) designed to ensure that individuals to be employed under the scheme as mediators, adjudicators, arbitrators or such other roles as may be contemplated have qualifications and experience to carry out such powers and functions; and\n(d) designed to further the objectives of section 3.\n(5) The Authority may require those responsible for an approved ADR scheme to report to the Authority regarding its functioning, and the Authority must withdraw its approval if the ADR scheme ceases to meet any condition in subsection (4).\n(6) An ADR scheme established under this section may provide for binding decisions, including interim and conservatory measures.\n(7) Any ADR scheme established under this section or any ADR decision, shall not prejudice any rights under section 18 of this Promulgation or under Part 4 of the Commerce Act.\nPowers of the Authority\n17. For the purpose of carrying into effect the objectives in section 3, the Authority has the following powers-\n(a) to make determinations in accordance with this Promulgation;\n(b) to issue technical rules and standards;\n(c) to grant, suspend, vary or revoke licences with respect to telecommunications and spectrum licences for using radio spectrum;\n(d) for the purposes of enforcing compliance with this Promulgation, licences, and determinations, to direct a licensee to produce relevant information relating to the conduct of investigations, and to imposing conditions and penalties;\n(e) to monitor and enforce compliance with this Promulgation, licences, regulations and determinations, including by requiring information from licensees, conducting investigations, and imposing conditions and penalties;\n(f) to perform any other powers assigned to it by this Promulgation or any other written law.\nPower to make determinations\n18. - (1) The Authority may, upon written application by any person having an interest in the subject-matter of the determination, or upon its own motion if the Authority has reason to believe a determination is necessary, make determinations relating to -\n(a) any obligation of a licensee relating to the terms or conditions of a licence or a spectrum licence, including obligations in regulations, standards or technical rules; or\n(b) any activity set out in section 79(1),\nin accordance with subsection (3) or any other prescribed procedures.\n(2) The Authority must not make a determination in respect of a matter that is the subject of arbitration before the Commerce Commission.\n(3) In making any determination, the Authority must -\n(a) provide reasonable notice to any person who may be affected by the determination;\n(b) allow any affected person an opportunity to be heard; and\n(c) provide reasons in writing for its determination.\n(4) The Authority shall not consider applications for a determination that are vexatious or frivolous or where the applicant lacks standing.\nProcedures for determinations\nl9. - (1) Subject to section 18(4), if a person applies to the Authority for a determination, the Authority must -\n(a) acknowledge the application within 5 working days of receipt;\n(b) expeditiously request from the applicant or other parties such additional information as it reasonably requires to make a determination;\n(c) make a determination within one month after receiving all information required to make a determination; and\n(d) use all reasonable efforts to make a determination no later than 4 months after receiving the application.\n(2) The Authority must take into account the urgency of the application and may issue interim determinations if the application appears likely to prevail and irreparable harm would result if no interim determination were made.\nEnforcement of determinations\n20. - (1) A determination shall be legally binding on the parties to the determination.\n(2) A party to the determination may enforce it in accordance with the prescribed procedures.\nConsideration of the burden of regulation\n21. The Authority shall, when performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Promulgation take into account the effect on users and licensees and shall only increase the burden of regulation where the benefits reasonably anticipated to users outweigh the burden reasonably anticipated to be placed on licensees.\n22. In performing its functions and exercising it powers under this Promulgation, the Authority must observe the following -\n(a) act transparently and fairly;\n(b) consult in good faith any person who is or is likely to be affected by any action or decision including any Ministry, department, other government entity or any commercial, industrial, consumer and standards body;\n(c) give all such persons the opportunity to make submissions and be heard;\n(d) consider evidence adduced at any such hearing and to the matters contained in any such submissions;\n(e) give reasons in writing for any determination or decision and substantiate such determination or decision with reference to the objectives in section 3, its functions and powers, and the factors in section 21.\nDivision 4 - Finance of the Authority\nFunds of the Authority\n23. The funds of the Authority consist of moneys appropriated by Parliament to the Authority, and such funds are to be expended for the purposes of any functions or powers under this Promulgation.\n24. - (1) The Authority may determine the following charges or fees -\n(a) charges for services rendered by it in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Promulgation;\n(b) fees for any application required under this Promulgation or for the supply or making copies of documents;\n(c) annual charges for licence fees to be calculated based on a percentage of audited annual gross revenue calculated net of settlements with other licensees in Fiji provided that such variable fees must not exceed a prescribed percentage of annual gross revenue and must not be below a prescribed minimum levy based on the type of service to be provided by the licensee; and\n(d) other fees and charges for the administration of State assets such as numbering and radio spectrum.\n(2) Any charges and fees determined and levied under this section shall -\n(a) be assigned on a non-discriminatory and proportionate basis;\n(b) be published by the Authority in its website or other form as it thinks fit; and\n(c) be set to cover the Authority's and the Tribunal's budgeted costs of performing their functions and exercising their powers in the following year.\n(3) The Authority must levy and collect such charges and fees within 3 months of such determination and pay them to the Consolidated Fund.\n(4) Any such charges and fees are payable by licensees and if remain unpaid constitute a debt which may be recovered in court.\nPower to borrow\n25. - (1) The Authority must not borrow fund except for an overdraft facility for the purpose of working capital.\n(2) The Authority must first seek the approval of the Minister responsible for Finance before seeking an overdraft facility under subsection (1).\n26. - (1) The Authority must, in accordance with the prescribed procedures, cause to be prepared an annual report of its activities during the previous financial year containing the following-\n(a) an outline of its performance of its functions and exercise of its powers, including an assessment of its progress in achieving the objectives in section 3;\n(b) a review of licences issued, modified, suspended or revoked;\n(c) a review of matters referred to the Commerce Commission;\n(d) a review of frequency spectrum usage, including spectrum licences issued;\n(e) a review of numbers allocated and assigned;\n(f) a review of its activities and progress in respect of universal services;\n(g) a review of material determinations made under section 18;\n(h) a review of investigation and enforcement action taken;\n(i) a review of major agreements entered into with the Authority;\n(j) other relevant matters.\n(2) The Authority must forward a copy of its annual report to the Minister who must table it in both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.\n(3) The annual report of the Authority must incorporate its audited accounts and the annual report of the Tribunal.\n(4) Part 6 (Off-Budget State Entities) of the Financial Management Act 2004 applies to the Authority.\nCorporate plan and quarterly reports\n27. - (1) The Authority must prepare corporate plan covering a minimum period of one year setting out the following -\n(a) its budget, policy and strategy;\n(b) the plan for the following year's activities of the Authority in order to pursue its objectives in section 3 and functions under this Promulgation;\n(c) the budget and business strategies and policies to be followed by the Authority to achieve those objectives;\n(d) the steps the Authority is taking so as to operate in a cost effective manner; and\n(e) the level of charges and fees the Authority intends to levy on licensees, including confirmation that such charges and fees are reasonable as compared to the reasonable costs of the Authority and the Tribunal; and\n(f) in respect of universal service -\n(i) universal service goals;\n(ii) its implementation strategies;\n(iii) performance indicators against which to assess the effectiveness of the provision of universal service;\n(iv) the criteria for prioritizing competing applications for universal service funding where funding applications exceed the value of the Fund; and\n(v) a plan for using any available funding for universal service areas.\n(2) The Authority must provide quarterly reports, including any new assignment of radio spectrum for that period, relating to the implementation of its corporate plan to the Minister.\nDivision 5 - Other Matters\nArrangements with other entities\n28. - (1) The Authority may enter into arrangements with any Ministry, department or other government entity or any other person, body or agency, whether in Fiji or elsewhere, to assist the Authority in performing its functions.\n(2) The Authority and the Commerce Commission may enter into a binding memorandum of understanding or other arrangement setting out the division of responsibilities between the two bodies and specifying procedures for cooperating and for resolving any inconsistency in relation to their respective functions and powers under this Promulgation and any other written laws affecting telecommunications matters.\nPublication of information\n29. The Authority must maintain and regularly update a website for telecommunications on which shall be published and updated -\n(a) this Promulgation and its regulations or any other written law relevant to telecommunications;\n(b) the telecommunications policy;\n(c) its determinations, standards and technical rules;\n(d) any information about licences, frequency spectrum allocation and numbering;\n(e) its annual reports and corporate plan; and\n(f) any other information approved by the Authority.\nLimits on disclosure of information\n30. - (1) Subject to subsection (3), no confidential information maybe disclosed by the Authority without the written consent of the party who provided such information to the Authority.\n(2) For the purpose of this section, information is confidential information if the provider of the information has requested in writing to the Authority that information be kept confidential and where the Authority is satisfied that the request is reasonable.\n(3) The Authority shall determine the reasonableness of a request under subsection (2) taking into consideration:\n(a) the likelihood and seriousness of harm to the party making the request resulting from disclosure;\n(b) the fairness to another party or parties of not having access to the information; and\n(c) the effect on transparency of the Authority's decision-making.\n(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to disclosure of information -\n(a) to the Commerce Commission;\n(b) in respect of any investigation of any criminal offence;\n(c) for the purpose of any civil or criminal proceedings; or\n(d) in respect of information which is in the public domain.\nPower to require information\n31. - (1) The Authority may, by written notice, require a person or licensee to provide the Authority with any information and documents (including information relating to financial matters) as the Authority reasonably requires to perform its functions or exercise its powers as provided for in this Promulgation.\n(2) In exercising its powers under this section, the Authority must -\n(a) specify the reasons it requires the information and document specified in subsection (1);\n(b) specify the relevant section of this Promulgation on which the Authority relies to make such request;\n(c) specify the time, the manner and the form in which any such information is to be provided; and\n(d) ensure that requirements are reasonable and practicable.\n(3) A person or licensee who refuses or, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction -\n(b) for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding 12 months;\n(c) for other legal entity, to a fine not exceeding 5 percent of the gross annual revenue of that legal entity.\n(4) A person or licensee who -\n(a) intentionally, alters, suppresses or destroys any information or document which the person has been required by a notice under subsection (1) to produce; or\n(b) provide any estimate, return or other information or document required under any such notice, makes any statement which the person knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular,\ncommits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.\n(5) Without prejudice to subsection (3), if a person or licensee defaults in complying with a notice under subsection (1), a Judge may, on application by the Authority, make an order requiring the default to be made good, including order for costs or expenses of and incidental to the application.\n32. - (1) An existing or former member of the Board or employee of the Authority must not disclose any confidential information relating to the activities of the Authority or of any other person obtained by virtue of this Promulgation except-\n(a) in the performance the functions or powers under this Promulgation; or\n(b) if the disclosure is authorised under this Promulgation or any other written law.\n(2) In this section, \"employee\" includes the Chief Executive Officer, an officer, consultant, agent or any other person who is authorised to perform a function or power under this Promulgation.\n(3) A person who receives any information relating to the affairs of the Authority must not use the information to his or for any other person's financial benefit.\n(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.\nDivision l - Telecommunications Licensing\nLicence for telecommunications services\n33. - (1) No person may provide a telecommunications service except -\n(a) under the authority of a licence granted under this Part; or\n(b) any telecommunications service declared by virtue of subsection (2).\n(2) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare a telecommunications service that is not subject to a licence.\n(3) Subject to the other provisions of this Promulgation and any other written law, a licensee may own, lease or use any telecommunications network, including technology, facility, infrastructure for the purposes of providing the telecommunications service authorised under the licence.\n(4) No licence issued under this Part, other than a spectrum licence, including the terms and conditions of such licence, shall grant or purport to grant any exclusive right or benefit to a particular person or to confer a right that is discriminatory, and such licence or such terms and conditions are void.\nPower to issue licences\n34. - (1) The Authority has the power to issue licence for telecommunications services in accordance with the prescribed procedures authorising the licensee -\n(a) to provide one or more telecommunications services, as specified in the licence;\n(b) to provide telecommunications services using radio spectrum or where a specific reason requires the licensee to be subject to specific rights and obligations that are not applicable to other licensees of the licensed telecommunications service; or\n(c) to provide telecommunications services where the Authority considers it appropriate that the licensee have certain minimum qualifications or provide undertakings in the licence.\n(2) The Minister shall, pursuant to section 82, prescribe different types of licences that may issued under this Part.\nDuration and renewal of licences\n35. - (1) A licence maybe issued for a duration not exceeding 15 years.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority must, upon application by a licensee, renew a licence (the \"original licence\") on substantially similar conditions if the Authority is reasonably satisfied that -\n(a) the applicant has operated within the terms of its original licence; and\n(b) during the continuance in force of the original licence, the applicant has not engaged in any conduct amounting to a material breach or any regulations made under it.\n(3) The Authority may renew a licence on new conditions or deny an application to renew a licence under subsection (1) if it determines that the new conditions or denial are required to give effect to the objectives in section 3.\n(4) Section 19(1) applies to a determination under subsection (3) to deny an application to renew a licence as it applies to an application under section 18(1) for a determination.\nModification of licence conditions\n36. - (1) Subject to this section, the Authority may modify the conditions of a licence granted under this Promulgation if -\n(a) new or amended international treaties, commitments, recommendations, standards or the laws of Fiji require such modification; or\n(b) the modification is necessary for the purposes of the objectives in section 3.\n(2) Before making modifications under this section, the Authority must give notice to the licensee stating -\n(a) that it proposes to make the modifications;\n(b) the reasons why it proposes to make the modifications; and\n(c) the time (being not less than 30 days from the date of the notice) within which representations or objections to the proposed modification may be made.\n(3) A notice under subsection (2) must be given by publication in such manner as necessary to ensure it is received by those persons likely to be affected by them.\n(4) The Authority must consider any representations or objections made in response to its notice referred to in subsection (2).\n(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Authority must not make the modifications unless either -\n(a) no representations or objections are duly made by the person authorised by that licence to provide a telecommunications service; or\n(b) any representations or objection duly made by such persons are withdrawn.\n(6) If the conditions specified in subsection (5) are not met, the Authority may make modifications to a licence only after complying with the determination process contained under Division 3 of Part 2.\nAssignment of licences\n37. No licence nor any rights in a licence may be transferred, assigned, ceded, pledged or otherwise disposed of without the prior written approval of the Authority whose approval shall be on such terms and conditions as the Authority may reasonably determine.\n38. - (1) The Authority must keep a register of all applications for licences, all licences granted including any subsequent modifications or variations pursuant to this Promulgation, available to public inspection subject to confidentiality restrictions, and such a register may be kept in electronic form.\n(2) Any person may request a copy of the register from the Authority subject to payment of reasonable cost for providing such copy.\nDivision 2 - Spectrum Licensing and Management\n39. - (1) The Authority must oversee radio communications and spectrum management.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Authority must -\n(a) establish and maintain a national spectrum management system that is transparent, fair, non-discriminatory and economically efficient;\n(b) publish on its website national frequency allocation plans;\n(c) ensure that all plans, systems, licences and decisions relating to spectrum are in accordance with the standards and regulations of the International Telecommunications Union and other international and regional treaties, commitments, protocols and standards;\n(d) monitor and enforce compliance with spectrum licences;\n(e) take enforcement action promptly to ensure effective protection of licensed radio spectrum bands from interference;\n(f) adopt decisions that are technologically neutral and which allow for evolution to new technologies and services; and\n(g) rely on voluntary industry standards in lieu of regulations to the extent that such industry standards achieve the objectives in section 3 and the requirements of this section and provided such standards are non-discriminatory.\n(3) The Authority must establish and chair a liaison committee to address allocation and assignment of radio spectrum for use by the following departments and agencies -\n(a) military;\n(b) police;\n(c) security services;\n(d) coast guard;\n(e) ambulance and fire brigade services;\n(f) Broadcasting Licensing Authority; and\n(g) any other department or agency approved by the Authority.\n(4) The Authority shall allocate broadcasting spectrum in the national spectrum allocation plan coordinated with the technical standards for broadcasting.\nSpectrum licence\n40. - (1) No person may use any radio frequencies except -\n(a) under the authority of a spectrum licence;\n(b) any foreign vessel or aircraft or any transit service passing through Fiji's territorial waters, skies or territories or landing in its seaports or airports on condition that it holds the necessary international radio spectrum licences from its own country; or\n(c) any foreign embassy established in Fiji on condition of the same reciprocal treatment in that country and the acquisition of a renewable permit.\n(2) The Authority may exempt usage of frequencies from subsection (1) if -\n(a) particular equipment is unlikely to cause significant interference due to the level of power employed or where international recommendations and standards provide for unlicensed use; or\n(b) the risk of harm to other users is outweighed by the benefits to the population from permitting usage on an unlicensed basis.\n(3) The Authority shall assign the broadcasting spectrum in the national spectrum allocation plan to the Broadcast Licensing Authority established under the Broadcast Licensing Act 2006 for further licensing to broadcasters.\n(4) The Authority shall co-operate with the Broadcast Licensing Authority in preparing the Broadcasting Frequency Plan required under the Broadcast Licensing Act 2006.\n(5) A person who uses a radio frequency without a spectrum licence commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years.\nPower to issue spectrum licence\n41. - (1) The Authority has the power to issue spectrum licences and only in accordance with the prescribed procedures and requirements.\n(2) The procedures and conditions for licensing of radio spectrum to be used for the provision of telecommunications services must -\n(a) where the Authority considers the radio spectrum bands to be a scarce resource, use a tendering process; and\n(b) provide for a single application process covering both the radio spectrum under this Division and the telecommunications service under Division 3.\nDuration and vacation of spectrum licence\n42. - (1) A spectrum licence may be issued for such duration, not exceeding 15 years, to be specified in the licence which -\n(a) may be issued concurrently with the terms of the telecommunications service licence; or\n(b) shall take into account the need of the investor to earn a reasonable return on the investment over such duration period.\n(2) The Authority may -\n(a) vacate radio spectrum from licence holders which have been assigned radio spectrum but do not use it for provision of a service within a reasonable period of time where there is demonstrable demand from other carriers to use all or part of that spectrum efficiently; and\n(b) vacate radio spectrum bands from licence holders for the purpose of providing new telecommunications services according to recognised international rules in exchange for fair compensation and with notice of not less than one year.\nDivision 3 - Telecommunications Numbering System\nNational numbering\n43. - (1) The Authority must establish and publish a numbering plan for telecommunications services and may make rules pursuant to that plan regarding the assignment and use of numbers by carriers.\n(2) The Authority must assign numbers for telecommunications services to licensees on a non-discriminatory\n(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority must -\n(a) take account of relevant international standards;\n(b) ensure that sufficient numbers are available for the current and reasonably anticipated future needs of carriers;\n(c) have regard to the role that numbers can play in conveying useful information to consumers, including information about the type of service being used;\n(d) promote efficient use of numbers;\n(e) promote fair and open competition;\n(f) as far as possible and subject to paragraphs (a) to (e), avoid the imposition of costs on consumers as a result of changes in the numbering system; and\n(g) ensure that any plan takes into account number portability to the extent it is implemented under section 44.\n44. Subject to section 21, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, make regulations under section 82 requiring licensees to offer number portability if there is a reasonable likelihood of consumer demand for number portability.\nNational emergency numbers\n45. - (1) The Authority is responsible for the oversight of all national emergency numbers and emergency communications services.\n(2) A provider of voice telecommunications services must provide access to emergency numbers to their subscribers free of charge.\n(3) The Authority must ensure such services are maintained to the highest standards practicable and that all carriers allocate priority and sufficient quality of capacity on their networks to ensure the expedient transmission of emergency calls to appropriate services.\nIndustry working groups\n46. - (1) The Authority may establish one or more industry working groups to make proposals to the Authority on the following -\n(a) numbering referred to in section 43;\n(b) number portability referred to in section 44;\n(c) national emergency numbers referred to in section 45;\n(d) relations between licensees and consumers by virtue of section 54;\n(e) equipment type, approvals, technical standards and manufacturers declarations by virtue of section 55;\n(f) such other matter the Authority determines.\n(2) The Authority must ensure that any working groups established under subsection (1) -\n(a) are designed to further the objectives in section 3;\n(b) operate pursuant to fair, transparent and non-discriminatory procedures;\n(c) do not have the effect of providing an advantage to any licensee having a substantial degree of power in a relevant market; and\n(d) include any other bodies or institutions as appropriate, such as consumer groups.\n(3) The Authority shall take into account any proposal made by an industry working group established under subsection (1) when performing its functions and powers under this Promulgation.\nDivision 4 - Universal Service\nUniversal Service Advisory Committee\n47. - (1) This section establishes the Universal Service Advisory Committee consisting of the following members appointed by the Authority-\n(a) the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority;\n(b) the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry responsible for this Promulgation;\n(c) the Chief Executive Officer of the Commerce Commission;\n(d) the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry responsible for provincial development;\n(e) the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry responsible for national planning;\n(f) such number of members not exceeding 3, as determined by the Authority, to represent the licensees.\n(2) The Authority may invite any person to give expert advice before it but such person does not have voting rights.\n(3) The members of the Advisory Committee may elect a member as the chairperson.\n(4) The function of the Advisory Committee is to advise the Authority on matters relating to universal service scheme, goals and implementation strategies.\nUniversal service scheme\n48. - (1) The Authority shall, after consulting the Minister, shall devise an economically reasonable and technically feasible universal service scheme having the ultimate objective of enabling all people in Fiji, wherever they reside or carry on business, reasonable access on an equitable and affordable basis to services including -\n(a) basic dial tone telephone services using either fixed or mobile or any other technology;\n(b) public call offices and shared phones;\n(c) the Internet; and\n(d) such other services as the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, specify.\n(2) In setting the universal service goals and the implementation strategies, the Minister and the Authority must ensure that any burden on any provider of universal service, persons who are required to contribute to the universal service levy or consumers of specified services are to be fair and reasonable.\nMinister to declare universal service areas\n49. - (1) The Minister may, after consulting the licensees, the Minister responsible for provincial development and the members of the public in the subject area, declare any area, by order in the Gazette, that is eligible for the application of universal service obligations and benefits.\n(2) The areas declared under subsection (1) must meet the following criteria -\n(a) the level of current service is non-existent or considerably poorer than that in the more advanced areas of the country; or\n(b) the cost of providing services in the declared areas prevents the provision of the services identified pursuant to section 48 on a reasonable commercial basis.\nUniversal service obligations\n50. - (1) A licensee may become subject to a universal service obligation if -\n(a) the licensee assumes a universal service obligation pursuant to a tender for universal service funding under this section; or\n(b) the licensee has a substantial degree of power in a market for access to telecommunications services and the Authority determines that it shall bear a reasonable universal service obligation.\n(2) A licensee shall not be penalised for failing to meet a universal service obligation for reasons of natural or man-made disaster beyond the control of the licensee.\n(3) The Authority shall, in every 3 years, review existing universal service obligations and determine whether each obligation is required to maintain the universal service objectives, and the first such review shall be undertaken 3 years after the commencement of this Promulgation.\n(4) For the purposes of providing funding of universal service obligations from the Fund, the Authority shall call for tenders and the tender must include -\n(a) description of the universal service area to be served;\n(b) description of service required including time limits;\n(c) the maximum available funds for the project;\n(d) disbursement of funds;\n(e) information about licensing requirements for applicants requiring a licence under this Promulgation;\n(f) the universal service obligations to be undertaken; and\n(g) any other matters that may be prescribed.\nUniversal service benefits\n51. - (1) A licensee subject to a universal service obligation is entitled to one or more of the universal service benefits -\n(a) funding from the Fund;\n(b) charging of higher interconnection rates for terminating services in the eligible geographic area to reflect identified costs that are not otherwise recoverable;\n(c) adjustments to regulated retail prices applying within and outside the eligible universal service area to the extent this would permit the licensee to recover identified costs that are not otherwise recoverable; and\n(d) such other means, including market-based means, as may be determined by the Authority in consultation with the Commerce Commission and the industry.\n(2) The Authority shall propose the undertaking of one or more of the universal service benefits under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), in consultation with the Commerce Commission.\n(3) In this section, \"interconnection\" means a specific type of access to facilities involving the physical or logical linking of two networks for communication between consumers of one with the other or for transit of communications from the consumers of one network across the network of the other, irrespective of the type of signals or information conveyed.\nUniversal service levies\n52. - (1) Upon direction of the Minister, the Authority must levy charges for universal services up to a maximum prescribed percentage of licensees' gross revenues net of settlement charges to other licensees paying levies.\n(2) The Authority may grant exemptions to the levy in subsection (1) in respect of certain services where it reasonably considers that such exemptions are consistent with the universal service objective in section 48.\nUniversal Service Fund\n53. - (1) This section establishes a trust fund called the Universal Service Fund, into which the following moneys are to be paid into -\n(a) any money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes;\n(b) any grant, contribution or loans from any international organization or donors; and\n(c) all levies payable under in section 52.\n(2) The Fund is to be kept in and administered by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the Financial Management Act 2004.\n(3) Money from the Fund may only be spent on the installation of networks, provision of services and operating costs in the eligible universal service area, as eligible for universal service funding under this Part.\n(4) The Authority, in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, shall provide an audited annual report to the Minister setting out the collection and disbursement from the Fund.\n(5) The management and administration costs of the Fund are to be paid from the annual budget of the Authority.\nDivision 5 - Consumer Protection and Technical Matters\n54. - (1) Any service provider that supplies telecommunications services to consumers must comply with the following requirements and the prescribed requirements -\n(a) service providers must provide all of the terms and conditions applying to the provision of telecommunications services to consumers in a manner that is simple to understand;\n(b) no service provider must make a statement or representation that is, or in all the circumstances in which it is made may be construed as being false or misleading regarding the terms and conditions on which a telecommunications service is provided (including price, quality, features and conditions of any service or product);\n(c) service providers must charge consumers only for services and products ordered or used;\n(d) service providers must bill consumers periodically and in accordance with the prescribed requirements;\n(e) service providers must keep information about consumers confidential, including billing information and call information, except to the extent necessary to publish any public telecommunications directory, enable billing of the consumer or to address fraud or bad debt; and\n(f) service providers must formulate and submit to the Authority for its approval a simple, transparent and non-discriminatory complaints handling procedure for dealing with consumer complaints and disputes, and service providers must comply with such approved procedure.\n(2) Regulations made under section 82 may prescribe matters relating to the relations amongst licensees, service providers and consumers, including resolution of consumer complaints, quality of service, service level guarantees, fault response and repair timeframes, the Authority's role in providing public awareness and any other matter as the Authority considers appropriate to protect consumers.\n(3) Subsection (1) and the provisions of any regulations made to give effect to this section apply without limiting the generality of the Fair Trading Decree and its application to telecommunications in any way.\nTechnical rules and standards\n55. - (1) The Authority may make technical rules and standards applicable to the import, use, supply, installation or maintenance of telecommunications equipment and apparatus if necessary to ensure against damage to telecommunications networks or services or to public health, safety or the environment.\n(2) The Authority may approve international technical rules and standards for the purposes of subsection (1).\n(3) No person may import, use, supply, install, or maintain any telecommunications equipment or apparatus that does not comply with technical rules and standards published pursuant to subsection (1).\n(4) A person who intends to import any telecommunications equipment or apparatus including radio transmitting devices, other than equipment exempted by regulations, shall obtain an import permit from the Authority.\n(5) The Authority may enter into mutual recognition arrangements with authorities in other countries to provide for mutual recognition of type approvals conducted in the other country or in Fiji.\n(6) The Authority shall rely upon declarations of manufacturers of compliance of telecommunications equipment and apparatus in countries having technical rules and standards which the Authority considers adequate for the purposes of subsection (1).\n(7) The Authority must establish and maintain a list of approved countries for the purposes of this section.\n(8) Any approval of telecommunications equipment or apparatus granted and not withdrawn before this Promulgation comes into force shall be valid unless withdrawn subsequently by the Authority.\nPART 4 - ACCESS TO LAND AND FACILITIES\nAccess to freehold land\n56. - (1) A licensee seeking access to freehold land for the purpose of constructing, maintaining or operating any telecommunications facility may request the intervention of the Authority which must -\n(a) mediate between the licensee and the owner or occupier including the necessity of access by the licensee, co-location where technically feasible, the historical, environmental and health implications, and the terms of compensation; and\n(b) if no agreement is reached between the licensee and the owner or occupier, provide appropriate evidence in connection with an application of the licensee to the High Court under subsection (2) regarding its view of the matter.\n(2) If negotiations and mediation have been attempted in good faith by the licensee and the land owner or occupier but fail, the licensee may apply to a Judge of the High Court for an order to access land for the purpose of constructing, maintaining or operating any telecommunications facility.\n(3) The licensee must give the owner and the occupier of the land at least 10 working days' notice of the licensee's intention to apply to a Judge of the High Court under subsection (1).\n(4) If the Judge is satisfied that the requirements set out in section 57(1) have been met, it may make an order authorising the licensee to enter the land at reasonable times for the purpose of construction, maintenance or operation of the telecommunications facility.\nRequirements for a court order\n57. - (1) The requirements that must be met for the making of a court order are as follows-\n(a) the construction, maintenance or operation of the facility is necessary for the purpose of telecommunications; and\n(b) no practical or commercially reasonable alternative route or location exists.\n(2) In considering the application in section 56(2) or 58(3), the Judge shall take into account the following considerations -\n(a) the necessity of access by the licensee;\n(b) the promotion of co-location where technically feasible;\n(c) the historical, environmental and health implications of that access;\n(d) the terms of compensation offered by the licensee to the owner or occupier;\n(e) whether or not the licensee has sought the mediation of the Authority in accordance with section 56(1)(a); and\n(f) the objectives in section 3.\n(3) Before exercising any powers authorised by an order made under section 56(4), the licensee must serve the order on the owner and the occupier of the land to which the order relates.\nAccess to State lands and properties\n58. - (1) A licensee may apply to the Authority for assistance where it cannot on commercially reasonable\n(a) obtain consent of the government authority having jurisdiction over State land or State facility to construct, maintain or operate any telecommunications facility;\n(b) gain access to the pole, duct, tower or other supporting structure of a telecommunications, electrical power or other utility transmission system constructed on State land or a State facility that is owned or controlled by a Ministry, department or other state entity; or\n(c) obtain consent of the Director of Lands and the Ministry responsible for that State land to make changes to land, including trees, shrubs, plants or other materials that interfere with a telecommunications facility.\n(2) Upon receipt of an application for assistance under subsection (1), the Authority shall consult with the Director of Lands and the Ministry responsible for that State land and attempt to find a solution acceptable to both the licensee and the relevant Ministry, department or other state entity.\n(3) If a solution is not found under subsection (2), the licensee may apply to a Judge of the High Court who may make an order if the Judge is satisfied that the requirements in subsection (1) are met, taking into account the considerations in subsection (2), as well as the reasons for refusal of consent by the Director of Lands and the relevant Ministry, department or other state entity.\n(4) A licensee shall, in consultation with the Authority, agree with relevant Ministry, department, other state entity, local council and other persons or bodies on arrangements and fees related to the laying of ground or aerial telecommunications network facilities on roads, streets, squares, and other public spaces under their administration.\nRights of Entry to land\n59. Upon reasonable notice to the owner or occupier of the land, a licensee may -\n(a) enter land, at reasonable times, for the purpose of gaining access to any existing works or existing lines owned by the licensee; and\n(b) perform any act or operation necessary for the purpose of inspecting, maintaining, or repairing those works or lines.\nAccess to native lands\n60. Any request to access to native lands shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the Native Land Trust Act (Cap. 134).\nPART 5 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPEAL TRIBUNAL\nEstablishment and constitution of the Tribunal\n61. - (1) This section establishes the Telecommunications Appeal Tribunal consisting of the following members -\n(a) a Chairperson\n(b) not less than 5 and not more than 10 other members.\n(2) The Judicial Service Commission may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint the members of the Tribunal for a term of not exceeding 3 years and the members are eligible for reappointment.\n(3) The Chairperson may select one or more members not exceeding 3 members to hear and determine any appeal made to the Tribunal.\n(4) Persons appointed to the Tribunal must have qualifications and experience in one or more of the following fields; legal, financial, economic, public administration, engineering or telecommunications matters.\n(5) The person appointed as the Chairperson must be a legal practitioner of not less than 7 years' admission as a legal practitioner either in Fiji or elsewhere.\n(6) Subject to subsection (5), a person who is not a resident or citizen of Fiji may be appointed a member of the Tribunal.\n(7) A member of the Tribunal may hold office concurrently with any other office held by him or her provided that the office is not related to telecommunications.\n(8) No person shall be appointed a member of the Tribunal if the person has a direct or indirect equity or other financial interest in a licensee, except for indirect interests managed through investment and pension funds where the member cannot influence the purchase, sale or exercise of voting rights of such an interest.\nJurisdiction of the Tribunal\n62. - (1) The Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals on questions of law and fact from -\n(a) any determination of the Authority; or\n(b) any decision to refuse, vary, renew, suspend, or revoke a licence or spectrum licence;\n(c) any decision to impose, suspend, vary, or revoke a condition of a licence or a spectrum licence; and\n(d) any decision to impose a universal service obligation either as the outcome of a tender or based on substantial degree of market power under section 50.\n(2) The Tribunal may, on application by an appellant, order that the decision to which an appeal relates be stayed pending a final determination of the appeal if the appellant shows on the balance of probabilities that it stands to suffer substantial harm that cannot be remedied if the decision takes effect in accordance with its terms.\n(3) The Tribunal may dismiss an appeal if it is of the opinion that -\n(a) the appeal is frivolous or vexatious or not made in good faith; or\n(b) the appellant does not have a sufficient interest in the subject matter of the appeal\n(4) On determining an appeal, the Tribunal may -\n(a) confirm, modify or reverse the original decision or any part thereof; or\n(b) by a direction in writing stating reasons, refer the decision back to the Authority, as the case may be, for reconsideration by it, either generally or in relation to any matter specified in the direction.\nVacancy and resignation\n63. - (1) A member of the Tribunal may at any time resign office by notice in writing to the Judicial Service Commission.\n(2) The office of a member becomes vacant if the member dies, or is adjudged bankrupt under the laws of Fiji or elsewhere.\n(3) The Judicial Service Commission may remove a member from office -\n(a) for misconduct\n(b) for inability to perform the functions of the office on medical grounds, or on the grounds of negligence; or\n(c) if the member fails to disclose a conflict of interest.\n64. Members of the Tribunal are entitled to sitting allowances as to be fixed by the Higher Salaries Commission.\nAdministration of the Tribunal\n65. - (1) The general administrative costs of the Tribunal shall be borne by the Authority.\n(3) The Authority must maintain a reserve fund sufficient to budget for the Tribunal's expenses reasonably expected to be incurred pending payment by the parties in accordance with subsection (4).\n(4) The expenses of the Tribunal relating to hearing a dispute, including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal advisors, experts and any other expenses, shall be borne by the parties to the dispute according to the order of the Tribunal.\n66. - (1) A party that is aggrieved by a decision set out in section 62(1) has the right to appeal to the Tribunal.\n(2) In hearing an appeal and making a decision, the Tribunal shall observe the rules of natural justice.\n(3) The decision of the majority of members appointed to hear the case is the decision of the Tribunal.\n(4) A decision of the Tribunal must be in writing and must state the reasons for the decision.\n(5) The Tribunal may order mediation or another alternative dispute resolution process prior to a hearing and may take into account the conduct of the parties in such a process in its own decisions.\n(6) The Tribunal may make interim or final orders including any other order it thinks fit to make.\n67. - (1) Subject to this section, the Civil Evidence Act applies to the Tribunal in the same manner as if the Tribunal were a court within the meaning of that Act.\n(2) The Tribunal may receive as evidence any statement, document, information or matter that may in its opinion assist it to deal effectively with a matter before it, whether or not the same would be admissible in a court of law.\n(3) The Tribunal may take evidence on oath, and for that purpose the presiding member may administer an oath.\n(4) The Tribunal may permit a person appearing as a witness before it to give evidence by tendering a written statement and, if the Tribunal thinks fit, verifying it by oath.\n68. Witnesses appearing before the Tribunal have the same privileges and immunities as witnesses have in proceedings in a Magistrate's Court.\nNon-attendance or refusal to co-operate\n69. A person summoned by the Tribunal to give evidence or to produce documents who, without sufficient cause -\n(a) fails to attend, to give evidence or to produce documents or\n(b) refuses to be sworn or to give evidence, or, having been sworn, refuses to answer any question that the person is lawfully required by the Tribunal or any member of it to answer concerning the proceedings\ncommits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2000 or to imprisonment not exceeding 12 months.\nPower to award costs\n70. - (1) The Tribunal, in any proceedings before it under this Promulgation, may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit.\n(2) An order as to costs may be filed in a Court and may be enforced as a judgment of that Court.\nAnnual report of the Tribunal\n71. The Tribunal shall prepare an annual report of its operation and functions under this Promulgation, and submit it to the Authority for incorporation into the Authority's annual report.\nPART 6-NATIONAL INTEREST MATTERS\nAuthority's obligations\n72. - (1) The Authority must, in performing its functions or exercising its powers, do its best to prevent telecommunications networks, telecommunications services and facilities from being used in, or in relation to, the commission of offences against the laws of Fiji.\n(2) The Authority must, in performing its functions or exercising its powers, give officers and authorities of the Government such help as is reasonably necessary for the following purposes-\n(a) enforcing the criminal law and laws imposing pecuniary penalties;\n(b) protecting the public revenue; and\n(c) safeguarding national security.\n(3) The Authority is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in performance of the duty imposed by subsection (1) or (2).\n(4) An officer, employee or agent of the Authority is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in connection with an act done or omitted by the Authority as mentioned in subsection (3).\nObligations of licensees\n73. - (1) A licensee must, in connection with the operation of telecommunications networks or facilities or the supply of telecommunications services, do the licensee's best to prevent telecommunications networks, telecommunications services and facilities from being used in, or in relation to, the commission of offences against the laws of Fiji.\n(2) A licensee must, in connection with the operation of telecommunications networks or facilities or the supply of telecommunications services, give officers and authorities of the Government such help as is reasonably necessary for the following purposes -\n(3) A licensee is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith:\n(a) in performance of the duty imposed by subsection (1) or (2); or\n(b) in compliance with a direction that the Authority gives in good faith in performance of its duties under section 72.\n(4) A director, officer, employee or agent of a licensee is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in connection with an act done or omitted by the license as mentioned in subsection (3).\n(5) A reference in this section to giving help includes a reference to giving help by way of:\n(a) the provision of interception services in connection with the execution of a warrant under the hand of the President or any prescribed interception services; or\n(c) providing relevant information about any communication that is lawfully intercepted; or\n(e) disclosing information or a document in accordance with section 30 of this Promulgation.\nTerms and conditions on which help is to be given\n74. - (1) This section applies if a person is required to give help to an officer or authority of the Government as mentioned in section 73(2).\n(2) The person must comply with the requirement on the basis that the person neither profits from, nor bears the costs of, giving that help.\n(3) The person must comply with the requirement on such terms and conditions as are:\n(a) agreed between the person and the Government; or\n(b) failing agreement, determined by an arbitrator appointed by the parties or, if the parties fail to agree on the appointment of an arbitrator, by an arbitrator appointed by the Authority.\n(4) An arbitrator appointed by the Authority under subsection (3) must be a person specified in a written determination made by the Minister.\n(5) Before making a determination under subsection (4), the Minister must consult the Attorney-General.\n(6) If an arbitration under this section is conducted by an arbitrator appointed by the Authority, the cost of the arbitration must be apportioned equally between the parties.\n(7) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the conduct of an arbitration under this section.\nSuspension of supply of telecommunications service in an emergency\n75. - (1) If an officer of the Police Force, Military Forces or Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption specified in subsection (6) has reasonable grounds to believe that:\n(a) an individual has access to a particular telecommunications service; and\n(b) the individual has:\n(i) done an act that has resulted, or is likely to result, in loss of life or in the infliction of serious personal injury; or\n(ii) made an imminent threat to kill, or seriously injure, another person; or\n(iii) made an imminent threat to cause serious damage to property; or\n(iv) made an imminent threat to take the individual's own life; or\n(v) made an imminent threat to do an act that will, or is likely to, endanger the individual's own life or create a serious threat to the individual's health or safety; and\n(c) the suspension of the supply of the telecommunications service is reasonably necessary to prevent a recurrence of the act done or to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the carrying out of the threat made (as the case may be),\nthe officer may request a licensee to suspend the supply of the telecommunications service.\n(2) The licensee shall use the licensee's best endeavours to comply with the request.\n(3) This section does not, by implication, limit any other powers that another licensee may have to suspend the supply of the telecommunications service.\n(4) The licensee is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in compliance with the request.\n(5) A director, officer, employee or agent of the licensee is not liable to an action or other proceeding for damages for or in relation to an act done or omitted in good faith in connection with an act done or omitted by the licensee as mentioned in subsection (4).\n(6) The officers of the Police Force, Military Forces or Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption mentioned in subsection (1) are:\n(a) the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), or any officer of a higher rank;\n(b) the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the Military Forces, or any officer of a higher rank;\n(c) the Deputy Commissioner of the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption.\nPART 7-MISCELLANEOUS\nContraventions and breaches\n76. - (1) An individual who contravenes a provision of this Promulgation, or breaches a licence condition, commits an offence and, except as otherwise provided in this Promulgation, is liable-\n(a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $5000 or to imprisonment not exceeding 12 months; and\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding 24 months.\n(2) A legal entity that contravenes a provision of this Promulgation, or breaches a licence condition, commits an offence and, except as otherwise provided in this Promulgation, is liable-\n(a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding 2% of annual gross revenue; and\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding 10% of annual gross revenue.\n(3) For the purposes of subsection 2(b), the court may instead of imposing the penalties in that subsection impose a daily penalty up to 100 days at a maximum rate of 0.1 % of annual gross revenue for every day during which the breach continues.\n(4) If a licensee or legal entity is convicted under this Promulgation, the Authority may-\n(a) issue a direction to the licensee or legal entity or impose other conditions on the licence\n(b) vary, suspend or revoke the licence or condition of the licence; or\n(c) issue a desist order.\n(5) If a legal entity commits an offence under this Promulgation, every director, manager, officers, employee or agent of a legal entity, who is responsible for the commission of the offence also commits the same offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5000 for a first offence and $20,000 for a subsequent offence, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.\n(6) It shall be a defence for a person charged under subsection (5) to prove that the offence committed by the legal entity was committed without his consent and connivance and that he took all reasonable steps to prevent its commission.\nPower of the Authority to suspend licence, etc\n77. - (1) Without prejudice to section 77, if the Authority is satisfied that a licensee is contravening, or has contravened any of the conditions of the licence and that the breach is not trivial in nature, the Authority must serve a written notice on the licensee to show cause as to the breach.\n(2) Notice to show cause must state -\n(a) the condition and the acts or omissions, which allegedly constitute or would constitute the breach; and\n(b) the period (being not less than 28 days) in which the licensee must remedy the breach.\n(3) If the licensee fails to comply with the notice to show cause, the Authority may pursuant to the requirements of section 18 impose one or more of the following penalties-\n(a) issue a direction to the licensee or impose further conditions on the licence;\n(b) in the first instance, a penalty not exceeding $500,000;\n(c) in the second or subsequent cases, a penalty not exceeding 2% of the annual gross revenue;\n(d) revoke, suspend or modify the licence or existing conditions of the licence.\n(4) Before imposing a penalty under subsection (3), the Authority must first give an opportunity to the licensee to be heard on the proposed penalty to be imposed.\n(5) Before suspending or revoking a licence or a spectrum licence or taking actions for imposing penalty, the Authority may initiate a determination procedure under section 18 for the purpose of exercising its powers under this Promulgation if the Authority has reason to believe a licensee may have or has-\n(a) engaged in any of the activities referred to in section 79(1);\n(b) knowingly made a false statement in an application for a licence or a spectrum licence;\n(c) knowingly failed to provide information or evidence that would have resulted in a refusal to grant a licence or a spectrum licence;\n(d) wilfully failed to comply with the terms of its licence or a spectrum licence;\n(e) wilfully contravened any provision or any rules or regulations made under this Promulgation;\n(f) violated or failed to comply with a desist order issued under section 79; or\n(g) failed to make payments in a timely manner in connection with any universal service levy or other levy reasonably set by the Authority or in respect of any licence fee payable by the licensee under the terms of its licence.\n(6) In any proceedings brought in pursuance of this section, the licensee may provide a defence by proving that the licensee took all reasonable steps and used all due diligence to remedy the breach within the period specified in the notice to show cause.\n78. - (1) In addition to any other powers contained in this Promulgation or under any other laws and for the purposes of exercising its functions and powers under this Promulgation, the Authority has the following powers -\n(a) to authorise in writing the search of premises and seizure of documents, equipment and other items;\n(b) to order any person, in writing, to appear before it to give evidence or to produce documents, and such evidence may given on oath to be taken by the presiding member of the Board;\n(c) to direct a person, in writing, to undertake a specific action or to cease a specific action if there is a breach of a regulation, licence, spectrum licence, technical rule, standard or order.\n(2) The Authority may, in writing, request a police officer to assist in carrying out the powers under subsection (1).\nPower to issue desist orders\n79. - (1) The Authority may issue a desist order if the Authority has made a determination that one or more of the following activities have been carried out by a person-\n(a) provision of a telecommunications service to the public without a licence issued under this Promulgation unless the telecommunications service is subject to an exemption from licensing;\n(b) use of an apparatus that is likely to cause undue interference with any radio-communication used for the purposes of any safety of life service or for any purpose on which the safety of any person or of any vessel, aircraft or vehicle may depend;\n(c) unauthorised use of an apparatus in relation to radio spectrum that is not licensed under this Promulgation and such use causes or is likely to cause undue interference on use of licensed radio spectrum;\n(d) operation of a facility or provision of a service in a manner which causes interference, endangers health or compromises network security or integrity; or\n(e) violation of any term, or any regulation, determination, decision, licence or spectrum licence in force under it.\n(2) Before issuing a desist order, the Authority must serve notice on the person -\n(a) stating the facts constituting the alleged activity and where appropriate, the name of the person against whom the allegation is made; and\n(b) specifying the period within which and a place at which a hearing are to be held to provide the person concerned an opportunity to show good cause why the order should not be made.\n(3) If at a hearing referred to in subsection (2)(b)-\n(a) the person concerned fails to show good cause why the desist order should not be made, the Authority must issue such order; or\n(b) if the Authority is satisfied that the alleged activity did not occur, the Authority must not issue such order.\n(4) An order under subsection (1) must -\n(a) containing a statement of the facts referred to in subsection (2)(a);\n(b) require the person concerned to desist from the conduct giving rise to the order;\n(c) be accompanied by documents in support of the allegation; and\n(d) be served on the person who is the subject of the order.\nApplication of this Promulgation to the Government\n80. Part 3 applies to the Government.\nSafety of Life at Sea Services\n81. Telecommunications services in relation to safety of life at sea shall be the responsibility of the Government.\nRegulations and rules\n82. - (1) The Minister may make regulations to give effect to the provisions of this Promulgation, and in particular to -\n(a) provide for procedures for public consultation;\n(b) prescribe the qualifications and procedures for the appointment of members of the Board;\n(c) prescribe procedures for appointments of the Chief Executive Officer, officers, consultants, employees and consultants of the Authority;\n(d) prescribe other matters relating to preparation of annual reports of the Authority and the Tribunal;\n(e) prescribe procedures for determinations, including enforcement procedures;\n(f) prescribe procedures for filing determinations in the Magistrate's Court for enforcement;\n(g) prescribe procedures for collection of charges and fees to be paid under this Promulgation;\n(h) prescribe procedures and criteria for the universal service tender process, including other matters for the administration of the Fund and the transition of prior universal service subsidy arrangements to universal service scheme;\n(i) prescribe procedures for and other matters relating to spectrum licences, including classes and types of radio spectrum and radio equipment, fees, conditions and technical standards;\n(j) prescribe procedures for licensing of telecommunications services, including conditions, forms, reporting requirements and any matter relevant to licensing of telecommunications service;\n(k) prescribe the types of licences for telecommunications services;\n(l) prescribe matters for the purposes of regulating the relationships between service providers and consumers, including settlement of disputes and complaints protection of consumers; and\n(m) regulate the installation and maintenance of telecommunications apparatus.\n(2) The Authority shall formulate and prepare regulations to be made by the Minister, including undertaking consultations with the licensees and where appropriate with the members of the public.\n(3) Any offence created in any regulations may prescribe a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.\n(4) The Tribunal may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, make other rules of procedures relating to hearing of appeals under this Promulgation.\nReview of this Promulgation\n83. This Promulgation shall be reviewed within 5 years from the commencement of this Promulgation.\nConsequential amendments, savings and transitional\n84. - (1) The Posts and Telecommunications Decree 1989 is amended by repealing the following provisions -\n(a) Parts II, III, V and VI;\n(b) Schedule 1; and\n(c) sections 159 and 166.\n(2) The Schedule sets out the savings and transitional matters.\n(3) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of making transitional and saving provisions within 12 months of the commencement of this Promulgation, and in particular for the purposes of transferring of public officers to the Authority.\n(Section 84)\n1. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires -\n\"Settlement Deed\" means the settlement deed between Vodafone Fiji Limited, Telecom Fiji Limited, and Fiji International Telecommunications Limited (\"the licensee parties\"), being holders of licences issued under the repealed provisions of the Posts and Telecommunications Decree 1989, and Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited and the Government of the Fiji Islands, the terms of which were agreed in principal and initialled by the parties on 19 November 2007, and which the parties have agreed is to be executed immediately after the publication of this Promulgation in the Gazette; being a deed giving effect to arrangements between the licensee parties and the Government whereby, among other things -\n(a) it is agreed that certain exclusive rights enjoyed by the licensee parties under their licences issued under the Posts and Telecommunications Decree 1989 will be surrendered and will, after the expiry of a transitional period following the commencement of this Promulgation,\nno longer be enjoyed by them and accordingly will not be reflected in any licences that may be issued to them under this Promulgation; and\n(b) the general terms on which, having regard to the agreed surrender of exclusive rights mentioned in paragraph (a), the licensee parties will be entitled to receive licences issued under this Promulgation are established;\n\"repealed provisions of the Posts and Telecommunications Decree 1989\" means the provisions of that Decree that are repealed by section 84(1) of this Promulgation.\nPrior Licences; Replacement Licences under this Promulgation\n2. - (1) Licences that were issued under the repealed provisions of the Posts and Telecommunications Decree 1989 and are in effect immediately before the commencement of this Promulgation (\"prior licences\") shall, subject to this section, continue in force as from the commencement of this Promulgation as if they were licences issued under this Promulgation.\n(2) If within a period of 12 months from the commencement of this Promulgation the holder of a prior licence applies to the Authority for a licence under this Promulgation, the Authority must issue a licence under this Promulgation (\"replacement licence\") and, upon the issue of that replacement licence, the prior licence shall be deemed to be surrendered.\n(3) Any replacement licence issued as provided in subsection (2)-\n(a) shall be issued subject to section 3 of this Schedule;\n(b) subject to paragraph (a), but notwithstanding any other provision of this Promulgation, shall be issued in terms that confer on the licensee-\n(i) the right to offer telecommunications services to at least the same extent; and\n(ii) in addition, in the case of a replacement licence issued to a licensee who is a party to the Settlement Deed, at least the same rights in relation to spectrum use and duration of licence, as the licensee was entitled to under the prior licence; and\n(c) in all other respects shall be a licence issued in accordance with this Promulgation.\n(4) If at the expiry of the period specified in subsection (2) the holder of a prior licence has not applied for a replacement licence under this Promulgation, then -\n(a) the Authority may by notice published in the Gazette, specify a date for the purposes of this subsection; and\n(b) the licence shall by virtue of this section be deemed to be surrendered on the date so specified.\n(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), any provision or condition of a prior licence conferring on the licence holder any exclusive right, other than-\n(a) exclusive rights with respect to radio spectrum;\n(b) any right that is conferred in compliance with the requirements of section 3,\nis of no effect and shall not be enforceable.\nProvisions applicable to all licences\n3. - (1) Any licence issued under this Promulgation shall not permit the licensee, during the period of 18 months following the date of signing the Settlement Deed, to obtain telecommunications services to and from Fiji other than from Fiji International Telecommunications Limited, so long as Fiji International Telecommunications Limited provides the specific service requested by the licensee and does so at prices approved by the Commerce Commission.\n(2) Any licence issued under this Promulgation shall not permit any person operating a mobile network, other than Vodafone (Fiji) Limited, to offer commercial mobile services to the public before 1 October 2008.\n(3) No person shall be entitled, whether under a licence issued under this Promulgation or under any other law, before 1 July 2012, to access any broadband infrastructure investment implemented by Telecom Fiji Limited, otherwise than on commercially negotiated terms.\n(4) For the avoidance of doubt, reference in this section to a licence issued under this Promulgation includes reference to a replacement licence issued under section 2 of this Schedule.\nCertain services not to be regulated initially\n4. This Promulgation will not apply in respect of the following services during the period of 3 years following the signing of the Settlement Deed-\n(a) national roaming;\n(b) mobile virtual network operator or other wholesale mobile services (including cellsite co-location, toll, bypass or carrier selection);\n(c) local loop unbundling;\nbut nothing in this section shall prevent a licensee from entering into arrangements for such services on commercially negotiated terms.\nDesignations by the Minister under section 48(1)(d) of this Promulgation\n5. During the period of 3 years beginning with the commencement of this Promulgation, the Minister will not make any designation of a service under section 48(1)(d) of this Promulgation.\nDeferred commencement of section 81 of this Promulgation\n6. - (1) On or before 1 July 2009, the Government shall assume responsibility for any safety of life at sea services then being provided by Telecom Fiji Limited or any other holder of a licence issued under this Promulgation or under the repealed provisions of the Posts and Telecommunications Decree 1989.\n(2) Notwithstanding its earlier commencement, section 81 shall have effect on and from the date of the assumption of responsibility by the Government under subsection (1).\nContinuation of Proceedings\n7. - (1) This section applies to any action, arbitration, proceedings or cause of action that relates to a transferred asset or liability and that immediately before the commencement is pending or existing by, against, or in favour of the State or to which the State is a party.\n(2) Any action, arbitration, proceedings or cause of action to which this section applies shall vest in the Authority and may be prosecuted and, without amendment of any writ, pleading or other document, continued and enforced by, against, or in favour of the Authority.\n8. Any subsidiary legislation made under the Post and Telecommunications Decree 1989, insofar as it applies to the repealed provisions of that Decree, continues in force as if it were made under this Promulgation, until replaced by subsidiary legislation made under this Promulgation.\nPrecedence of certain provisions of this Schedule over other laws\n9. Sections 2 and 3 have effect notwithstanding-\n(a) any other provision of this Promulgation;\n(b) any provision of the Fair Trading Decree 1992, the Commerce Act 1988 or any other legislation or regulation; or\n(c) any principle of law with respect to competition or restraint of trade.\nGiven under my hand this 18th day of January 2008.\nJ. I. ULUIVUDA\nPresident of the Republic of Fiji\nAttorney General's Chambers\nLevel 5-7 Suvavou House\nTELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL 2006\n(This note is not part of the Promulgation and is intended only to indicate its general effect)\n1.1 The Promulgation seeks the replace the provisions dealing with the telecommunications under the Post and Telecommunications Decree 1989.\n1.2 The Promulgation seeks to establish the Telecommunications Authority of Fiji, including the Telecommunications Appeal Tribunal and provide for their powers and functions.\n1.3 The objectives of the Promulgation are set out in Clause 3 of the Promulgation, namely, to provide a regulatory framework for telecommunications that promotes the long term interests of end users of telecommunications services, or of services provided by means of telecommunications services, and the efficiency and international competitiveness of the telecommunications industry in Fiji and, as consistently with that objective as is practicable-\n(a) to provide rapid expansion of reliable and as affordable as possible telecommunications services\non an equitable basis, with particular improvement in rural areas;\nPART 1 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS\nPart 1 of the Promulgation deals with the preliminary provisions and covers the short title, commencement, definitions and the objectives.\nDivision 1-\nsets out the functions of the Minister, which is to formulate, implement, monitor and review telecommunications policies.\nDivision 2 -\nestablishes the Telecommunications Authority of Fiji (TAF) as a statutory body with legal personality. A Board of the Authority is also proposed in this Division comprising the Chairperson and 4 other members who are to be appointed in accordance with the procedures to be prescribed by regulations. Other provisions deal with terms of appointment, vacation of office, meetings, disclosure of interest. The staff of the Authority will include the Chief Executive Officer and other officers and employees, including consultant and agents. Any person employed by the Authority will be subject to Parts 11 and 40 of the Penal dealing with official corruption, bribery and secret commissions, as they apply to public officers.\nspells out the functions and powers of the Authority. The functions include implementation of the policy, regulation of technical aspects of access and interconnection, management of radio spectrum and frequencies and the national numbering system and consumer protection. It will also establish alternative dispute resolution schemes for settlement of disputes between licensees and consumers. Its powers include making determinations, issuing of technical rules and standards, grant, etc licences and monitor and enforce compliance with the Promulgation. If there is a dispute about obligations under the Promulgation or conditions for licence or other related activity, a person or the Authority itself may initiate a process of settling the dispute. If the dispute is not resolved, the Authority may then make a determination, which is binding on the parties. The determination will be enforces in accordance with the process to be set out in the Regulations. The Authority will ensure that it does not over regulate the industry when exercising their powers and functions under this Promulgation. There is an obligation to ensure that it take into account procedural fairness.\nProvides for the matters relating to the finances of the Authority. The Authority will require annual appropriation to be approved by Parliament and such appropriation is to be used only for the purpose set by Parliament. The Authority will determine charges and fees for its services but the charges and fees collected will be paid into the Consolidated Fund. The Authority may borrow only in respect of overdraft facility subject to the approval of the Minister for Finance. Other provisions includes preparation of annual reports, corporate plans and exemption form taxes, as it will not derive any income because all money collected by it will be paid into the Consolidated Fund.\nThis Division deals with miscellaneous provisions dealing with management of telecommunications services. The Authority can enter into arrangements with any person including Ministries and departments in order to carry out its functions. The Authority will be required to establish a website where certain documents and information should be made available, such telecommunications policy, technical rules and standards, licences and licensees, etc. These information may be inspected by any person who may obtain copies subject to reasonable charge for making information available. It deals also with protection of confidential information and power to require information.\nPART 3 - REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS\nProvides for the licensing of telecommunications services. A person who wishes to provide telecommunications services will need a licence. The Minister is empowered to declare certain types of telecommunications services that will not require a licence, such for the purpose of home or private use. Other provisions deal with duration of the licence (maximum of 15 years), variation of conditions of licences, assignment of licences which require prior approval of the Authority and establishment of public registers\nDeals with the management and licensing of radio spectrum, which ranges from very low frequency (ELF - 1 band) to extremely high frequency (EHF - 11band). For example, FM 96 radio station and TV One are assigned frequency spectrums. A person who intends to use a radio frequency will need a licence to use the assigned radio frequency. The Authority will co-operate with the Broadcast Licensing Authority when preparing the Broadcasting Frequency Plan under the Broadcasting Licensing Act.\nProvides for the regulation of a national numbering system, including Number portability, which means that a consumer can change from one service provider to another without changing the telephone number. It also regulates the management of emergency numbers and establishment of industry working groups.\nProvides for universal service, which allow reasonable access of telecommunications to all areas and to prevent concentration of service to particular areas. An advisory committee will be established to advise the Authority on matters relating to universal service scheme, goals and strategies. The Minister is empowered to declare areas which are identified as eligible for the universal service. A person who is given the authorisation to provide universal service to an area will be subject to the universal obligations and benefits, including funding from the Universal Service Fund. All licensees will be required to contribute to the Universal Service Fund of up to a rate to be fixed by regulations based on the gross revenue net of settlement charges. Universal service levies, which the Authority collects and pays to a trust account, and the collected funds are in used only for partial subsidies of initial network investment for rural services in underserved areas, based on competitive tenders in which the offer requesting the lowest subsidy may win. The Fund is to be administered by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the Financial Management Act 2004.\ndeals with the protection of consumers and the issuance of technical matters and standards. Consumer protection - Deals matters relating to consumer protection will be prescribed by regulations, including simple procedures, making representations, charges, billing information, etc. Technical Rules and Standards - The Authority will make technical rules and standards relating to telecommunications equipment and apparatus. Importation of telecommunications equipment and apparatus will require an import permit issued by the Authority.\nIf a licensee wishes to access land for the purpose of constructing, maintaining or operating telecommunications facilities the licensee will normally make its own private negotiations for access (no law is required for this process). If the negotiation is not successful, then this Part will be invoked so that first the Authority can assist, by way of mediation, the parties. If mediation or attempt by the Authority is not successful, then the matter should be left to the High Court to decide. This process will only apply to freehold land or State lands or properties. As regards the native lands, the provisions of the Native Land Trust Act will apply.\nThis Part establishes the Tribunal and provides for its jurisdiction and procedures. The Tribunal will hear and determine appeals relating to licences and the determinations of the Authority.\nPART 6 - NATIONAL INTEREST MATTERS\nPart 6 deals with the obligations of the Authority and licensees in respect of matters concerning the interests of the community at large such as the enforcement of the criminal law, the safeguarding of national security and the suspension of telecommunications services in order to deal with emergencies threatening the lives or safety of citizens.\nPART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS\nPart 7 deals with miscellaneous provisions, including offences and penalties, other enforcement provisions such as notice to show cause and issuance of desist order. The Minister is given the power to make regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Promulgation. The Authority is given the responsibility to formulate and prepare regulations, including undertaking of consultations. The provisions dealing with telecommunications matters under the Post and Telecommunications Decree will be repealed except the offence provisions will remain and may be incorporated into the other laws such the Penal Code.\nSchedule 1 covers specific provisions dealing with transitional matters.\n3.0 MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY\n3.1 The Promulgation comes under the responsibility of the Minister for Industry, Tourism, Trade and Communications.\nA. S. KHAIYUM\nAttorney-General and Minister for Justice,\nElectoral Reform, Public Enterprise and Anti-Corruption\nURL: http:\/\/www.paclii.org\/fj\/promu\/promu_dec\/tp2008342","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"CHRIST CHURCH RATHGAR\n~ SUNDAY & WEEKDAY SERVICES ~\nSundays at 10.30 a.m. - Family Service;\nFirst Sunday of each quarter - Sacrament of Holy Communion.\n22nd January - service of worship will be led by Mr. David Boyd.\n29th January - service of worship will be led by the Very Rev. Dr. Trevor Morrow\n5th February - service of worship will be led by Mr John Faris.\n12th February - service of worship will be led by Mr. Theo Douglas.\n19th February - service of worship will be led by Mr. John Ellis.\n26th February - service of worship will be led by the Very Rev. Dr. Trevor Morrow\n5th March - service of worship will be led by the Rev. Sam Mawhinney.\n12th March - service of worship will be led by Mr. David Boyd.\n19th March - service of worship will be led by the Very Rev. Dr. Trevor Morrow.\n26th March - - service of worship will be led by Mr John Faris.\n~ CHRIST CHURCH RATHGAR'S\nINDIAN PROJECT ~\nWe support Hostel provision to allow children to attend school. The children mainly come from disadvantaged families of a disadvantaged community. Families may be broken or are migratory workers. The young people whose education is made possible by our support have had an interrupted year's schooling in 2021\/2022, with both secondary and primary schools shut from time to time. Much work has been done by the staff of the hostels to keep the students healthy and encourage their continued attendance in the hostels while schools have been open. Assistance has been given to enable participation online when school has been closed. The students have done well in and out of class. Without our very significant support the scheme would have found it very difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue. Some Hostel residents have now gone on to achieve third level education qualifications.\nIn early 2022, CCR held a most generously supported retiring collection in aid of our Gujarat project. We received two brief reports on the current situation there during the Covid emergency. CCR's contributions support staff salaries at both Hostels.\nEdited Versions of these reports are available below.\nSome abbreviations: CSI - the Church of South India: a united Protestant church founded very shortly after Indian independence in 1947.\nFMPB - the Friends Missionary Prayer Band - A missionary organisation based in the CSI, formed in the 1950s with the aim of the conversion of Indians to Christianity. Methods used included providing care for marginalised Social groups - lepers, and those at the bottom of or outside the Indian caste structure. Tribal people are those left in poorer land by later movements of people.\nCNI - the Church of North India. The Northern equivalent of CSI. In this area English is less often used as a common language. Founded in 1970.\nSISU - The Society for Integrated Social Uplift runs Hostels and other projects to support the FMPB. Based in Madurai Tamil Nadu.\nBethel Girls Hostel - Vyara, Gujarat Program update Jan 2022 (edited):\nWe praise God for His presence with us protecting and blessing this academic year 2021-22, through 4 different Covid waves. Now 80 tribal girls from 8 districts study in this hostel.\nEducation \u2013 The schools opened in mid-July for Secondary students (9th to 12th grade), on 1st September for Middle school (grades 6-8),on 1st December for Primary School(grades 1-5). As the schools reopened our staff informed the children in the villages by phone and by visits from local missionaries. Staff visited absent children and encouraged them to return to the hostel, advising them about covid safety. At present due to the omicron wave only the Secondary grades are open. For the younger children there is online study. 19 girls are in the Hostel. We have selected 7 new girls.\nHealth: sick children were given health care, and taken to hospital when ill. The health of children at home was supervised by our staff by telephone. Children were provided for their basic health care needs.\nSpiritual development: Morning and evening prayers were observed daily in the hostels, with the staff providing bible instruction and monthly retreats were provided by the local JMPB missionaries. On Sunday the children attend the local CNI church and sing a special hymn. Corona restrictions prevent Sunday school. A Christmas celebration was prepared by the children, and the local church members attended.\nA clergyman from FMPB visited in October and spoke to the residents.\nDue to the above important activities the following progress could be seen among the girls:\nAll children have passed in the last academic year 2020-2021 and were promoted into the next standard of education.\nAll children are in good health and happy. On 03-01-22 our children who are above 15 yrs were vaccinated as arranged by their school. First dose is over. And in the month of February they will get second dose.\nViral fever affected a number of our children. Through timely & proper medical attention and prayer they are in good health now.\nWe praise God for all the blessings on our ministry and thank you for all the support.\nBethel Boys Hostel - Valsad, Gujarat Program update Jan 2022 (edited):\nBoys and staff were protected from Covid by the Lord\nEducation: Group study every morning and evening: all promoted to next standard due to pandemic rules. The Hostel provides note books and stationery.\n2 seniors studying as Fitters in Industrial Training Institute; and one doing BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications) ( 3 year courses in Higher Education )\nHealth and emotional care : Good food, toiletries supplied. Twice daily Covid temperature check. Details were givenof 5 boys sent to hospital with fevers All recovered thanks to medical treatment and prayer.\nSpiritual care \u2013 twice daily prayer and Bible school; Monthly retreat for boys and staff. Given by JMPB pastor : or by a Valsad Sunday school teacher. New clothes were given at Christmas thanks to sponsors from the local CNI church.\nAt present only 7 senior boys attending hostel\/school as Middle and Junior Schools are closed.\nThe report again expressed thanks to God for His protection during the year .\nWays to contribute:\nRegular contributions at present supply some 80% of the funds we have undertaken to provide. Other contributors are the local congregations, and the FMPB (Friends Missionary Prayer Band), the Mission organization of the Church of South India.\nYou can make an online payment to the CCR bank account marking it Gujarat and including your FWO number if you have one, to:\nAIB Bank\nBIC: AIBKIE2D\nIBAN: IE94 AIBK 931225 05581090\nOr send a cheque to the Hon. Treasurer at Christ Church Rathgar, Rathgar Road, Dublin 6, D06 CF63.\n~ IN MEMORIAM ~\nEileen Cormack (n\u00e9e Eakin)\nCCR expresses sympathy to Alan, Derek, Meriel and the family circle. 7 December, 2022\nAlan Martin (Rev.)\nCCR expresses sympathy to Frances, Anna and the family circle. 21 March, 2021\nTerri McNeill\nCCR expresses sympathy to Don, Richard, Glenn and Scott and the family circle.\nMay Ian rest peacefully after a life well lived to the fullest. He'll be missed as he was such a big part of our life and witness over many decades.\nPeacefully at St James's hospital. Beloved husband of Ivy, loving father of Guy, Heidi and Kirstie and sadly missed by his wife, son, daughters, sister Yvonne, daughter-in-law Fiona, sons-in-law Geoff and Chris, and adored granddaughters Erin and Robyn. God saw him getting tired, and a cure was not to be. He put His arms around him and whispered \"Come with Me\". 13 January, 2021\n~ We commend their families to God's care and comfort ~\nNOTICES & DATES\nFOR YOUR DIARY\nWeek of Prayer Services:\nWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity 18 - 25th January 2023\nHere you can find a list of worship events taking place in this year's WPCU, curated by the Dublin Council of Churches.\nHere is a downloadable copy of the material prepared for private and public worship prepared by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland from material created by the churches of Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. Pages 1-3 are an introduction, pages 4 - 20 materials for private prayer and pages 21-25. Please try to involve yourself in this important work for Christian Unity in whatever way suits you best.\nBogus Charity Flyers\/Collection:\nWe are aware of flyers recently circulated to households with our name and address, requesting items for charitable distribution. Christ Church Rathgar are NOT the sponsors of this collection and the details and charity numbers are not ours.\nConnections Arts Centre - Connecting the Disability Community Through the Arts:\nConnections Arts Centre is an award winning not for profit social enterprise supporting the disability community in Ireland. Their mission is to assist people with disabilities to overcome barriers encountered everyday that lead to them being devalued and excluded from their communities. They do this by providing accessible arts, lifestyle and training programmes that are inclusive of everybody.\nThe Dublin City arts centre is located in Christ Church, Rathgar and is currently open for bookings.\nConnections Arts Centre run weekly classes with experienced facilitators to help you learn at your own pace and connect with fellow participants. Find out more or book a class.\nAre you on CCR's WhatsApp group contact list? If not, just ask Louise (087 242 1890) to add you to stay in touch with what's happening. Feedback and suggestions always welcome!\nSafe Place:\n~ MISSION PLAN ~\nThe Christ Church Rathgar (CCR) Mission Plan provides information for the outside reader about what our congregation does, and how we intend to improve and develop what we do. It helps members of our congregation understand where their church is going and encourages their participation in its development. It helps those responsible for the growth of the congregation and its life make sure that important matters are being attended to and to check that aims are being achieved. The plan is annually reviewable and subject to continuous development to which all may contribute.\nof the Mission Statement and Mission Plan\n~ DATA PROTECTION AT CCR~\nWe, Christ Church Rathgar need to gather and use certain information about individuals.\nThis can include information about members and adherents, employees, volunteers, suppliers, service users, facilities users, residents, business contacts, and other people we have a relationship with or may need to contact.\nThis policy describes how this personal data must be collected, handled and stored to meet data protection standards and to comply with the law.\nWhy this policy exists:\nThis data protection policy ensures that we:\nComply with data protection law and follows good practice.\nProtect the rights of members and adherents, staff, volunteers and other people we have a relationship with or may need to contact.\nAre open about how we store and process individuals' data.\nProtect ourselves from the risks of a data breach\nThe full policy and related material can be viewed in the links below.\n1) Data Protection Policy\n2) Data Retention Policy\n3) Consent Policy\n4) Subject Access Request Policy and Application Form\nFor further information, please contact the Data Protection Lead (DPL).\nChrist Church Rathgar are not responsible for the content of external websites, nor do they necessarily endorse their sponsoring organizations.\nCopyright \u00a9 2005 onwards - Christ Church Rathgar\nChrist Church Rathgar, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland.\nPage last updated 19\/01\/2023","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home Press Releases PRESIDENT BUHARI TO KASHIM SHETTIMA: I WILL RESPOND TO YOU WHEN I...\nPRESIDENT BUHARI TO KASHIM SHETTIMA: I WILL RESPOND TO YOU WHEN I AM HANDING OVER TO YOU AND YOUR BOSS\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari struck a chord of humour on Wednesday at the State House while responding to a flowery speech by Senator Kashim Shettima, the Running Mate and Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, saying, \"I will respond to your speech when I am handing over to you and your boss. God willing, you are going to win.\"\nPresident Buhari, who received the VP Candidate shortly after he was unveiled by the leadership of the Party and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said he is very happy with the choice of the former Governor of Borno State as running mate.\n\"I wish you the best. Your consistency in the party is very respectful. You served your two terms as Governor and finished well. You have kept touch with your base. At every important occasion or event, you are maintaining support for the one who succeeded you. This is commendable,\" he said.\nThe President expressed strong optimism that the APC ticket will emerge victorious in 2023.\nIn his remarks, the Vice Presidential Candidate thanked the President for his \"empathy, support and positive role,\" leading to his emergence as Running Mate to the APC Presidential Candidate.\nHe praised the President for having \"a special place in your heart for Borno and Northeast,\" adding, \"I can cite 20-30 instances of support you have rendered, for which you will be remembered.\"\nHe mentioned the establishment of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, and the Independent Power Plant for Maiduguri by the NNPC, \"after many years of darkness,\" saying that \"words cannot describe our appreciation of your support. We will remain eternally grateful.\"\nThe former Governor of Borno State requested the President to appreciate his successor, Babagana Zulum who was in his company, along with the Minister of State, Agriculture, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, for spurning \"recurring mention\" of him and pressure from his Governor colleagues to bid for the Vice Presidential ticket.\nThe Candidate pledged to remain \"loyal and devoted\" to the President, promising that his Vice-Presidency will not be for the \"troika of Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri,\" but for all Nigeria, irrespective of ethnicity, religion or geographical place of origin.\nGarba Shehu\nSenior Special Assistant to the President\n(Media & Publicity)\nKASHIM SHETTIMA\nPresident Buhari\nPrevious articleON UNIVERSITY STRIKES, GOVERNMENT IS READY FOR BUSINESS\nNext articleSummary of Plenary proceedings of the House of Representatives for Wednesday, July 20th, 2022","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Bobby Horton\nBobby Horton was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. His life long passion for music and history began at an early age. With a trumpet playing father and a banjo-playing grandfather, he was exposed to a varied menu of music\u2014from the sound of the big bands, jazz combos and classical to the old time sounds of Southern gospel, sacred harp, and \"hillbilly\" music.\nMost of the men in his young life were World War II veterans, as he listened to their war stories he soon made the connection between these stories and the content of his school history books. When he was nine years old the United States celebrated the Centennial of the Civil War. This celebration brought the Civil War to the forefront of his interest and his love of history became deeply rooted.\nIn 1984, Horton was asked to produce the score for a feature film set in 1863 in Southern Indiana. While researching music from the mid 19th century, he uncovered literally thousands of tunes from that period. Combining his passion for music and Civil War history, he began recording what has now become fourteen volumes of authentic Civil War tunes in his home studio \u2013 playing all of the period era instruments and singing all the parts himself. This series is sold around the world and has led to a career in film scoring and a live presentation of these songs with the stories that accompany them. Bobby Horton is widely recognized as one of the country's leading authorities of music from the Civil War period.\nA seasoned performer, Horton is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and music historian. He has performed with the musical- comedy trio Three On a String, throughout the United States and Canada for 40 plus years. He has also produced and performed music scores for sixteen PBS films by Ken Burns \u2013 including \"The Civil War\", and \"Baseball,\" two films for The A&E network, and twenty-one films for The National Park Service. His series of recordings of authentic period music has been acclaimed by historical organization and publications through America and Europe.\nBobby Horton resides in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama with Lynda, his wife of thirty-plus years. They have two adult children, Jonathan and Rachel","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"New 'Women's Bible' Will Promote 'Feminist Values'\nMichael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | Wednesday, November 28, 2018\n#feminism\nA group of feminist theologians have joined together to publish a \"Women's Bible\" they hope will counter traditional interpretations of texts.\n\"Feminist values and reading the Bible are not incompatible,\" Lauriane Savoy, one of the translators, told Agence France-Presse. Savoy is a professor at the University of Geneva.\nThe new Bible, \"Une Bible des Femmes\" (\"A Women's Bible\"), was published in October.\nAll total, 20 female theologians \u2013 representing various Christian denominations \u2013 worked on the translation,\" AFP reported.\nElisabeth Parmentier, another professor at the University of Geneva who worked on the new Bible, claimed that Jesus' visit with Mary and Martha often is misunderstood.\n\"It says that Martha ensures the 'service,' which has been interpreted to mean that she served the food, but the Greek word 'diakonia' can also have other meanings, for instance, it could mean she was a deacon,\" Parmentier said.\nParmentier added, \"We are fighting against a literal reading of the texts.\"\nSavoy said Mary Magdalene has been misunderstood, too.\n\"She stood by Jesus, including as he was dying on the cross, when all of the male disciples were afraid. She was the first one to go to his tomb and to discover his resurrection,\" Savoy said.\nMichael Foust is a freelance writer. Visit his blog, MichaelFoust.com.\nPhoto courtesy: Pexels\/Jure \u0160iri\u0107","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"3 Main Things Luxury Brands Should Consider When Setting Up A WeChat Account\nJing Daily\nAs China's most important platform for mobile marketing, messaging app WeChat has followed in the footsteps of social media giants such as Weibo, Twitter, and Facebook with the option for brands to set up an official, verified account. As WeChat became ubiquitous among Chinese smartphone users, international brands were quick to sign up and take advantage of the marketing opportunities. Luxury, however, has lagged behind\u2014only about half of all major global luxury brands have accounts. Jing Daily's new report \"Luxury on WeChat\" offers detailed and comprehensive guidance on the key factors luxury brands need to consider when setting up their account. Below is a summary of three main issues:\nService or subscription? There are two different types of official WeChat accounts: service and subscription. While subscription accounts allow more frequent posting and are generally preferred by media, service accounts have more tech capabilities and are intended for consumer brands. Nonetheless, there are many luxury brands on each type of account: Burberry, Gucci, and Audi all have subscription, while Jaeger LeCoultre, Louis Vuitton, and Piaget have service. There are several key differences to each that brands must carefully consider when setting up their official account, including how many messages they want to push out and what kind of e-commerce capabilities they need.\nOfficial account registration for foreign companies. To set up an official WeChat account, foreign companies need to check up on their eligibility to apply based on their authorization to do business in China. Some companies may need to work with a local distributor to apply for their account, so they must do the research to see what their individual situation requires.\nAccount basics. Once the account is created, brands need to be aware of the key features their customers are expecting from their WeChat account. Setting up customized tabs, forming a communication plan including auto-response and live chat, and integrating a store locator are just a few of the features luxury brands need to consider to provide their followers with optimal service.\nFor more details on setting up a luxury WeChat account\u2014including the differences between service and subscription accounts, the process for establishing an official account as a foreign brand, and the key account features that Chinese luxury consumers expect\u2014check out our new report: \"Luxury on WeChat: How to Reach China's Mobile-Savvy Consumers.\"\nchina, china luxury, Luxury, luxury on wechat, official account, report, service, subscription, wechat\nAlibaba, Douyin Mall, Pinduoduo: Which Will Win Chinese E-commerce In 2023 And Beyond?\nTikTok Accelerates Global E-commerce Expansion\nThe Future of Luxury\nWhy Pricing Is The 'Easy Growth Trap' In Luxury\nBlockchain Will Transform The Future Of Luxury. Here's How","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"10 Different Types of Personality Disorders\nOn March 16, 2019 March 15, 2019 By cherished79In mental health, personality disorders\nYou will find 10 distinct types of personality disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, (DSM-V). The different personality disorders are put into one of three clusters based on similar characteristics assigned to each cluster:\nCluster A personality disorders \u2013 odd, eccentric\nCluster B personality disorders \u2013 dramatic, emotional, and erratic\nCluster C personality disorders \u2013 anxious, fearful\nIt's common for people to receive a diagnosis of more than one of the personality disorder types, most commonly within the same cluster. As we explore further, you'll begin to see how the four common features come together to manifest in the different personality disorders.\nPersonality Disorder Types\nThe 10 personality disorder types (list of personality disorders) have descriptive similarities that allow them to fit into one of the three cluster categories. The American Psychiatric Association has suggested further investigation of an alternative model of categorization for the different personality disorders in hopes of adding clarity to this current approach. Until the development of a new model, the DSM-V (APA, 2013) adheres to the cluster grouping convention:\nCluster A Personality Disorders\nDeemed the odd and eccentric cluster, Cluster A Personality Disorders include paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.\nIf you know someone with an inflexible, long-term pattern of social awkwardness and social withdrawal punctuated by distorted thinking, he or she may have one of the Cluster A conditions.\nCluster B Personality Disorders\nConsidered the dramatic, emotional, and erratic group, Cluster B Personality Disorders include borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder.\nIf you know someone with marked and persistent impulse control and emotional regulation issues, he or she may suffer from one of the Cluster B disorders.\nCluster C Personality Disorders\nThought of as the anxious, fearful group, Cluster C Personality Disorders include avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.\nThe common factor of these three disorders is that those suffering from them have high levels of anxiety. People who have a persistent pattern of obsessive and compulsive thoughts and behaviors, feelings of inadequacy, or have an inordinate need to be taken care of by others may have one of the disorders in Cluster C.\nTo receive a diagnosis of a personality disorder, the person must exhibit a long-term and pervasive pattern of the behaviors and symptoms.\nBecause of this, people sometimes don't receive a diagnosis until adulthood, at which time the onset of the disorder is traced back to childhood or adolescence. Most personality disorders decrease in intensity with age. People frequently experience the most troubling symptoms during their 40s or 50s.\nWhen learning about personality disorders, it's important to remember that everyone may exhibit some of these disturbing personality traits at one time or another. But personality disorder diagnostic criteria require a long-term, pervasive pattern of these traits. In other words, the person must exhibit these behaviors for observation repeatedly regardless of time, place, or situation.\nArticle source: Healthy Place.com\nmental healthmental illnesspersonality disorders\nThe Dance of Acceptance \u2014 Untangled\nHow PTSD Impacts Our Lives\n3 thoughts on \"10 Different Types of Personality Disorders\"\nThank you. An interesting post.\nVery interesting thank you. Sally","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Veritas Lounge\nArchives \u2013 Program Guide\nLoeffler's Library\nLexicon of Johnisms\nJohn's Commentary Articles\nIt Seems to Me\u2026\nAmerican Agenda\nLogical Fallacies Quick Reference Guide\nPreparing for the Underground Church\nAlinsky's Rules for Radicals\nEnter the Veritas Lounge\nSOS Groups Premium Access\nMembers-Only Podcast URL\nSteve Schiller Declares War on Stupid!\nPodcast Apps for Android and Apple iOS Devices\nPodcast Setup and Troubleshooting\nGroup Signup\nSOS Groups\nWhat is SOS Groups?\nSOS Groups Help Page\nSteel Team Six \u2013 Tactical Apologetics\nSteve Schiller\nMedia Production Services\nPraying For Persecuted Christians Facebook Group\nThe Steel on Steel Facebook Page\nDonate to Steel on Steel\nHelp Pastor X\nMedia Store \u2013 DVDs & Books\nSOS Gear! Apparel and more!\nUSPS Order Tracking\nMain Help Page\nPodcast App Help Page\nGet Podcast Apps!\nPosted by John Loeffler | 0 Comments\nImposter Worldview\nMember Login to Listen\/Download MP3 of Entire Broadcast\nThere are a lot of issues circulating in the world right now and very few of them are accurately reported on. In this week's boralogue, John jumps from issue to issue, covering the possible halting of the Fed's rate raising cycle, how support for Mahmoud Abbas is down and support for Israel is up, and the agreement between the Vatican and communist China that seems a little too familiar. Worldviews can somehow be both popular and dysfunctional at the same time.\nFrom the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution, this country was founded on unity, but today it seems to be all about division. We welcome back author and historian Daniel Mallock (www.newenglishreview.org) to discuss the Alinsky tactics of division and constant friction that lead to chaos and loss of freedom. It's up to us to identify these threats and push back on them.\nEurope has also come a long way ideologically, though they are further down the road to division. Writer and retired oncologist David Stolinsky (www.stolinsky.com) analyzes the differences in Europe, both past and present and shows how leftist ideologies are gaining a foothold in America in his home state of California.\nThe term 'navigable' has changed dramatically over the past 10 years. Anthony Francois (www.pacificlegal.org), Senior Attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, examines how the EPA has deemed tiny draining ditches on private property as navigable and how the Clean Water Act has gone from fighting pollution to becoming a land grab for the government.\nJohn's quote of the week:\n\"Governments always act in their own best interest, not necessarily in the interests of the people. Because of that, they are most likely to define out of existence those things that would criticize the government itself. Lo and behold, this is exactly what we find happening in Europe.\"\nIn this week's Section 6, John looks at Russia's recent skirmish with Ukrainian ships off the Black Sea, failing worldviews in Europe, a mysterious wave-like rumble around the world, as well as other science and legal news stories.\nWant more resources on these topics? Here are some previous programs you might find interesting:\nDouble Your Standards, Double Your Fun\nFallacy of the Week \u2013 Fallacy of Division\nSalvaging Existing Freedoms\nSocialism Worketh Not\nWorldviews Do Matter\nRussia Russia Russia\nTracking the Year in Transition\nLethal Weaponization\nThe More Things Change\nLogin and listen now! Not a current member? Subscribe to listen to this entire episode, including the weekly Section 6 Intelligence brief, and more! Follow us on Twitter @steelonsteelpro as well as the Steel on Steel Facebook page and remember to join our dedicated Facebook group Praying for Persecuted Christians for the latest information concerning persecuted Christians around the world. 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+{"text":"Home Features FG, Lagos Seek Motorists' Cooperation Ahead of Six-month Partial Closure of Third...\nFG, Lagos Seek Motorists' Cooperation Ahead of Six-month Partial Closure of Third Mainland Bridge for Repair from July 24\nEchoload\nAhead of six-month partial closure of Third Mainland Bridge for maintenance work from July 24, the Federal Government and Lagos State Government have appealed to motorists and Lagosians to cooperate with government officials and appropriate agencies during this operation.\nSpeaking during a press conference jointly addressed by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola; Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde; and Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works, Aramide Adeyoye; on Tuesday at Alausa in Ikeja, these officials assured Lagosians that necessary measures would be put in place to reduce gridlocks during partial closure of the bridge.\nTo Popoola, there would be diversion of traffic in two phases during the partial closure of the bridge between July 24, 2020 and January 24, 2021.\nHe said the Phase One of the diversion, which would last for three months for repairs of the Oworonsoki bound lane of Third Mainland Bridge, would be for morning traffic from 12am to 1pm from Oworonshoki to Lagos Island on the Lagos Island bound lane, while the afternoon traffic from 1pm to 12am would be from Lagos Island to Oworonsoki on the Lagos Island bound lane.\nThe Federal Controller of Works added that the Phase Two of the diversion, which would last another three months for repairs of the Lagos Island bound lane of Third Mainland Bridge, would be for morning traffic from 12am to 1pm from Oworonsoki to Lagos Island on the Oworonsoki bound lane, while the afternoon traffic from 1pm to 12am would be from Lagos Island to Oworonsoki on the Oworonsoki bound lane.\nPopoola, while speaking on the inconveniences the maintenance of the bridge might cause motorists, said the Federal Government and Lagos State Government would work with appropriate agencies for traffic control to direct and help traffic movement in the affected areas and alternative routes.\n\"Motorists are advised to also ply these alternative routes: First, from Carter Bridge through Iddo through Oyingbo to join Adekunle ramp inward Oworonsoki. Secondly, from Ijora Olopa through Western Avenue to Ikorodu Road,\" he said.\nOn his part, Oladeinde said priority would be given to those driving from Mainland to the Island in morning and afternoon to use Third Mainland Bridge, while those driving against traffic would use the alternative routes.\nThe commissioner assured motorists that Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) would work with Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in all the alternative routes to ensure that motorists have a smooth journey during the partial closure of the bridge.\nOladeinde, while stressing the need for reduction of vehicles on the road during the partial closure of the bridge, advised that those who don't have any genuine reason to be on the road to stay at home.\nHe said there would be increase in number of public vehicles for people to leave their vehicles at home to make the road less congested, adding that the public vehicles would be available and affordable for road users.\nAccording to him, \"If you don't have to travel, I will advise that you stay at home, so that we can minimise the number of vehicles on the road.\n\"If you can work at home, please do. But if you can't, we will be on the road for you to get to your destination as quickly as possible.\"\nThe commissioner also advised people to use alternative transport such as ferries, assuring that there would be increase in number of fleets by Lagos Ferry Services in the morning for people from Ikorodu and Mile 2 as alternative transportation.\nAlso speaking, Adeyoye appreciated the Federal Government for bringing the repair of Third Mainland Bridge on board.\nShe said Lagos State Government has commenced necessary preparatory works on all the alternative routes in the state to make them motorable for the commuters.\nAdeyoye said the state would do its best within two weeks to work on all the roads that may likely cause gridlocks to be free of potholes.\nShe also warned trucks and vehicles that are not road worthy or serviceable to stay away from Lagos roads.\nIdowu Sowunmi\nBabatunde Fashola\nFederal Ministry of Works\nFRSC\nLASTMA\nThird Mainland Bridge\nPrevious articlePublic Works Recruitment: National Assembly desperate to get me out \u2013 Keyamo\nNext articleEFCC Chair: 3 likely candidates to take over as Magu's travail persists\nLagos Gov Okays Body Worn Cameras for LASTMA, VIS, Safety Corps,...\nAbiru versus Gbadamosi: The Race for Lagos East Senatorial By-election Begins\n19-year old rape and murder suspect escapes from police custody","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to \"shine.\" He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal.\nGenre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller\nDirector: Janell Sammelman, Mike Flanagan\nActors: Carel Struycken, Catherine Parker, Cliff Curtis, Emily Alyn Lind, Ewan McGregor, James Flanagan, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Robert Longstreet, Selena Anduze, Zahn McClarnon\nKeywords:Doctor Sleep\nOther Putlocker Movies to watch\nNoruwei no mori\nSet in the 1960's, high school student Toru Watanabe loses his only friend Kizuki after he commits suicide. Toru, now looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo\u2026.\nGenre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Short\nA fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.\nGenre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War\nHoratio Hornblower: The Wrong War\nThe Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures \u2013 the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop\u2026\nGenre: Action, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie, War\nA pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.\nUntil Forever: The Michael Boyum Story is a powerful, true account of one young man's courageous battle with leukemia and his journey of faith.\nA recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run\u2026\nAn epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but\u2026\nThe Groomsmen\nA groom (Ed Burns) and his four attendants wrestle with issues related to friendship and maturity a week before the big day.\nGenre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance\nAfter his eldest son is murdered in a gangland hit, an absentee father desperately tries to protect what's left of the shattered family he abandoned.\nA celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged\u2026\nOn the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when\u2026\nTrailer: Doctor Sleep","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"September 05, 2018 Movies \u00bb Movie Reviews & Stories\nMindy Sterling in \"Austin Powers\"\nCenFlo Film Fest makes moves on the way to Mount Dora\nBy Cameron Meier\nCentral Florida Film Festival, Friday-Sunday, Sept. 7-9, Epic Theatres Mount Dora, 2300 Spring Harbor Blvd., Mount Dora, centralfloridafilmfestival.com, $10-$200\nThe Central Florida Film Festival is reinventing itself, with new leadership, different dates and a move from Ocoee to Mount Dora.\nFormer director Bob Cook has handed the reins to local filmmaker and theater director Brendon Rogers, who has shifted not just the festival's location but its dates. Usually held on Labor Day weekend, it will now be held Friday-Sunday, Sept. 7-9.\nThe move to Mount Dora was influenced by four factors. First, Cook's relationship with Ocoee's West Orange Cinema (the festival's former home) was ending. Second, Ocoee was never particularly friendly toward the festival, according to Cook. Third, Mount Dora's new Epic Theatres seemed to both Rogers and Cook to be a good venue. And fourth, Mount Dora already has a reputation as a festival-friendly town.\n\"Mount Dora is known as the festival city. They have the art festival every year,\" Rogers says. \"But they also have other things. They always have smaller festivals throughout the entire year, so it's an arts city ... and there is an appetite for the arts. We've gotten a good response from the community. ... And the fact that [Epic] Theatres was being built there \u2013 it just seemed like a natural fit.\"\nThe date change was due to a request from Epic Theatres, but Rogers says he suspects the weekend after Labor Day might be more convenient for festival-goers. He also admits that attendees \u2013 who numbered around 2,000 each year in Ocoee \u2013 are different in Mount Dora.\n\"The demographic in Mount Dora is much different,\" Rogers says. \"I mean you have a lot more retired people. It's a bit more of a suburban atmosphere. It's not quite Ocoee.\"\nFor that reason, Rogers says he decided to rent three screens on all three days of the festival, instead of just two on the first day, as Cook did at West Orange Cinema. That means that although the festival is showing about 10 fewer films than it did in 2017, the number of screenings will actually increase. That will allow for a larger Friday crowd and also make it easier to see all the movies.\nThe 13th annual festival will include 66 films (17 feature-length movies and 49 shorts) across many genres. New this year is a shorts program devoted to suspense.\nCenFlo has always been a friend to Orlando filmmakers, perhaps because it's actually run by them.\n\"We are local filmmakers. They're our people,\" says Rogers, whose own movies played the festival in 2015 and 2016. \"[The festival] gives them a venue [for films] that couldn't be seen in a larger venue. And, thankfully, we have several this year that are local films.\"\nTestament, directed by UCF film faculty member Tim Ritter, was filmed locally, with local actors. Other locally produced movies include the shorts Your Carriage Awaits, Senses and Outer, the feature Sam and Elvis (based on a local play) and Jacqueline Siegel's own follow-up to the award-winning documentary The Queen of Versailles, titled The Princess of Versailles.\nSiegel won't be the only celebrity in attendance. Mindy Sterling will attend a screening of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (in which she plays Frau Farbissina), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa will screen Mortal Kombat (in which he plays Shang Tsung) and Stan Zimmerman will present The Brady Bunch Movie, which he co-wrote. Other guests will include actor Greg Pitts, comic book artist George Perez and actress Lisa London, who will screen her 2015 short, Finding Momma.\nA single film costs $10, an all-day pass goes for $35, and a three-day pass is $100. Events include not just screenings, but panel discussions, a screenwriting competition and year-round educational workshops.\nTags: Movie Reviews & Stories\n\u00ab Juliet, Naked mixes contrived comedy with poignant drama | Marvel's Iron Fist finally finds its footing on Netflix \u2013 by throwing everything out the window \u00bb\nMore Movie Reviews & Stories \u00bb\nJonathan Van Ness' long-running podcast gets a Netflix series adaptation this week, plus 15 more streaming premieres\nThis week 'Archive 81' makes the leap from popular podcast to Netflix series, plus 13 more streaming premieres\nNetflix kicks off the beginning of the end when the final season of 'Ozark' premieres Friday\nCentral Florida Film Festival returns to Mount Dora after 16-month absence\nLatest in Movie Reviews & Stories\nGlobal Peace Film Festival returns to Orlando for a 19th year\nAn oddball Texas musician runs a longshot campaign for city council in 'Kid Candidate'\nUCF spring breakers witness and document asylum seekers' plight in 'A Break for Impact'\nMore by Cameron Meier\nDespite a short running time, Italian doc 'The Truffle Hunters' is no mere trifle\nEnzian Theater's Florida Film Festival shorts trend darker this year, but still offer something for everyone\nShort reviews of every Florida Film Festival movie we were able to see in advance\nThis week 'Archive 81' makes the leap from popular podcast to Netflix series, plus 13 more streaming premieres Read More\nNetflix kicks off the beginning of the end when the final season of 'Ozark' premieres Friday Read More\nDebuting on Netflix this week: Maggie Gyllenhaal adapts Elena Ferrante's novel 'The Lost Daughter,' plus more streaming premieres Read More\nIndia Spice House Read More\nTako Cheena Read More\nThis N That Eats Read More","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Detroit Lions Aidan Hutchinson plans to shine against Packers\nThe Lions and the Packers, each sitting at 8-8, close out the 2022 regular season in grand fashion Sunday at Lambeau Field.\nBoth teams potentially have a chance to clinch a playoff berth with a win in the Week 18 matchup.\nThe Packers literally just have to win to claim a spot in the postseason. Meanwhile, the game becomes a \"win-and-get in\" scenario for Dan Campbell's team if the Rams find a way to beat the Seahawks in their regular season finale.\nAs a result of the playoff implications surrounding the NFC North divisional contest, the NFL decided to flex the game to NBC's \"Sunday Night Football\" telecast.\nOutside of the annual Thanksgiving game, it's the Lions' first nationally-televised game of the season, and it marks the team's first primetime contest since Week 2 of last season. It was a Monday Night Football game \u2014 televised on ESPN \u2014 which also happened to be against the Packers at Lambeau.\nSo, there's a significant portion of Detroit's young roster that has little-to-no experience playing in primetime. That includes Lions rookie EDGE Aidan Hutchinson.\n\u00a9 Kirthmon F. Dozier \/ USA TODAY NETWORK\nHutchinson, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 draft, is beyond excited to play in his first primetime tilt as a pro.\n\"No doubt. This is huge, man. Obviously, we can't control our entire destiny. But, either we're getting in or we're knocking someone out. So, it's going to be fun,\" Hutchinson told reporters Thursday. \"We're going to \u2014 I'm just so excited, man, to be primetime and to do my intro here pretty soon for Sunday Night Football. It's gonna be \u2014 everything about being in a primetime game, being one of those primetime teams is something that I think, playing for the Lions, is something I want to get used to.\"\nIt's something that Hutchinson and his teammates will have to get used to, if they carry on their winning ways into the 2023 campaign. After starting the 2022 season with a paltry 1-6 record, Detroit has won seven of its last nine games. And, if it pulls out a win Sunday against Aaron Rodgers & Co. (even just as spoiler to Green Bay's playoff chances), it further validates the Lions' status as a team worthy of primetime games next season.\nFor now, Hutchinson is just worried about filming his player intro video for NBC. He admitted Thursday to putting in some prep time to master his intro for the Sunday Night Football broadcast.\n\"A couple times,\" Hutchinson said, when asked about whether he's practiced his intro for the telecast. \"You see it so much. I feel like it's so iconic, you know? With everybody, so it's gonna be fun. And like I said, everything about this game is what I love about football.\"\nIn the first meeting between the two teams this season (in Week 9), the Lions forced Rodgers to throw three interceptions, en route to a 15-9 win at Ford Field. Hutchinson came up with one of those three picks, and also added two tackles and two pressures.\nRodgers later labeled the interception by the first-year pro as a \"gift.\" Hutchinson, meanwhile, wouldn't mind being gifted with another pick from the future Pro Football Hall of Famer Sunday.\n\"It would be cool (to get another gift). It would be cool,\" the rookie defensive lineman expressed. \"I'm sure he won't make it as easy for this next time. But, no, I'm fired up and ready to go.\"\nHutchinson, who constantly plays with a high motor, is certainly \"revved up\" and ready for the opportunity to play on Sunday Night Football.\n\"I know that we didn't have any (national TV games) this year besides the Thanksgiving game, but that was a 12: 30 (p.m.) game and people were still waking up, I feel like,\" Hutchinson said. \"So, to have this one is going to be special, and hopefully, we'll have more next year. So, yeah, I'm going to take advantage of it and play my best ball.\"\nYou can add fellow rookie Jameson Williams \u2014 the No. 12 overall pick in the 2022 draft \u2014 to the list of Lions players excited for the chance to play in a big, end-of-the-season contest Sunday.\n\"Yeah, it's a game with a lot on the line,\" Williams said Thursday. \"We're just coming prepared. We've had a real great week (of practice) so far. It just comes down to who want it more. It's a real \u2014 like I said, it's a lot on the line for both teams. You know, we're just coming as prepared as we can and trying to win.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home\/Sports\/Razorbacks\/Razorbacks rally to dramatic win in North Little Rock\nRazorbacks rally to dramatic win in North Little Rock\nShelly ByrdDecember 22, 2019\nBy Jeremy Peppas\nSpecial to Nate Allen Sports Services\nNORTH LITTLE ROCK \u2014 It was a sloppy night for basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.\nIn the team's one and only trip to central Arkansas, the Razorbacks struggled in the first half against Valparaiso but pulled away for a 72-68 victory and improved to 10-1 on the season.\nValpo made a game out of it, but the Crusaders (7-6) couldn't pull off the upset of the Southeastern Conference school.\nArkansas jumped out to an early 13-point lead, keyed by a Adrio Bailey dunk that ignited the not-quite sellout crowd of 15,630, and it looked like the team was going to have an easy night.\nBut the Razorbacks were plagued by turnovers, notching an even dozen in the first half. That total of 12 matched the number of field goals made by Arkansas, and also the number of points Valpo scored off those same turnovers.\nIt was not good basketball, and things got worse late in the first half when Arkansas coach Eric Musselman was called for the technical with 1:02 remaining.\nMusselman protested to the officials the lack of a call that sent Arkansas guard Mason Jones tumbling into the scorer's table. Jones certainly looked like he was fouled, but that isn't the way officials saw it.\nThen the whistle came on Musselman.\nThat sent Valpo's Javon Freeman-Liberty to the line, and Simmons Arena got rock-concert loud. He missed the first, which somehow only seemed to make it louder, but the second free throw fell and Valpo took the 32-31 lead.\nAt the half, Valpo was up 34-32.\nThe second half was back and forth as Arkansas guard Isaiah Joe hit a three-pointer with 10:19 remaining in the game to cut the Valpo lead to 2, 51-49. That was followed by Adrio Bailey hitting one of two free throws at the 9:51 mark to make it a one-point game, but Arkansas couldn't get anything going, and after consecutive baskets by Valpo, the Razorbacks were down by their biggest margin of the night, 8 points, 59-51 with 7:23 left.\nArkansas made a run late in the second half after Jimmy Whitt Jr. drove to the basket for a layup to make it a three-point game, 59-56. Then on the ensuing possession Reggie Chaney was fouled, and the sophomore forward made it a one-point game, 59-58. But Valpo kept it going and maintained its lead.\nWith Valpo's lead again cut to one, 63-62, all 18,000 rose to their feet in the final two minutes, and those fans were rewarded when Jones tied up the game 65-all with 1:21 remaining and just like that, it was a game again.\nWhitt turned up the defensive pressure and got the steal on the ensuing possession, and Jones followed for an off-balance three-pointer with :51.6 remaining to give Arkansas the 68-65 lead.\nThen the crowd lost their minds when Freeman-Liberty's dunk attempt was blocked at the rim by Bailey and Valpo fouled Joe as he drove down the court.\nThe pressure didn't matter as Joe hit both and Arkansas was up 5, 70-65 with :36 remaining.\nThat pressure didn't matter for Valpo either as Eron Gordon hit a three-pointer himself with :26 remaining and it was 70-68.\nArkansas added two more free throws from Jones with :25.4 to make it 72-68 and Valpo struggled to get a shot off in the final seconds. In the ensuing scrum, Jones ended up with the ball on the floor and Arkansas got the timeout with :5.6 left and up 72-68.\nValpo needed a miracle, but the desperation three-pointer rimmed out and Arkansas held on for the 72-68 win.\nJoe lead Arkansas with 21 points, while Jones added 20.\nFreeman-Liberty, Valpo's leading scorer coming into the game, put up 21 points for his team.\nArkansas takes a week off for the Christmas holiday and returns to action on Dec. 29 when they travel to Bloomington, Ind., to face Indiana Hoosiers in a game that will tip at 5 p.m. and be broadcast on the Big 10 Network.\nArkansas Basketball Arkansas Razorbacks\nFlorida Game Tip Time Moved To 7:30 p.m.\nLSU Clobbers Hogs","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"6 hours agoIndonesian Constitutional Court Reject A Interfaith Marriages Lawsuit\n6 hours agoFinland to Never Allow Action of Al-Quran Burning\n6 hours agoIsraeli Occupation Detain Again Palestinian Prisoner With Cancer\n22 hours agoComprehensive Strike Prevails in Jabal Al-Mukaber in Occupied Jerusalem\n22 hours agoIsraeli Occupation Forces Detain Palestinian Citizens in West Bank\nBomb Attack Will Not Affect Stability of Rupiah, Says Bank Indonesia\nFriday, 26 May 2017 - 18:06 WIB\nAuthor: muhadjir\nBank Indonesia Governor Agus Martowardojo.\nJakarta, 29 Sha'ban 1438\/26 May 2017 (MINA) \u2013 The twin bomb explosions that struck the Kampung Melayu Transjakarta bus terminal on Wednesday night (May 24) will not reduce foreign investor confidence and not affect the stability of the rupiah.\n\"Investors and various stakeholders have been able to understand the true condition of Indonesias economic fundamentals that continue to improve,\" Antara News quoted Governor of Bank Indonesia Agus Martowardojo as saying here on Friday.\n\"The rupiah exchange rate is stable. In Indonesia, the economic aspects can be kept apart from the political ones,\" he remarked.\nNevertheless, he expressed optimism that the security condition would return to normal.\nThe Indonesian Police had earlier confirmed that five people comprising three police officers and two suspected suicide bombers were killed in twin bomb blasts on Wednesday evening.\nInspector General Setyo Wasisto, spokesman of the Police Headquarters, revealed here on Thursday that 11 people comprising six police officers and five civilians were injured in the bomb attack.\nThe five civilians were drivers of public vehicles, two female university students, and an employee of a state enterprise.\nThe victims were rushed to the Premier Jatinegara Hospital, Said Sukant Kramat Jati Police Hospital, Budi Asih Hospital, and Hermina Hospital that were located nearby.\nThe two bombs exploded respectively at 9 p.m. and 9:05 p.m. local time.\nThe dead and injured police officers were on duty to guard a group of people who were holding a torch parade welcoming the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. The procession had not yet passed by when the blasts occurred.\nJokowi expresses deep condolences\nMeanwhile, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed Chief of the National Police General Tito Karnavian to quell the network of the suicide bombers.\n\"I have ordered the National Police chief to totally crush the network of the perpetrators. We have instructed to quell it until its roots,\" he stated at his private residence, in Solo, Central Java, on Thursday.\nThe president also expressed his condolences to the victims and families of the suicide bombing.\n\"I convey (my) deep condolences to the victims and their families, including those still in hospital and dead, particularly the police officers on duty,\" Jokowi stated.\nJakarta's Governor-elect Anies Baswedan also expressed his sympathy and condolences to the victims of the suicide bomb attack. \"We convey our deep deep condolences,\" Baswedan remarked.\nHe also condemned the terror attack that led to the deaths of three police officers and injured 10 others comprising five police personnel and five civilians.\n\"I strongly deplore it,\" he said, adding that terror attacks on any location cannot be tolerated. He called on every citizen of Jakarta to remain calm and to help maintain security and unity. (T\/RS5\/RS1)\nMi'raj IslamicNews Agency (MINA)\nTags: Bank Indonesia bomb attack deep condolences rupiah stability\nTuesday, 23 October 2018 - 16:05 WIB\nIndonesia Holds Key Rate as Run of Hikes Helps Stabilise Rupiah\nFriday, 20 July 2018 - 10:15 WIB\nBank Indonesia Keeps Interest Rate on Hold\nTax Amnesty to Raise State Revenue by Rp47.7 Trillion : BI","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Restructuring Supports Hilltop Holdings (HTH) Amid Low Rates\nHTH Quick Quote\nPACW Quick Quote\nPACW\nNWBI Quick Quote\nNWBI\nASB Quick Quote\nHilltop Holdings Inc.'s (\nHTH - Free Report) focus on improving fee income is expected to keep supporting revenue growth. The company's restructuring efforts to diversify business as a profitable banking operation are commendable.\nMoreover, analysts are bullish about the stock. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company's current-year earnings has been revised 1.5% upward over the past 30 days.\nHowever, margin pressure and elevated expenses (primarily due to investments in franchise) are major concerns, which might hamper the company's profitability. Thus, Hilltop Holdings currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.\nOver the past six months, shares of the company have gained 5% compared with 6.1% growth recorded by the industry.\nLooking at fundamentals, the company's net interest income (NII) has registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.6% over the past five years (2016-2020). The rise was partly driven by acquisitions completed during that period. The upward momentum continued in the first nine months of 2021.\nMoreover, a consistent change in deposit mix, backed by rising non-interest-bearing deposits (non-interest-bearing deposits, as a percentage of total deposits, were 36.5% as of Sep 30, 2021), has been impressive.\nFurther, similar to many other banks like Associated Banc-Corp (\nASB - Free Report) , Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (\nNWBI - Free Report) and PacWest Bancorp (\nPACW - Free Report) , Hilltop Holdings' restructuring efforts are commendable. In 2020, the bank divested its insurance division \u2014 National Lloyds Corporation. Since the buyout of PlainsCapital in 2012, the company's business has expanded tremendously through acquisitions, with the consolidation of its position in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee and Arizona. The deals are not only accretive to earnings but have also helped the company diversify its operations from core Property & Casualty insurance to a profitable banking operation.\nSupported by a strong capital and liquidity position, the company is expected to keep boosting shareholder value through sustainable capital deployment activities.\nHowever, Hilltop Holdings' net interest margin (NIM) has been witnessing a declining trend over the past several years \u2014 2.85% in 2020, 3.48% in 2019, 3.55% in 2018, 3.63% in 2017, 3.76% in 2016, 3.81% in 2015 and 4.74% in 2014. The downward trend persisted in the first nine months of 2021 as well. Pressure on margins is expected to continue in the near term because of the low interest-rate environment.\nHilltop Holdings' non-interest expenses witnessed a six-year (2015-2020) CAGR of 1.6% mainly due to higher compensation and benefits costs, with the uptrend continuing in the first three quarters of 2021. Given the company's steady investments in franchise, continued hiring and inorganic growth plans, overall expenses are expected to remain elevated.\nHilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH) - Free Report >>\nPacWest Bancorp (PACW) - Free Report >>\nNorthwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI) - Free Report >>\nAssociated BancCorp (ASB) - Free Report >>\nStrong Buy Stocks to Start 2022\nOur experts picked 7 stocks with the best chances of skyrocketing within the next 30-90 days. Each stock is a Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buy.\nWhat's in the Offing for Magnite (MGNI) This Earnings Season?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Georgia's Homecoming Game against New Mexico State to be televised by CSS\nCSS will broadcast the New Mexico State at Georgia football game on November 5, 2011, the SEC announced today. The game will be kick off at 12:30 p.m. ET.\nThis will be Georgia's first appearance on CSS this season. The game against the Aggies is Homecoming for the Bulldogs.\nGeorgia (5-2, 4-1 SEC) is currently ranked 21st in the Coaches Poll and 22nd in the AP Poll. The Dawgs are also ranked 21st in the latest BCS standings.\nThe Bulldogs travel to Jacksonville to face the Florida Gators this Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET; CBS; Tickets).\nGeorgia Bulldogs Football Tickets\n2011 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule\n2011 College Football Schedules","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home > News > Yale Nursing Names LaRon E. Nelson Inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity\nYale Nursing Names LaRon E. Nelson Inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity\nLaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN has been named the inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) and also joins YSN as an Independence Foundation Associate Professor of Nursing. He is a leading expert in implementation science and HIV prevention within African and African diaspora communities, including communities in the United States, Canada, and Ghana. His current research investigates the implementation and effectiveness of the Client Centered Care Coordination (C4) intervention for supporting the scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a strategy to reduce the number of new HIV infections among black men who have sex with men in New York and Toronto, Canada.\nDr. Nelson is a family nurse practitioner and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. He joins YSN from the University of Rochester School of Nursing, where he also received his PhD and was the Dean's Endowed Fellow in Health Disparities and Associate Director of International Research in the Center for AIDS Research. \"Dr. Nelson is a world-class thought leader, and we are fortunate to have him join the YSN community at such an exciting time of innovation in global health research at Yale,\" noted Dr. Ann Kurth, Dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor at YSN. \"Everyone here is thrilled about the opportunity to work with LaRon, and I look forward to the contributions that he will make to my senior leadership team.\" Nelson is also the inaugural Ontario HIV Treatment Network Research Chair in Program Science with African, Caribbean, and Black Communities, based at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada.\nDr. Nelson completed post-doctoral training with the HIV Prevention Trials Network Scholars Program and was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. He previously served as Assistant Dean for Global and Community Affairs at the University of South Florida College of Nursing. Nelson commented, \"Even beyond the school's impeccable reputation for cutting-edge science, I was compelled by YSN's foundational value of growing a more diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff. Dean Kurth is transforming the school to not only lead in today's world, but to prepare advanced practice nurses to lead in the world of tomorrow. I couldn't resist the opportunity to be a part of what she is building here.\"\nIn 2017 Dr. Nelson was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and one of Canada's Rising Star in Global Health in 2012 by Grand Challenges Canada. At YSN, Dr. Nelson's portfolio includes the Office of Global Health and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), including the creation of a DEI Council for the school.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"\u2190 We shall overcome.\nRun\/pass tells \u2192\nLiving in the past, part two\nI have to say that I'm a little surprised about the sentiment expressed in the comments to yesterday's post about the 2004 season that Auburn should have been the number one ranked team that season, even without taking the Reggie Bush matter into consideration.\nNo offense to anyone who asserts that position, but based upon the teams' stats and strength of schedule, what are you people thinking? It's not a close call.\nAnd besides that, because of the margin of victory in the BCS title game, people tend to discount the merit of Oklahoma's team from that season. The Sooners weren't exactly chopped liver. Find me a team on Auburn's 2004 schedule of similar quality that the Tigers totally destroyed.\nI certainly don't condone the cheating and the blind eye turned to it, if that's what happened, and won't lose a wink of sleep over whatever sanctions are visited on USC. But I don't see how you can argue that the Trojans didn't trot out the best team in college football that season.\n52 responses to \"Living in the past, part two\"\nkckd\nThanks to the current BCS system. We'll never know. It's the best thing since sliced bread\u2026\u2026for blogs and message boards at least.\nPhocion\nAgreed\u2026but since Auburn, rather than Oklahoma, was the team denied the opportunity this is what you will get from many SEC types. Had it been reversed, the Sooner faithful would be singing the same chorus.\nSee what happens when you have a system that doesn't decide the champion \"on the field\"?\nBTW: Anybody hearing much from Lawrence or Lexington these days about Duke not being the accepted baskeball champ for last year?\nWhere did those stats and records come from?\nLOL, haven't you made the claim on here that had there not been a preseason poll, Auburn might have been in the game and not OU?\nI think if you were a lawyer you would start the trial as the defense attorney and end up the DA by the closing arguments.\nPlease tell me how that equates to the assertion that Auburn would have beaten USC if they had faced each other.\nI'm not saying that Auburn wasn't jobbed by the preseason polls. I'm saying that the Tigers weren't the best team in the country in 2004. Why are you having trouble seeing the difference?\nJust as I told you before, if OU wasn't chopped liver as you said and based on what they had done if you started the poll at the halfway point, they would still have started at no. 2 and Auburn would not have passed them. Not by a long shot.\nMy point was that was a bad year to talk about what ifs with the preseason poll and as I said before, if OU had not played SC and AU had. If SC blows the shite out of AU, we're still stuck wondering what if OU would've played them.\nI like the Mumme poll and think it's an interesting concept in how you vote, but not so much how it starts. Nothing would've changed that year. OU did nothing until the NCG to make themselves look not as good as Auburn.\nIn the business, we refer to that as a non-responsive answer. \ud83d\ude09\nand you've never shown one iota how Auburn would have really benefited from a later poll. So in the past, you've been pretty non responsive yourself.\nMayor of Dawgtown\nBoth of you guys are missing the point. Southern Cal was paying a player (the best player in the country I might add). SC is DQ'd. What they did or did not do should not matter. The Trojans will have to forfeit the win against OK. So OK is undefeated just like Auburn. It comes down to those 2 teams (forget Utah). With SC out of the way the undefeated champion of the best conference in college football, the SEC, absent a real playoff, should get the nod.\nMayor, USC wasn't paying Bush, was it? I thought the issue is that the school ignored\/covered up clear evidence that Bush was getting payments\/benefits from people he shouldn't have been receiving them from, which meant that he wasn't eligible to play college ball.\nIf the USC program didn't have knowledge, express or implied, of what was going on why would USC be under investigation and subject to NCAA sanctions at all? And possibly subject to getting stripped of the BCSNC? Pete Carroll doesn't have to be handing money to Bush personally, does he?\nGiven that Oklahoma got blown off the map by USC in the Orange Bowl, I think Auburn would've made a stronger national-title opponent for the Trojans almost by default. But AU had to survive Virginia Tech by 3 points in their own BCS bowl, if memory serves, so I think USC still would've won the title handily.\nHere's my question: If USC does get pounded with penalties, and the BCS does retroactively award the '04 title to Auburn, does Tuberville then go to his bosses at Texas Tech demanding a raise because he is, after all, a coach with a national championship on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9? 'Cause he seems like the kind of guy who would do that.\nConnGator\nAs a Florida fan I hate Auburn almost as much as Georgia fans do (I was at both Auburn losses in '06 and '07).\nHowever, they _did_ get shafted in '04. Saurian Sagacity did a very good post on this three years ago:\nhttp:\/\/sauriansagacity.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/sec-is-more-difficult_28.html\ntbone\nAfter the 05 NFl draft several voters did say that they migjt have been remiss in not putting Auburn in the MNC Game. I agree. Auburn was good enough to have won it all.\nReptillicide\nIt's the SEC!SEC!SEC! Homerism at it's best. You're a damned idiot if you think that Auburn was a better team than either Oklahoma or Southern Cal that year, and it doesn't matter HOW bad oklahoma lost.\nI can have total respect for anyone that THINKS USC was the best team in 2004, they may have been. I have ZERO respect for someone who makes a statement that \"your a damned idiot if you think Auburn was better than either USC or OU that year\". In fact, that may be as preposterous a non-political statement as I have ever seen on this blog.\nAuburn is the most heavily credentialed team to ever be denied a chance to play in the BSC finale since it's inception. As the link in ConnGator's post shows, Auburn had more quality wins than either USC and and OU. An SEC has NEVER lost when given a chance to play for the faux title, and this was an unbeaten team with 3 draft picks in the Top 12 of the NFL the very next year.\nI watched that USC team struggle mightily with average and sub-par teams while I watched Auburn dominate solid teams that were highly rated. To think USC could not be beaten is absurd, and says you didn't watch that Stanford at all, much less the one play differential games against Cal and UCLA. An idiot for thinking perhaps Auburn MIGHT have been able to play above that level? None of us will never know but your argument loses all credibility when you fail to respect the facts just to shout insults. Seems you are more an SEC wannabe\/hater than we are homers. Jealousy is a very unattractive trait, even on a message board.\nIt just doesn't require much of an argument. The only people who try to argue that are sec homers. Absolutely nobody else does. When they selected the teams in 2004, only Auburn fans were pissed. Now that the SEC had produced a national champion 4 years in a row, suddenly everyone wants to engage in revisionist history.\nGamecock Fans\nThat said, my initial comment was a bit harsh, and I do apologize for using a remark uSually reserved for Gators on any of my fellow dawgs. I still feel that you aren't looking at it reasonably, but I am sorry for the tone I took.\nErr.. That was me\nAt long last we discover the 3rd person perpetrator(s)!\nI have to agree with Mac here. Has Oklahoma done anything in recent history at the BCS level to warrant us taking them seriously as an opponent for USC in 2004 (and thus lend extra credibility to USC's blow out)? I sat in Sanford-Hare stadium in 2004 and watched Auburn handle us pretty easily. I've always thought Auburn would've given USC a run that year. Have you noticed in recent history when all these great offensive teams face SEC defenses in the title game? Typically they've been slowed significantly. Not saying who I think would have won, but I just think Senator et al are selling the Aubies a little short.\nAnd no, Mac, this does not change my position on (extended) playoffs!!\nI sat in Sanford-Hare stadium in 2004 and watched Auburn handle us pretty easily. I've always thought Auburn would've given USC a run that year.\nGeorgia was 45th nationally in scoring that season. USC was sixth.\nDawgaholic\nUGA played in the SEC and USC played in the Pac-10.\nYou can't tell me you don't believe those offenses would have been much closer statistically if either team switched conferences.\nAgain, by all accounts, USC had the better SOS that season. So, no, I don't think they would have been much closer statistically had they switched.\nBy the way, this \"USC in the SEC\" thing \u2013 take a look at the '06 season. Arkansas went 7-1 in conference and played in the SECCG, where the Hogs lost to the eventual MNC 38-28.\nUSC waxed them 50-14. At Arkansas.\nI think USC would have done just fine no matter what conference it played in.\nAgree completely. This \"SEC\" thing gets taken too far many times. This is one of those instances. That USC team was incredible, and they would have knocked the shit out of any SEC team that year.\nI thought you might bring this up. What I am getting at is that, based on the performance of the cream of the SEC over the last 7 years, you cannot dismiss Auburn as easily as you are.\nI don't doubt USC would do fine in the SEC, but to dismiss Auburn's chances against that 2004 USC team is ridiculous.\nUSC played a tougher schedule than Auburn. Even with that, it was almost Auburn's equal defensively and it was far superior to Auburn offensively.\nI'm not saying Auburn wasn't a quality team, but it wasn't in USC's class that season. No team was.\nMcFadden did not play and Arky did not have a QB yet. Arky without McFadden was like UGA without HW in the early 80s.\nOhio State was #8 in scoring offense in 2006. Texas was #3 in 2009. Just because those teams racked up big points and yards in thier conferences doesn't dispell my argument that top SEC defenses have significantly slowed them in BCS championship games.\nTexas was #3 in 2009.\nNot trying to knock your overall argument here, but don't you think McCoy's injury had a significant effect on Texas' offense in the title game?\nUndoubtedly it did, but (without having the data to back this up) I would say that in the past 7 years, when an SEC team played in the BCS champ game, they held their opponent under their season scoring average \u2013 usually SIGNIFICANTLY. Which supports my theory that USC's offensive season rank is a bit irrelevant in this discussion.\nHow would you know? The only top-30 offense Auburn faced all season was Virginia Tech's (and that was just scoring; the Hokies were #65 in total offense).\nAtlchris\nOne thing we can look at is the talent of the teams\u2026 THe matchups\u2026 USC did not overwhelm AU in that regard. Jay Raitliff, Jason Campbell, Caddilac, Ronnie Brown, Aromoshadu, Carlos ROgers.. All who are very good NFL players\u2026\nTHat year, Auburn beat three top 10 opponents, and beat one, UGA, badly.. And beat UT twice,,, USC only played one top 10 team all year before OU.\nCal (10-2), Stanford (4-7), UCLA (6-6), and Oregon State (7-5) were all less than ten point games for USC along with an 11 point win at VaTech.\nOU had ten point or less games against K-State (4-7), OK State (7-5), and TX A&M (7-5).\nAU had ten point or less games against UTK (9-3, two losses to AU), LSU, (9-3)(Defending champs), Bama (6-6) and VaTech (10-3).\nYes, Auburn's OOC was weak but OU's included Bowling Green, a 6 loss Oregon team that lost to Indiana, and an 8 loss Houston team. USC played in the PAC-10.\nConsidering that 8 of Auburn's 11 games were against SEC competition it is hard to argue that their overall schedule was weaker than either USC or OU's schedule. Auburn only had one game (Alabama) where they did not blow out a mediocre team where the others all had several.\nOther than the BCS game, there is little to say that either team was better than another.\nI'm not saying Auburn was definitely more deserving than OU or USC but I am saying definitively that USC and OU were not more deserving than Auburn.\ngernblanski\nAuburn started the year out ranked behind USC and Oklahoma because:\n1. Oklahoma had just played in the 2003 NC game.\n2. Auburn was ranked #1 in many 2003 preseason polls only to finish that season 8-5.\n3. They opened the 2003 season at home against USC and lost 23-0.\n4. The administration was so upset with the 2003 season that they contemplated replacing Tuberville with Bobby Petrino.\nAlso, the 2004 non-conference opponents for all three teams were as follows:\nAuburn \u2013 La Monroe, The Citadel, La Tech\nUSC \u2013 Va Tech, Colorado State, BYU, Notre Dame\nOU \u2013 Bowling Green, Houston, Oregon.\nThis says it all. You cannot look at Auburns non-conf schedule and say they deserved a shot. That's just pathetic.\nOne thing I am sure of: I am not a damn idiot. Not sure you can make the same statement.\nruteger\n\"No offense to anyone who asserts that position, but based upon the teams' stats and strength of schedule, what are you people thinking? It's not a close call.\" \"But I don't see how you can argue that the Trojans didn't trot out the best team in college football that season.\"\nI personally don't think Auburn was better than USC that year, but I don't see how you can argue that you can't argue. You can make stats say anything, especially in college football. You can only judge a team based on who\/how they played, and given the small data sample (12 games) and minimal overlap of opponents, it's always going to be flawed and arguable to compare teams based on records and stats.\nSagarin states that USC had the 7th toughest schedule and Auburn the 60th? The NCAA states Auburn had the 5th and USC the 18th:\nhttp:\/\/web1.ncaa.org\/d1mfb\/2004\/Internet\/toughest%20schedule\/ia_9games_cumm.pdf\n(As a side note, I noticed that Sagarin had every single PAC-10 team's schedule strength rated above every single SEC team's. Not saying that wasn't true, but\u2026.really?)\nThen looking at team stats, you can't just look at numbers and rankings without trying to comprehend the competition that they compiled those against. And that's as nebulous as it gets.\nAll the NCAA does to rank SOS is add up opponents' won-loss records. You could play an entire slate of 1-AA opponents with glittering records and by the NCAA's measure, SOS would come out better than that of a school who played tougher D-1 schools with lesser records. It's a pretty useless measure.\nIf it makes you feel any better, Colley saw it USC 18, Auburn 25 and Oklahoma 9. That's the closest ranking I could find. Compare that with Howell's. Sagarin is far from alone in how he ranked SOS that season.\nThere's a legit reason for the Pac-10's SOS being stronger than you might expect. The nine-game conference schedule basically eliminates one cupcake, making the overall SOS look better.\nI'm not just going on numbers, by the way. If you watched both teams play, there isn't a game from that season in which any other school played at the level USC did in the BCS title game. You guys can sit there and tell me that Auburn would have hung in there, and sure, anything can happen, but it's not like the Tigers were that great a shakes against USC the two previous times those teams met.\nA backfield with two Heisman Trophy winners and Norm Chow with a month to prepare \u2013 you really think Gene Chizik is that much better of a defensive coach than Bob Stoops?\nUGA played that well against LSU. Had we had USC's schedule, it is completely possible we would have duplicated their result.\nWe saw what AU did to us.\nIt is much easier to play a bunch of teams in the 40-70 range than to play 5 or 6 teams (some back-to-back) in the top 30, 3 or 4 in the 70-90 range an a couple in the 100-120 range if you are a top 5 team. That's not true if you are a 25-50 team.\nLSU lost three games that season, hardly in the same class as Oklahoma. Since you bring them up, though, I should mention that Auburn beat them 10-9.\nAuburn beat Georgia soundly, but it wasn't anything like what USC did to Oklahoma.\nGeorgia's SOS was better than Auburn's that season, but, again, I can't find anyone who ranks it higher than USC's. USC beat three top-10 teams that season. I don't believe any other school matched that.\nBoth beat 4 top 20 teams. Had USC played Cal twice like AU did UTK, then UTK and Cal would have been ranked just about the same.\nI'm still not convinced LSU could not have played with OU in 2004. They lost two SEC games to two elite level SEC teams on the road and then lost a bowl game on a hail mary.\nUSC struggled against 3 mediocre teams in Stanford, UCLA, and Oregon State. Alot of the reason the Pac-10 wasn't worse in SOS is because all of their conference games kept them from getting exposed.\nAuburn deserved a shot as much as anyone.\nAgain, I'm not saying Auburn didn't deserve a shot \u2013 just that it wouldn't have mattered in the end.\nI didn't think it mattered if Texas got a shot in 2005 or if Florida got a shot in 2006.\nTexas, 2005? Really?\nUSC had already been anointed as the greatest team ever and had blown out a comparable Big 12 team the year before. Not that Texas was that bad, it just seemed they were a distant second before the game. (I was pretty happy that they won.)\nI was pretty damn confident in Miami in 02 as well.\nWhat does what happened in a game the year before have to do with anything? (You tell us Senator.)\nI'm with you with thinking USC was better than Auburn. Pete Carroll impressed the hell out of me during his stint at USC with his ability to get his teams playing at scary levels in big games (Aside from the UGA\/LSU 2007 comparison, I'm not so sure that USC wasn't the best).\nBut, the fact that we're just looking at numbers\/rankings\/observances leaves a lot of doubt about who would have been the best if they'd actually met. It makes it a pretty arguable deal. Look at the computer rankings from before the MNC game:\nhttp:\/\/www.nationalchamps.net\/NCAA\/2004_final_polls.htm\n4 of 6 crunched all the numbers and thought Oklahoma was better. Then they played.\nAnd the Patriots had the best team in 2007-8. Giants were 10-6. We should go back and give NE the Lombardy trophy.\nDawgfan17\nCharlie Roberts\nIn terms of Auburn's scoring offense, I think you're ignoring the Tommy Tuberville factor. Remember that Tubbs considered an ideal game to be 17-0 victory running 48 total offensive plays. I've never seen a coach quicker to call off the dogs when winning a game.\nStatistically USC far outshone Auburn, but I think if Tubby had let Auburn's offense run wild, the stats would be much closer.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Third Sun Solar Makes National Top-400 List\nAugust 13, 2014 \/in Residential \/by Michelle\nAthens, Ohio Solar Installer Listed Among Top National Firms\nATHENS, OHIO\u2014Solar Power World magazine released their national 2014 Top 400 Solar Contractors list last week, noting the best-ranked solar electric system installers from across North America. Third Sun Solar ranked #135 of 400 nationally.\nThe 2014 Top Solar Contractors list includes many companies from high-growth solar states like California, Colorado, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Third Sun Solar was the highest-ranked of the five Ohio firms that made the list.\n\"Only a tiny fraction of the nation's companies have demonstrated such remarkably consistent excellence, particularly in the difficult economic environment of the past few years,\" noted Editorial Director Frank Andorka of Solar Power World. \"This achievement puts [Third Sun Solar] in rarefied company.\"\nOnce again ranked among the best\nTo promote this year's list, Solar Power World also produced a video featuring three regional solar companies, one of which was Third Sun Solar. In the video, three of Solar Power World's 2014 Top Solar Contractors discuss their jobs, the industry and the future. The video is available here and also on YouTube (search Solar Power World on YouTube to find \"A Time To Shine: 2014 Top Solar Contractors Discuss The Industry\").\nTags: 2014 Top 400 Solar Contractors, A Time To Shine: 2014 Top Solar Contractors Discuss The Industry, best-ranked solar electric system installers, Solar Power World magazine, Third Sun Solar\nhttp:\/\/thirdsunsolar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Third-Sun-Solar-Company-Logo.png 0 0 Michelle http:\/\/thirdsunsolar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Third-Sun-Solar-Company-Logo.png Michelle2014-08-13 10:30:032016-06-15 10:33:32Third Sun Solar Makes National Top-400 List\nAnother Ohio Home Goes Solar\nPelotonia 2010 and Third Sun Solar - raising funds to end cancer!\nLocal Farm Uses Sun for Power\nThird Sun Solar in Amicus Solar Purchasing Cooperative\nLocal Solar Business Leaders and Veterans Call on Sen. Portman to Grow Ohio's Clean Energy Economy &\u2026\nThe Real Value Difference\nWorking With Your Homeowners Association\nBi-Directional Metering in Ohio\nThe Summer Solstice & Why We Celebrate\nNet Metering for Solar in Ohio\nHouse Bill 6: Ohio Businesses Call on Governor and Lt. Governor to embrace clean energy policies\nBecome A Solar Professional (5)\nOur Company (10)\nOur Solar Professionals (4)\nThird Sun Solar (10)\nArchives Select Month July 2019 (1) June 2019 (6) May 2019 (7) April 2019 (6) March 2019 (28) February 2019 (2) October 2018 (2) September 2018 (1) July 2018 (2) April 2018 (2) February 2018 (1) January 2018 (1) August 2017 (2) April 2017 (1) August 2016 (1) July 2016 (1) January 2016 (2) December 2015 (5) November 2015 (3) September 2015 (1) April 2015 (1) December 2014 (1) October 2014 (1) September 2014 (2) August 2014 (8) July 2014 (6) June 2014 (3) May 2014 (7) April 2014 (4) March 2014 (2) February 2014 (1) January 2014 (4) December 2013 (2) November 2013 (2) October 2013 (7) September 2013 (7) August 2013 (34) July 2013 (3) June 2013 (5) May 2013 (6) April 2013 (4) March 2013 (2) January 2013 (2) December 2012 (1) June 2012 (1) May 2012 (2) April 2012 (2) March 2012 (2) February 2012 (2) January 2012 (2) December 2011 (7) October 2011 (4) September 2011 (2) July 2011 (1) February 2011 (3) December 2010 (1) September 2010 (2) August 2010 (2) July 2010 (2)\nHome Equity for Solar Solar Curator Shines on Third Sun Solar","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Instant Family Film Review\nLet me put the performances out of the equation for Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne have done not fine but an outstanding job, there are just no words to how intense their performances were. Having said that Instant Family is a film that speaks many languages and it does...\nLet me put the performances out of the equation for Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne have done not fine but an outstanding job, there are just no words to how intense their performances were. Having said that Instant Family is a film that speaks many languages and it does have a cosmic connection with us all one way or the other. What people want and what people get, is one way to look at this, others would be what you get and what you make of it. Well, Instant Family does just that.\nThe films start off to a very positive vibe, in fact, everything seems to hit off just perfect. We have two parents, who feel that something is missing in their lives and that is when they decide that why bring a child into the world when we have so many children, who suffer the problems of social structures? There are so many children who do not get the proper family they deserve and although Foster homes work hard to provide them shelter, they just cannot provide that specific attention, required for each individual child. Here love is the essence. Every one of us yearns for unconditional love and that is where Pete (Wahlberg) and Ellie (Byrne) decide to adopt a trio of Hispanic-American siblings, who have seen and suffered, what most of the children do not.\nThat is what causes the challenges for both Pete and Ellie, as they take on the parenting. The film is not all perfect but it does not need to for the emotional strings it stuck, pays off all debts. For Pete and Ellie's parenting seemed easy but it wasn't, as soon as grace period finished, things spiral out of control, however, their commitment to love the kids unconditionally and ensure them that they are protected, is what finally gives everyone the joy.\nOverall this film, Instant Family has some really deep heartfelt moments with a lot of touching details, courtesy of the writer and director Sean Anders. What that being said, we certainly cannot ignore the humor in Instant Family which I might is has been a great companion of this film. How both Wahlberg and Byrne have done it is just remarkable.\nLizzie's younger siblings are young so the troubles faced by the parents regarding them relates to all other kids of their age. All they need is love, compassion, and support, which both Pete and Ellie are able to crack over time but Lizzie is what kept the film going. Lizzie is the true representation of what a foster teenage kid could be like. She is in her teens and has been through so much that it is just hard for her to accept that her birth mother is and was, never the mother she expected to be. Perhaps that is why it takes time for there to trust her foster parents.\nThere have been some really connecting moments, like when Pete takes her to the renovation home, where he lets her break stuff so that she could open up and when Ellie brushes her hair. Even with so much connection between the parents and the children, things are never simple. This film gives, hope a lot of credit, uses love and compassion as a tool for achievements and teaches commitment above all to be a key in being a parent that every child deserves.\nPS: I really love the couple Pete and Ellie are, committed, loving, contemporary, passionate, loyal, trustworthy and so much more. Perhaps these are the kind of couples we need in our society.\nDo let us know your thoughts regarding this film, Instant Family, in the comments section below.\nInstant Family Film Review 4.5\/5 (90%) 2 votes\nComedy5 Film43 Instant Family1 Mark Wahlberg1 Review11 Rose Byrne1 Sean Anders1\nOscars 2019 Winners List\nSpike Lee Won An Oscar, Here is What He Had To Say","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Menard softball seniors have bright futures despite season's cancellation\nLaMar Gafford\nThe faces may change for Menard softball, but there is at least one constant thing.\nWinning.\nAfter back-to-back years of falling in the Division III finals to Notre Dame, the Lady Eagles were hoping this would be the year they finally lifted their first title since the 2015 season as the team touted a seasoned senior class.\nSENIOR PROFILES: ASH softball | Kinsley Ashworth (Plainview) | Garrett Edwards (Pitkin) | Grace Christian baseball | Trelon Jones (Jena) | Taylor Snow (LaSalle)\n\"They set goals a year ago when we lost to Notre Dame,\" Menard coach Thomas Scully said. \"When they got back on that bus, they knew that we were coming back to Sulphur, no matter what we were doing.\"\nWith Memphis signee Olivia Johnson, Menard had the pitching to go far, but it also had a sound offense with Johnson, Kenzie Cox, KK Gallagher and Olivia Desselle leading the way by displaying a perfect balance of power, speed and timely hitting.\nThe Lady Eagles were only 8-5, but were averaging 9.3 runs per game against a stout non-district slate that included games against recent Sulphur-bound teams such as Airline, Alexandria Senior High, Parkview Baptist and Buckeye.\n\"This past offseason, they worked relentlessly in the weight room and on the field,\" Scully said. \"Every day they were doing something as a group. They never complained and they got it done. It was amazing of how much stronger and ready mentally and physically we were to go back to Sulphur and have the opportunity to bring back a state championship.\"\nHowever, those hopes were dashed when the LHSAA pulled the plug on the 2020 spring sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic April 9.\n\"The four seniors were the heart and soul of our team,\" Scully said. \"They were definitely the leaders. I've been doing this for a long time and they were probably our best group of seniors that I've been around as far us never backing down from wanting to be the best, making sure they kept their goals intact and never compromising for anything.\"\nThat is why it was hard for Scully to deliver the news once the season was suspended March 16.\nHis team was preparing to get on the bus to play St. Thomas More in Lafayette, but the news and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' mandate on large gatherings deterred those plans.\n\"That was probably one of my toughest days ever as a coach,\" Scully said. \"We had played Airline the day before in Shreveport and lost 4-1. Ironically, the day before that, we beat (Lafayette Christian) at home, 16-5, so we were on a roll and we felt good. We just faced the best pitcher in the state (Airline's Raelin Chaffin) besides the girl from Barbe (Halie Pappion).\"\nWhile that March call was tough, the April call of the season behind canceled was worse.\nScully stated that despite the season's hiatus, his team was still working out just in case the season returned.\n\"It was not a dry eye,\" Scully said. \"It was a Kleenex phone call. It was not an easy phone call to make. I was trying to reach out to them early around 10 a.m., but two of the four were still sleeping. I had to wait for them to wake up, but I was able to talk to them personally before the word got out. That meant a lot to me, because that's how much respect I have for each one of them. I wanted them to hear from me and not from anybody else.\"\nThe cancellation of spring sports was also hard for Scully because it meant that the end of the high school baseball career for his son, Dru \u2014 a Louisiana College signee.\nThe cancellation of the Lady Eagles' season allowed Scully to head to Moss Bluff to see his son's final two high school games at Sam Houston. The Eagles split the pair \u2014 losing to Mandeville before winning 5-3 over the Broncos in the season finale.\n\"We're fortunate enough that he's moving on to LC, so I'll know he'll get to play again,\" Scully said. \"But that group of eight seniors were in the same situation that we were. They were going and had turned the corner. It was looking really, really good for them as well.\"\nWhile the high school careers of his players were cut short, Scully believes that their futures are bright.\n\"Those four ladies I'll never have to worry about,\" Scully said. \"They are stronger now than they've ever been. Because of this pandemic, they have faced adversity at a very, very young age unlike most of us.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Dustin and Danielle Oehlman met at a Special Olympics practice nearly 20 years ago. Now, with their children cheering them on, they're headed to the USA Games (July 1-6) in Seattle.\nby Photos by Alex Garcia for ESPN\nFor Dustin and Danielle Oehlman, the Special Olympics are more than a chance to play their favorite sports. It's one of the ways they connect as a family. The couple, who met as teenagers almost 20 years ago through the Special Olympics, have recruited their two boys, Zander, 11, and Gavet, 9, to join in as well. The Valparaiso, Indiana, family even raced together in a 4x100 meter relay in 2017.\nMany people involved with the Special Olympics regard the organization as a family -- and the Oehlmans are a literal representation of that. A family united by inclusion.\nTake a peek into their everyday life as they get ready to take the big stage at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle (July 1-6).\nDanielle, left, Dustin, right, Zander, in purple, and Gavet have been living with Danielle's parents, Sherry and Sam Rebich, for almost three years. The couple says the living arrangement benefits everyone for economic reasons.\nToday the family is joining Dustin on one of his side jobs. \"I try to get [the boys] outside doing things with the family, away from television and screens,\" says Danielle.\nDustin, Danielle and their Invincability teammates will represent Indiana in the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. The team is Unified, which means there are players with and without intellectual disabilities. Each of the Oehlmans has an intellectual disability.\n\"I'm always afraid to hit the ball and that it's not going to go that far,\" says Danielle, who has been playing softball since she was a child.\nDanielle and Dustin go way back even though they attended different high schools. They got married six years after Danielle graduated.\nDustin works construction, a trade he's been involved with since middle school. For many years, he and his father worked together in their own construction company.\nThere's not enough time in the day for Dustin's to-do list.\nJust another day at work: Dustin and his co-worker have the challenge of installing a washer and dryer into a tight corner.\nDanielle has been a troop leader in the Boy Scouts of America, where Gavet is a Webelos Scout, for the past four years.\nWhen Danielle, left, was a child, she contracted a flu that led to encephalitis of the brain. It was nearly fatal and caused brain damage. Danielle's twin sister participates in the Special Olympics as a Unified partner.\nGavet, center, has emotional issues related to his intellectual disability that sometimes come out in challenging or stressful situations. Here Danielle and Gavet work together to assemble a wooden tool box during a day camp activity.\nDanielle is a little out of her comfort zone when it comes to disc golf because it's a new sport to her. But Gavet, who's showing her how it's done, and Zander are right at home.\nWith their family trip to Seattle just days away, the Oehlman family gathers in their living room for a quiet moment as the children read books before bedtime. Because of the Oehlman family's challenges related to reading and writing, this ritual is a very important part of the night for them. Often, the boys will read books back and forth to each other.\nDamon Allen Jr. was born into boxing\nWith no arms or legs, Lindsay Hilton takes on crossfit and rugby\nBeep Baseball World Series\nQuadriplegic Stacey Kozel conquers the Appalachian Trail","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Black Agenda Radio Commentaries (weekly 1 hour show)\nBlack Agenda Radio Weekly for Feb 18, 2015\nBlack Agenda Radio February 18\nBlack Agenda Radio \u2013 February 16, 2015\nKKK-Style Lynching of Haitian in Dominican Republic\nPolice were quick to dismiss race as the motive for the lynching of a 24 year-old Haitian man despite anti-Black riots and the burning of Haitian flags on that same day in Santiago, the Dominican Republic's second largest city. \"They specifically did this to terrorize, and to make it clear that this is KKK-style stuff that's going on here,\" said Dahoud Andre, a Haitian community activist who helped organize a New York City protest against the murder. A 2013 court decision paved the way for expulsion of many Dominican descendants of immigrants from neighboring Haiti. However, Andre blamed the turmoil on multinational corporations that control the country \"lock, stock and barrel. Dominicans,\" he said, \"are used as proxy racists to do what is happening to Haitians.\"\nNewark Police Review Board Won't Replace Protests\nMayor Ras Baraka's draft plan for Newark, New Jersey's first Citizens Complaint Review Board \"is pretty good, and we shouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater,\" said Larry Hamm, chairman of the People's Organization for Progress (POP). The board would be empowered to subpoena witnesses, investigate police wrongdoing and recommend punishments, but its recommendations could be vetoed by the city's police director. POP and four other community organizations would name members to the board. Asked if POP's involvement with the board might lead it to hold back on protests, Hamm said: \"This is not in any way going to change the activist nature\" of POP. \"If we did such a thing we would betray the very people we say we're fighting for.\" Public feedback on the plan continues until the end of the month.\nU.S. to Answer at UN for Treatment of Political Prisoners\nVeteran human rights lawyer Efia Nwangaza and other activists are preparing to meet with U.S. and international diplomats on the plight of former Black Panthers Assata Shakur and Russell \"Maroon\" Shoatz. Nwangaza said the U.S. must respect Shakur's rights as a political exile in Cuba, and provide necessary medical care to Shoatz, who is suffering from prostate cancer. Since 2010, Nwangaza has been a lead activist in focusing international attention on U.S. treatment of political prisoners from the COINTELPRO and civil rights eras, which will culminate in a United Nations Periodic Review of U.S. behavior on May 11 in Geneva, Switzerland. Contributions to support the effort should be sent to the Malcolm X Center for Self Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina, where Nwangaza is director.\nObama Wants Unlimited Powers to Expand Wars\nPresident Obama's request for congressional authorization to engage in combat against the so-called Islamic State and its \"associates\" for three years \"could very easily lead to an expansion of the U.S.-led war on ISIS to neighboring countries...and where the whole world is a potential battlefield,\" said Sarah Lazare, a staff writer with CommonDreams.org. Lazare wrote a recent article titled \"Obama Seeks Broad Powers to Wage Geographically Limitless War.\"\nBlack Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:00am ET on PRN. Length: One hour.\nDirect download: 20150216_Black_Agenda_Radio_55mins54secs.mp3\nCategory:weekly 1 hour show -- posted at: 10:12pm EST","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"After Dark Ride\nA ride like never before, to experience the adventure of riding under the starlit open skies amidst the vast Rajasthan landscape and palatial havelis. After Dark had 12 riders on Royal Enfield motorcycles ride out from Jodhpur and riding through some of the most scenic locations before culminating at Bikaner. Riding at Night opens up a completely new dimension introducing one to sights and sounds around us which we miss out in the daytime. This ride also brought out the different aesthetic appeal of the Royal Enfield motorcycle at this hour.\nLuni (Jodhpur)\nTarmac, Sand Dunes, Flatlands\nGajaner (Bikaner)\nKey places of After Dark\nBullet Baba Temple, Pali\nDechu\nSam Dunes, Jaisalmer\nKhichan\nGajaner\nThe Shrine dedicated to Om Banna or Bullet Baba as he's better known is dedicated to the Royal Enfield Bullet 350 that was ridden by him and is located at Pali, Rajasthan. This temple is located right on the Highway is frequented by locals as well as travellers who cross the spot to seek blessings for a safe journey.\nLocated 35 Kms off Jodhpur, Luni is a small village based on the banks of the river Luni and is known for its artisans and palatial Chanwa fortress. Fort Chanwa at Luni is a red sandstone fort, whose foundation was laid over a hundred years ago during the rule of Maharaja Manish Soni. The red sandstone comes from Jodhpur. Today the fort is a luxury heritage hotel. Its main features are manicured gardens, carved lattice work friezes and Jharokas (or balconies).\nA village in Jodhpur district, Dechu is known for its sand dunes and the Samsara Luxury resort amidst these dunes. It is located in that part of the Thar desert where the sand dunes start appearing.\nSurrounded by rocks, sand and five salt ranges, its Hindi name Pokhran (\u092a\u094b\u0916\u0930\u0923) means \"place of five mirages\". It is located en route between Jaisalmer and Jodhpur and was part of the kingdom of the Champawats, the clan of Rathores of the state of Marwar-Jodhpur. This is also famous for being the location of the famous Indian Nuclear Test site.\nSam sand dunes, is one of the most authentic desert dune site in whole India, where you will find 30-60 meter tall sand dunes, and many travelers enjoying Desert Safari on camels or jeep, Sam is located about 45 km west from Jaisalmer city. Built amidst the golden sands of Thar, the camps here brings together the best of nature, culture and cuisine of the majestic state.\nKhichan is a village in Rajasthan state of India. It is located in the Phalodi tehsil of Jodhpur district. The village is known for a large number of demoiselle cranes that visit it every winter. This annual bird migration began with around a hundred cranes in the 1970s, when a local couple started feeding them along with pigeons.\nGajner is a 20-mile south-west settlement area of Bikaner. It was inhabited at the time of Maharajah Gaj Singh and is famous for its large lake which becomes a favorite haunt of migratory birds in Winters. In earlier days due to the arrival of ducks, flutters etc. in winter it became a great hunting ground for a few days.\n4th Dec\nBriefing, Scrutiny and Ride to Bullet Baba Temple:- Before the ride starts, registration, scrutiny of gear and motorcycles and briefing on the ride and safety procedures happen.\nLuni to Dechu:- The ride starts with the Flag-off from the company store, Jaipur. Ride to Nahargarh.\nDechu to Sam Dunes:- A short ride to the city of lakes allows the riders to explore the sights of Udaipur.\nSam Dunes to Khichan:- An exciting ride through a good mix of tarmac, broken roads and ghats take the riders to the hill station of the desert state.\nKhichan to Gajaner:- En route to the historic city of Jodhpur, the riders make a quick visit to Om Banna's temple, where an old Royal Enfield is worshipped.\nCheckout from Gajaner:- The riders go deep into the hinterland of the deserts. The day ends with a night over at one of the desert camps.\nThe right gear is what differentiates a good ride from an epic adventure. Here is how to gear up for the ride. Link takes you to store.royalenfield.com on the jacket section.\nRiding at Night\nWhat to carry?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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+{"text":"Literature Movies Reviews\nAn Enjoyable Romp Through the Swinging 1920s' London\nThe Secret Adversary (1922) and the short stories eventually collected in the slender volume Partners in Crime (1929) count among Agatha Christie's earliest publications; early enough to have promised their quirky protagonists, Tommy and \"Tuppence\" (Prudence) Beresford as long and eventful a fictional career as that of their colleague Hercule Poirot, who had debuted two years prior to them with his own first case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Alas, that wasn't to be. Nor did Tommy and Tuppence enjoy even half as many adventures as Agatha Christie's almost equally well-loved (and her personal favorite) village sleuth Miss Marple, whose first adventure (Murder at the Vicarage) would not be published until 1930, and who would solve crimes in twelve novels and a total of twenty short story collections over an improbable period of 40+ years. In fact, Christie only authored three more Beresford mysteries: 1941's N or M? (a WWII spy thriller set in a coastal guesthouse), 1968's By the Pricking of My Thumbs (where a visit to a nursing home prompts them to track down the real-life object of a painting, only to find themselves hunting for a child murderer) and Postern of Fate (1973), the last book ever written by Christie (although not the last one published); at a time when her powers as a writer had seriously waned and thus, at best, a rather tedious postscript to the superior earlier stories.\nNot as eccentric as Poirot and Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence are nevertheless immediately likeable, and perfectly cast in this 1983\u20131984 TV series with Francesca Annis and James Warwick, reprising their successful collaboration from the 1980 TV adaptation of Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Taking its title from the second entry in the Beresford cycle, the TV series includes a feature film-length dramatization of The Secret Adversary and shorter, two-part episodes based on most, though not all of the short stories contained in the eponymous book collection, in which the Beresfords solve crimes in the style of the Golden Age's other (then-)well known detectives; including, incidentally, Hercule Poirot, however in a story not included in the TV series (The Man Who Was No. 16, which parodies Poirot's case in The Big Four).\nAlthough The Mysterious Affair at Styles had already proved Christie to be a writer of exceptional talent, her first Tommy and Tuppence adventures \u2013 penned for financial reasons as much as out of a desire to write \u2013 still show her style as a work in progress, sometimes lacking certainty as to what exactly works in terms of characterization and storylines. While she succeeds, like in the first Poirot mystery, to immediately draw in her audience, and the Beresfords are presented in as much detail as the little Belgian with the many gray cells, the plotlines \u2013 particularly that of The Secret Adversary \u2013 sometimes stretch credibility and have a whiff of the kind of story that Arthur Conan Doyle could get away with 20 years earlier, but which Christie herself (wisely) only took up infrequently later (and even then, not always with more solidly constructed plotlines and at least halfway successfully only when also using Poirot as her main character). Thus, if the televised versions of these early Tommy and Tuppence stories appear somewhat less convincing than the more acclaimed adaptations of Christie's Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries starring David Suchet and Joan Hickson in the title roles, this is at least partly owing to the literary originals themselves: The creators of the TV series did, however, reproduce the mysteries' \"swinging Twenties\" setting successfully and with a fine eye for detail; and Francesca Annis and James Warwick give terriffic performances as the vivacious, hat-loving Tuppence and her (almost) equally witty, only slightly more settled husband.\nTommy and Tuppence's boisterous young assistant Alfred is portrayed by Reece Dinsdale; best known, since, as the father of Coronation Street's Tina McIntyre (Joe McIntyre), as well as Guildenstern in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, D.I. Scott in the mid-1990s British cop show Thief Takers, and one of the protagonists of the 1995 football\/soccer movie Undercover. There are also recurrent appearances by British TV regular Arthur Cox as Detective Inspector Marriott, in the televised version chiefly responsible for establishing the couple as owners of Blunt's International Detective Agency (in the books, the agency is a cover for the Beresfords' spy activities), who informally continues to consult them whenever he feels that Scotland Yard's official capacities have reached their limits.\nThe Secret Adversary sees Tommy and Tuppence after the end of WWI, both out of work (Tommy has been an intelligence officer, Tuppence a nurse) and looking for adventure. That opportunity presents itself when, as a result of two newspaper ads, they are sent on the hunt for a lost treaty which, if published now, would cause a general strike and throw the country into turmoil, thus playing into the hands of a mysterious criminal known only as \"Mr. Brown,\" and set on nothing less than the attainment of absolute power. The key to the treaty is believed to lie with a young American woman named Jane Finn, who has likewise disappeared and whose cousin Julius P. Hersheimer (or is he really?), Tommy and Tuppence learn, is \"the third richest man in America.\" \u2013 Further notable appearances here include those of Alec McCowen (influential barrister Sir James Peele Edgerton), Gavan O'Herlihy (Hersheimer), Peter Barkworth (intelligence chief Carter) and Honor Blackman, as well as George Baker of Inspector Wexford fame, as members of \"Mr. Brown\"'s gang.\nThe shorter Partners in Crime mysteries have Tommy and Tuppence hunting for a vanished pink pearl and uncovering, inter alia, the mastermind behind a string of poisonings (The House of Lurking Death: drawing on Christie's trademark knowledge acquired when she was a nurse in WWI herself), the culprit of a murder during a masked ball (Finessing the King), and the evil spirits responsible for a series of seemingly unearthly occurrences in an old house (The Clergyman's Daughter: again drawing on Christie's own experience, as the sleuthing couple's client is compelled \u2013 like Christie's mother periodically \u2013 to rent out rooms in her large house as a means of survival). The common trait of these mysteries is Tommy and Tuppence's assumption of the roles of other literary detectives; albeit, while famous in their time, not all of them still remembered today: the portrayed characters are most easily recognizable when the Beresford attend the aforementioned masked ball disguised as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, when they solve a fog-beset rural locked door mystery in the style of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown (The Man in the Mist), and when they hunt a ring of money forgers led by a shady character whom they are quick to dub \"The Crackler,\" and who could (ambiance and all) have stepped straight out of the pages of a thriller by Edgar Wallace. Died-in-the-wool aficionados of golden age mysteries will probably also recognize the methods of R. Austin Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke in the first one of the shorter episodes, The Affair of the Pink Pearl.\nWhile not quite on the level of Christie's more famous mysteries and their TV adaptations starring David Suchet and Joan Hickson, this series is an enjoyable romp through the the swinging 1920s' London; and it seems likely that it will remain the only adaptation faithful to Christie's original Tommy and Tuppence stories for some time to come: Although the Beresfords' later adventures were eventually adapted for television, too, there was, alas, no continuation of the 1980s series starring Annis and Warwick. Rather, the book series's first and third entries (The Secret Adversary and N or M?) were included in a 2015 TV series starring Jessica Raine and David Williams, which moves the underlying time frame to the 1950s (a decade in which none of Christie's five Tommy and Tuppence books actually takes place); and the series's fourth novel, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, was adapted in 2005 by French director Pascal Thomas under the title Mon petit doigt m'a dit \u2026, starring Catherine Frot and Andr\u00e9 Dussollier, and thereafter (2006) rewritten as a Miss Marple story for the series starring Geraldine McEwan, whose Miss Marple essentially usurps Tommy's character, though both Tommy and Tuppence, portrayed by Anthony Andrews and Greta Scacchi, are still featured; however, nowhere near true to the characters created by Agatha Christie. \u2013 Pity: I'd have hoped that modern TV makers would accord the Beresfords the same kind of respect as they did to the Queen of Crime's two greatest detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in the series starring David Suchet and Joan Hickson respectively. Alas, it seems that wasn't to be. All the more do I therefore treasure the incarnation that the book series's first and most lighthearted two installments have found in this 1980s adaptation liberally sprinkled with the charm, wit and vivacity of Francesca Annis and James Warwick.\nThe Secret Adversary\nThe Affair of the Pink Perl\nThe House of Lurking Death\nThe Sunningdale Mystery\nThe Clergyman's Daughter\nFinessing the King\nThe Ambassador's Boots\nThe Man in the Mist\nThe Unbreakable Alibi\nThe Case of the Missing Lady\nThe Crackler\nProduction Credits \/\nStudio: London Weekend Television (LWT) \/ ITV (1983 \u2013 1984)\nDirectors: Christopher Hodson \/ Paul Annett \/ Tony Wharmby\nProducer: Jack Williams\nScreenplays: Pat Sandys \/ Paul Annett \/ David Butler \/ Jonathan Hales \/ Gerald Savory\nBased on books by: Agatha Christie\nMusic: Joseph Horovitz\nRecurring Cast\nFrancesca Annis: Prudence \"Tuppence\" Beresford n\u00e9e Cowley\nJames Warwick: Tommy Beresford\nReece Dinsdale: Albert\nArthur Cox: Inspector Marriott\nAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)\nAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime at the British Film Institute's Screenonline\nAgatha Christie Ltd.\nAgatha Christie's biography at the Kirjasto Authors' Calendar\nThemis-Athena's Agatha Christie author page\nProject: Little Grey Cells: St. Mary Mead & Elsewhere\nThemis-Athena's review of the Agatha Christie's Poirot TV series and some of its episodes:\nThe A.B.C. Murders\nHercule Poirot's Christmas\nThemis-Athena's review of the Agatha Christie's Miss Marple TV series and some of its episodes:\nThe Body in the Library\nA Murder Is Announced\nA Pocketful of Rye\nThe Murder at the Vicarage\nThemis-Athena's review of the movie adaptation of Witness for the Prosecution\n0 thoughts on \"PARTNERS IN CRIME (ITV)\"\nPingback: POIROT: HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS \u2013 Lioness at Large\nPingback: POIROT: THE A.B.C. 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+{"text":"Tag: copper\nThe Art of Science: Mike Tyka Folds Proteins in Copper\nMichael Tyka, KcsA Potassium Channel, Copper and Steel, 2011\nMike Tyka is not the first scientist to see artistic potential through his microscope, but he's taken his love for the structure of protein molecules much farther than most \u2013 not only learning metalworking to make beautiful copper sculptures, but creating a studio\/makerspace to do it in.\nTyka earned a PhD in Biophysics in 2007 and went to work as a research fellow studying the structure and dynamics of protein molecules. His particular area of interest is protein folding, and he has written computer simulation software to better understand the process. Tyka says that \"protein folding is the way our genetic code is interpreted from an abstract sequence of data into the functional enzymes and nano machines that drive our bodies.\"\nTyka got interested in sculpture in 2009 when he helped design and construct Groovik's Cube, a 35ft tall, functional, multi-player Rubik's cube. The cube will soon be on view at New Jersey's Liberty Science Center as part of its Beyond Rubik's Cube Exhibit.\nAlthough the Groovik's Cube project gave him his first taste of art-making, building a giant welded steel cube hardly prepared him to make exquisite replicas of complex biological forms. So he took to the internet. \"I learned almost everything I needed from youtube and from jeweler friends. I didn't have a space to work so I got together with some friend and founded an artspace (Seattle's ALTSpace) and acquired or built all the tools I needed.\"\nTyka was obviously very familiar with the protein forms and knew how he wanted them to look. He chose to work in copper, a warm, soft metal, because he wanted the sculptures \"to look smooth, soft, liquid. Proteins are not solid objects, they're more like jelly, they move and vibrate. I wanted to reflect that property somehow.\"\nYou can see Mike Tyka's work at the Hutchinson Cancer Institute in Seattle and at Science House in New York, and see lots more photos on his website. You can follow him on twitter @mtyka\nAuthor michelebanks1Posted on 19 February 2014 19 February 2014 Categories The Art of ScienceTags copper, Mike Tyka, protein, science art, SculptureLeave a comment on The Art of Science: Mike Tyka Folds Proteins in Copper","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Diseases, Issues, And Situations\nYour Blog \u00bb Diseases, Issues, And Situations\nPrevious: Your First Methods For Arranging A Wedding\nNext: The Best Saturday Ideas For Goodwood And Newmarket\nThat day in Peter's residence, the emergency healthcare workers told me proper away that it was possibly a drug overdose. I remember saying, That is not possible.\" After all, I said, he was a companion at a law firm. He had an Ivy League education. Womble adds that several of the videos on YouTube do not make a clear adequate distinction in between anxiety as a mental well being disorder and anxious feelings that are standard for everyone. Referring to the videos that are tip-primarily based , she says they are more like pressure management techniques than anything that addresses anxiousness disorder.Healy thinks that her downfall possibly started, improbably, proper there in Jersey City when all these tensions exploded. 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+{"text":"Media Blasts EPO Over Immunity Amid Suicides, Battistelli's Behaviour Compared to Dominique Strauss-Kahn's\nPosted in Europe, Law, Patents at 6:35 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz\nWhen immunity (placing predatory people like Battistelli above the law) costs people their lives\u2026\nDutch people are unhappy to have become the unwitting hosts of infamous rights violators like Battistelli\n'The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.'\nSummary: Backlash in the Netherlands is growing again, primarily as a result of media reports about the EPO's abuses against basic rights and the government's reluctance to put an end to these abuses\nTHE EPO has modified the headline of its conceited remark on last week's ruling in the Netherlands (a remark which we remarked on during the weekend). It was modified this morning to remove the word \"today's\" and the PR staff was eager to spread the word as if the Office is ever so proud to violate human rights while the Dutch government, which famously welcomes euthanasia, now accepts suicides without any investigation\/probe. What does that say about the country? A lot of Dutch people are rightly concerned about the effect this may have (or already had) on their country. We wrote more about that in our prior two articles (since the ruling).\nHaar is already becoming a Gulag\/Siberia analogy, rendering Battistelli a modern-age Stalin. Someone has already asked: \"Any update on the Boards of Appeal being sent to Siberia by Trump of the EPO, PB? I didnt realise Haar was a place in Siberia.\"\n\"Haar is already becoming a Gulag\/Siberia analogy, rendering Battistelli a modern-age Stalin.\"\"Trump of the EPO\" seems to be another new nickname for Battistelli.\nQuite a few people have noticed the deafening silence from Merpel and others at IP Kat, which has been relatively if not completely silent (except two posts in the past half a year) after the site was censored by the EPO.\n\"The Supreme Court of the Netherlands delivers its long-awaited judgement on the EPO's immunity,\" one person noted, \"and not a peep out of IPKat. How disappointing\u2026\"\n\"The Kat appears to have overlooked this interesting blog posting,\" points out this other comment, linking to this Dutch (but English language) coverage that says:\nDutch Supreme Court upholds immunity EPO in conflict with trade unions\nThe European Patent Office can invoke its immunity from jurisdiction of Dutch courts in its conflict with the EPO trade unions SUEPO and VEOB. The highest court in The Netherlands, the Hoge Raad, has ruled so today. The Supreme Court set aside a decision of the so-called Gerechtshof, which had ruled to the contrary in 2015.\nThe SUEPO and the VEOB started legal proceedings against the EPO in the Netherlands (where one of its main premises is based), more than three years ago. They argued that that the EPO violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by limiting the workers' right to strike, by blocking mails from the trade unions and by refusing to recognize these. The EPO invoked its immunity from jurisdiction.\nIt is not likely at all that the decision will lessen the tensions between the trade unions and the EPO president however. Last year Battistelli, widely criticized for his dictatorial behaviour, fired several SUEPO union members, though he has always maintained their activism had nothing to do with it. Moreover, last June Battistelli pushed through a controversial reform of the Boards of Appeal, and he tried to intervene in judicial proceedings concerning the removal from office of a BoA-member. Increased pressure from (parts of) the EPO's Administrative Council, which is supposed to supervise Battistelli, nor external reports on the social situation at the EPO have led to improvements. After its most recent meeting in December 2016, the Administrative Council reported: 'Underlining the need to improve the social dialogue, the Council mandated its Chair to work together with the Board 28 and the Office on concrete proposals in the first half of 2017.'\n'King' Battistelli possibly gets more power in the mean time, as this new comment says: \"The latest rumor about Minnoye is that he will not be replaced after he leaves. There will just be a vice-president \"at interim\", meaning somebody who is chosen by BB and reports directly to him. There are quite a few of these \"at interim\" positions for managers lately.\"\n\"There were recently yet more suicides, but the EPO did not even mention these.\"Minnoye is the one responsible for saying that even if the Dutch court ruled against the EPO, the EPO would simply ignore\/disregard the ruling. How long before the Dutch authorities realise that they shoot themselves in the foot by implicitly stating that institutions on their territories can violate human rights, including courts which supposedly guard human rights (like ICC)? Dutch attorneys and their clients are already very concerned about the EPO.\nBattistelli, according to this new comment, is in certain ways similar to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in the immunity and bad behaviour sense, not just the nationality. Let that sink in for a moment. The commenter wonders why the EPO is \"allowed to violate human rights, to harass individuals, to push their victims to suicide.\"\nThere were recently yet more suicides, but the EPO did not even mention these.\nHere is the full comment, posted by \"Tulips from Amsterdam\":\nThe judgement of the Supreme court of the Netherlands is obviously a good news.\nAfter the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, French diplomats feared that it would be impossible to violate human rights abroad anymore.\nHope comes back.\nObviously they have to avoid the USA but the Netherlands is the new dreamland.\nThe Supreme court of the Netherlands gives full immunity\/impunity.\nPsychopaths with diplomatic status are allowed to violate human rights, to harass individuals, to push their victims to suicide.\nDutch police covers his ears. The Dutch government covers his eyes. The Dutch Supreme court covers his mouth. (don't hear, don't see and don't speak)\nThe victims suicide. The psychopath is laughing.\nWelcome to the Netherlands.\nWe invite our Dutch readers to get in contact\/touch with their elected officials (politicians) and petition them for change in behaviour. This mirrors or echoes what we see with Maas in Germany, where there is new coverage about the latest developments. Heise Online's Stefan Kremp wrote about it this afternoon (accurate translation is needed).\nThings are starting to boil over at the EPO. It didn't take long and it won't be the end of it. No problems have been resolved at all, so under the surface it's only getting worse. \u2588\nPermalink Leave Your Comment Send this to a friend\nHilarious: Battistelli Goes to Former French Colony With No Patents to 'Buy' the EPO a Perception of Legitimacy\nPosted in Asia, Europe, Patents at 6:04 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz\nOne of the poorest and smallest countries in Asia becomes \"Asian country to recognise European patents\"\nSummary: Having toured various banana republics in pursuit of easy-to-sign deals, Battistelli now goes to Cambodia again, in order to make it seem as though the EPO is conquering Asia\nWE are not sure whether to laugh or cry at the sight of this ridiculous new (published this afternoon) announcement from the EPO (warning: epo.org link).\nThis latest Battistelli farce is too embarrassing for words. A country with no EPs at all is going to respect EPs (European Patents) on its territory? No offense to Cambodia, but when the country makes anything high-tech it's usually done on behalf of foreign corporations (e.g. bicycles, clothing) and the Cambodian market is hardly relevant to them. It's worth almost nothing to them.\nThis isn't the first time Battistelli rushes to Cambodia, a former French colony, for truly cheap PR stunts. We wrote about this in the past. Here is what the latest text says: \"EPO President Beno\u00eet Battistelli and Senior Minister Cham Prasidh, Cambodian Minister of Industry and Handicraft, have signed an agreement in Phnom Penh to extend, upon request of the applicant, the validity of European patent applications and patents to Cambodia. This means that Cambodia is set to become the first Asian country to recognise European patents on its territory. The agreement will enter into force once it has been adopted into Cambodian law, tentatively 1st July 2017.\"\nThat has no meaning whatsoever to 99.x% of the Asian market, so the accompanying headline can simply be dismissed as propaganda.\nIf this is what the EPO is up to these days, then things are indeed pretty grim. \u2588\nPatent Trolls Like Finjan Holdings and Thomas Edison; the Latest Loss for Software Patents in the US and Their Move to China\nPosted in America, Asia, Patents at 5:45 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz\nChina is copying a failed experiment\nSummary: A look at the very latest patent news, which suggests further improvements in the US, pushback from the patent microcosm, and an outsourcing of a terrible system to Chinese territories, where the overpatenting plague grows rapidly\nPATENT scope went out of control back in the days of David Kappos and some of his predecessors at the USPTO. They made it their goal to simply increase the pace of patenting irrespective of patent quality \u2014 the same mistake the EPO is now making under Battistelli's truly awful leadership. In the process, the USPTO granted a lot of patents on software (algorithms). This, in turn, gave rise to patent trolls.\nSpeaking of patent trolls, remember Finjan? It is a nasty patent troll that received money (along with other support) from Microsoft and now goes after legitimate companies. Its new press release (from today) says in the summary: \"Avast's Acquisition of AVG Has Resulted in Claims for Breach of Contract and Infringement on Finjan's Patents\" (suing via Finjan Holdings, as usual).\nTrolls will be trolls.\n\"Speaking of patent trolls, remember Finjan? It is a nasty patent troll that received money (along with other support) from Microsoft and now goes after legitimate companies.\"Remember that Thomas Edison (now a patent icon) was a patent troll; he was not an epic inventor but a famous 'thief' (of ideas). Now see this new article by Jason Rantanen regarding a book he has read. \"I recently read Graham Moore's The Last Days of Night,\" he said, \"a tale about the patent war between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse from the point of view of Paul Cravath, the young lawyer representing Westinghouse (and yes, that Cravath). The book is historical fiction (which means that it consists of made up\/condensed elements set within the broader landscape of historical evidence), but many of the themes within it ring true today. Among them are divergent views of the role of patents in technological development. Edison personifies the corporation-as-inventor, with his organized system for inventing. Westinghouse embodies the practical aspects of invention\u2013the need to take a technology and make it into a commercial reality. And Nikola Tesla is the \"flash of genius\" inventor who invents for the love of inventing rather than for material rewards.\"\nIn the field of software, where a lot of code gets published as Free\/Open Source software, people receive credit for their work through attribution, reuse, etc. They don't want or need to pursue patents. Those who want software patents typically develop no software at all; they don't even know how to. The patenting of software is pointless as it's the domain of copyrights, not patents.\n\"The patenting of software is pointless as it's the domain of copyrights, not patents.\"Watchtroll, which has resorted to publishing press releases (desperate for money perhaps; software patents are a dying business), is still complaining that PTAB is fixing patent scope (i.e. more of the same) and Law 360, which targets the patent microcosm, says that \"Kinglite Loses Final Round In PTAB Software Patent Fight\" in an article published over the weekend (behind paywall) to say:\nKinglite Loses Final Round In PTAB Software Patent Fight\nClaims in two Kinglite Holdings Inc. computer software patents were found invalid Thursday, capping a spate of recent decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board involving more than a dozen patents owned by the Singapore company.\nThe PTAB said a group of computer hardware companies, led by American Megatrends Inc., had persuasively shown all claims in one Kinglite patent were obvious. Numerous claims in a second patent were also found to be unpatentable.\nAnother site which favours software patents has just written a little rant about \u00a7 101\/Alice. To quote:\nRefusing to consider only elements of patent claims that differed from the prior art in considering patent-eligibility under the test of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank and 35 U.S.C. \u00a7 101, a court has denied a defendant's motion to dismiss. Capstan AG Systems, Inc. v. Raven Indus., Inc., No. 16-cv-04132-DDC-KGS (D. Kans. Jan 11, 2017). The patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent Numbers 8,191,795 and 8,523,085, claim systems and methods for controlling valves of agricultural sprayers. For example, the claimed invention controlled flow rates to provide even spraying when a tractor was turning.\nIt seems rather apparent that the \"golden age\" of software patents in the US is over, but over in China the disease of these patents \u2014 and trolls that accompany such patents \u2014 is spreading. See this new article which deals with patents on graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and the latest from IAM, which suggests an expectation of increase in patent litigation:\nBack in December, Supreme People's Court vice president Tao Kaiyuan told media that top authorities were considering the introduction of a national IP appeals court for China. Details are sparse at the moment, but the nation's top court is likely to be consulting with stakeholders now in order to come up with a more detailed proposal. Madame Tao is a heavy hitter in the Chinese IP policy world, and has been an advocate of both specialised courts and a greater IP role for the judiciary (versus administrative bodies). Her comments are a good indication of what shape the next round of IP reform in China will take.\nIt sometimes seems like not only jobs are moving to China but so do software patents (which nobody wants anyway) and patent trolls. \u2588\nStill Waiting for Official Confirmation That Michelle Lee Will Head the Patent Office Under Donald Trump's Administration\nPosted in America, Patents, Rumour at 5:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz\nSummary: As of today, there is still no official word on whether or not Lee continues her tenure, which saw the demise of patents on software and along with that the demise of patent trolls and frivolous litigation\nWITH almost 50 comments in this thread, from which the above screenshot came, we are still not sure (as of Monday night) if Michelle Lee will definitely lead the USPTO. The author proceeds to other topics like pendency, but there is no update on the above.\nLee's position is important because based on some rumours the person (or people) who might replace her would be devastating and corrupt. Lee has done a decent job cracking down on patent bullies and trolls, as we noted here before, and there are now new kinds of lawsuits over patents (lawsuits for patent abuses\/bullying rather than infringements).\nThe following report from a trolls expert emerged some days ago and said:\nWith President Donald Trump having taken office today, many government offices are in the midst of a major transition. In one office that's closely watched by technology and internet companies, however, the leadership looks to remain the same\u2014the US Patent and Trademark Office.\nThere's been no official announcement about USPTO leadership from Trump's team, with the new president having been inaugurated earlier today. But The Hill reported yesterday that Michelle Lee, a former top lawyer at Google, will remain as USPTO director under President Trump. Politico reported the same news, sourcing it to statements by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and confirming it with other unnamed sources.\nLee's remaining at USPTO is a a surprise victory for the technology sector, which offered scant support for President Trump while he was campaigning for office. She supported President Barack Obama's patent reform agenda, and Trump's views on patents are a cipher.\nWe are still waiting patiently for an official announcement. Lee's haters, the patent microcosm, will certainly hope it never happens. \u2588\nLinks 23\/1\/2017: Wine Releases, Microsoft Layoffs\nDevices\/Embedded\nFree Software\/Open Source\nMicrosoft expected to cut more jobs\nMicrosoft will announce the final 700 job cuts for FY 2016-17 next week at its quarterly earnings report. Analysts are saying that is not too bad for a company employing more than 114,000 people.\nIndeed, these layoffs had already been announced last June as part of a 2850 right-sizing that was to be completed by end of January 2017, presumably after the US holiday season and before the end of Microsoft's financial year.\nWe talked for an hour about teaching in the North and how I came to GNU\/Linux. He could relate because he had also done work in the North and served customers there. There was absolutely no discussion of the flaws of GNU\/Linux or why it's inferior to That Other OS. We both found GNU\/Linux far superior for reliable IT. Amen.\nUltimate Linux on the Desktop\nOver the past couple of years I have set out to create the ultimate Linux on the desktop experience for myself. Obviously everyone who runs Linux has their own opinions on things. What this post will outline is my ultimate Linux on the desktop experience. So just remember that before you get your panties in a knot on HackerNews because you live and die by Xmonad (I live and die by i3, fight me).\nFirst, you should already know that I run everything on my laptop in containers. I outlined this in my posts about Docker Containers on the Desktop and Runc Containers on the Desktop.\nOptimizing Linux for Slow Computers\nI've been researching a lot about Linux on the Desktop these days as you may see from my posts about Fedora 25 and Arch Linux (recommended!).\nThere are some things you must have in mind when migrating to Linux systems.\nEven if you have a top of the line Intel Core i7 Kaby Lake, 32GB of RAM, 2TB M.2 SSDs, you may still benefit from the optimizations I will talk about.\nOne of the best resources is Arch Linux's Wiki page on \"Improving Performance\". You don't need everything there but it's a comprehensive resource that any enthusiast must read.\nKernel Space\nStable kernels 4.9.5 and 4.4.44\nThings seem to be calming down a bit, and everything looks nominal.\nThere's only been about 250 changes (not counting merges) in the last week, and the diffstat touches less than 300 files (with drivers and architecture updates being the bulk, but there's tooling, networking and filesystems in there too).\nLinus Torvalds Announces Fifth Linux 4.10 Kernel RC, Everything Looks Nominal\nLinux 4.10-rc5 Released, Now Codenamed \"Anniversary Edition\"\nGraphics Stack\nBeignet 1.3 Released With OpenCL 2.0 Support\nIntel developers today announced the release of Beignet 1.3 and it's by far their most significant release yet for this open-source OpenCL implementation for Intel graphics hardware.\nARB_gpu_shader_int64 Lands For Intel Mesa Git\nThere's some early feature development work that's landed in Mesa Git this Friday as the initial feature development towards Mesa 17.1.\nNVIDIA Could Be Kingmaker as Linux, BlackBerry, Microsoft Battle for the Connected Car [warning: Enderle]\nIt's Been Over One Month Since The Last Vulkan 1.0 Update\nNouveau Maxwell: Mesa 17.0 + Linux 4.10 vs. NVIDIA's Linux Driver\nRecently on Phoronix we've tested the re-clocking and boost support in Nouveau with the Linux 4.10 kernel and separately landing in Mesa 17.0 Git was the big Maxwell performance boost for Nouveau Gallium3D. That Gallium3D driver work improves the Maxwell open-source performance by \"1.5x to 3.5x\" via instruction pipelining improvements. With those latest improvements in the kernel and Mesa, how does Nouveau now compare to NVIDIA's binary Linux driver?\nVpp \/ Vulkan++: Yet Another Vulkan C++ Abstraction Library\nFor C++ developers, the Vulkan space is quite vibrant as aside from the official Vulkan-Hpp C++ library there are a growing number of abstraction layers for Vulkan C++ development.\nA new radeonsi (Mesa) patch should fix issues in many games for AMD GPU owners\nSamuel Pitoiset (Valve) discovered an issue in radeonsi (Mesa) that Marek Ol\u0161\u00e1k has now patched up and is already in Mesa-git.\nArrayFire OpenCL Benchmarks On NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1050\/1060\/1070\/1080 Pascal\nWith now having a test profile for the ArrayFire GPU library, here is the start of some benchmarks of a Linux OpenCL comparison using this advanced library. For your viewing pleasure this Sunday morning are the results for the complete GeForce GTX 1000 \"Pascal\" line-up to date.\nGCC 7.0 vs. 6.3 vs. 5.4 vs. 4.9 Compiler Benchmarks On Linux x86_64\nWith GCC7 feature development ending, this week I conducted some benchmarks of the latest GCC 7 snapshot against that of the past three major release series of the GNU Compiler Collection: 6.3.0, 5.4.0, and 4.9.4. All tests were done on Ubuntu Linux x86_64 with an Intel Core i7 6800K processor.\nYou Can Now Benchmark The ArrayFire GPU Library With The Phoronix Test Suite\nPhoronix Test Suite 7.0 M2 Now Available For Open-Source Benchmarking\nCalamares 3.0 Universal Linux Installer Released, Drops Support for KPMcore 2\nCalamares, the open-source distribution-independent system installer, which is used by many GNU\/Linux distributions, including the popular KaOS, Netrunner, Chakra GNU\/Linux, and recently KDE Neon, was updated today to version 3.0.\nCalamares 3.0 is a major milestone, ending the support for the 2.4 series, which recently received its last maintenance update, versioned 2.4.6, bringing numerous improvements, countless bug fixes, and some long-anticipated features, including a brand-new PythonQt-based module interface.\nDue to Popular Request, KDE Neon Is Adopting the Calamares Graphical Installer\nKDE Neon maintainer Jonathan Riddell is announcing today the immediate availability of the popular Calamares distribution-independent Linux installer framework on the Developer Unstable Edition of KDE Neon.\nIt would appear that many KDE Neon users have voted for Calamares to become the default graphical installer system used for installing the Linux-based operating system on their personal computers. Indeed, Calamares is a popular installer framework that's being successfully used by many distros, including Chakra, Netrunner, and KaOS.\nAre you Struggling With Finding Text In Files Or Locating Files? Try 'Recoll' Program In Linux\nRecoll is a full text search QT based free, open source program especially made for Unix-like and Linux but it is also available for Windows and Mac systems, licensed under GPL. It provides efficient desktop full text search from single-word to arbitrarily complex boolean searches, basically it indexes the documents data (along with their compressed versions) and huge number of files then let you find quickly whatever you search for. Recoll updates its index at designed intervals (for example through Cron tasks) but if desired, the indexing task can run as a file-system monitoring daemon for real-time index updates.\nNew Inkscape 0.92 breaks your previous works done with Inkscape\nI hope this type of blog-post will shake the mindset a bit, and make developers more serious about compatibility. The users shouldn't be prompted with a dialog with jargon. The artwork or rendering shouldn't be broken. Inkscape should do the auto-conversion to keep the artwork as it was (especially because the software can). Isn't it the task of Inkscape to be able to read SVG? to properly read itself? I hope a version 0.92.x will happens and solve this serious bug [1] .\nFor those who have been following my work for the last ten years, I like to promote the release of new Free\/Libre and Open-Sources Software versions. It costs me a lot emotionally and in production-time to have to make this type of blog-post against a project I love. 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It can be used to run applications, open files, search the web, open bookmarks in your web browser, calculate math expressions, and more.\nMKVToolNix 9.8.0 Open-Source MKV Manipulation App Adds Support for DVB Subtitles\nMoritz Bunkus released today, January 22, 2017, a new stable release of his popular, multiplatform, and open-source MKV (Matroska) manipulation utility for all supported platforms, including GNU\/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.\nThere are bunch of exciting new features added in the new MKVToolNix 9.8.0 release, which comes three weeks after the previous version, namely MKVToolNix 9.7.1, but first we'd like to inform package maintainers about an important change in the build system as parallel builds are now enabled by default.\nLibvirt 3.0 Released With Various Improvements\nThe libvirt virtualization API saw a major 3.0 release this week to succeed its earlier v2.5 milestone.\n5 Highly Promising Terminal Emulators\nThe terminal emulator is a venerable but essential tool for computer users. 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But of course, EC2 charges apply.\nA Python extension module using C, C++, FORTRAN and Rust\nInstall Latest 'Thunderbird' Email Client in Linux Systems\nInside QImage (with a touch of Qt Quick and OpenGL)\nHow to Rollback updates with yum history command on CentOS \/ RHEL Servers\nBash Shell: Find Out If a Variable Is Empty Or Not\n9 tips to properly configure your OpenStack Instance\nPython and successive approximation\nShell scripting: An introduction to the shift method and custom functions\nHow to Install Elastic Stack on CentOS 7\nSnapping DBus\nShow Geotagged Photos on OpenStreetMap\nInstall icon panel & dock on Gnome 3\nPlotting Shapes with Python Basemap wwithout Shapefiles\nHow to map static IP address using dnsmasq under LXD (Linux containers)\nUbuntu Package Management Part 2: Basic Apt-Get Commands\nUbuntu Package Management Part 3: Basic Sources.list Settings\nInstall Apache Hadoop on Ubuntu on Single Cloud Server Instance\nUbuntu 16.04 Unity 8 \u2013 Launcher hint on size change\nHow to log real user's IP address with Nginx in log files\nDistributing NixOS With IPFS \u2013 Part 1\nInstall fluentd Agent : Log Data Collection For Hadoop\nA few handy linux commands to know\nInstall Latest SMPlayer Release 17.1.0 (MPV Support) For Ubuntu\/Linux Mint Via PPA\nHow to take LVM snapshot backup in LINUX\nUltimate guide to configure logrotate utility\nHow to create a new sudo user on Ubuntu Linux server\nCompletely remove a file from a git repository with git-forget-blob\nmultiroom synced audio using openwrt and pulseaudio (with and without rtp)\nSmart tmux sessions\nHow to configure WiFi on Ubuntu Server from the command line\nLinux\/Unix: Force ssh client to use only password auth authentication when pubkey auth configured\nError while loading shared libraries: libXrender.so.1 on Linux\nDeveloping Command Line Interpreters using python-cmd2\nAll You Need To Know About Swap Partition In Linux\nSo somewhere while installing your favorite Linux distro you came across the word \"Swap\" and now you are here to know what is Swap. Well, I will tell you it in the simplest sense.\nGitHub + Gmail \u2014 Filtering for Review Requests and Mentions\nDebugging a Flatpak application\nGlobal almost-constants for Haskell\nContainers and PostgreSQL vs. MySQL vs. MariaDB\nHow To Check The Password Complexity In Linux\nSetting up QEMU-KVM for kernel development\nvmstat \u2013 A Standard Nifty Tool to Report Virtual Memory Statistics\nWine or Emulation\nWine 2.0 Gets One More Release Candidate, FIFA 2000 Demo Crash Has Been Patched\nWine 2.0-RC6 Has 21 Bug Fixes, v2.0 Stable Expected Next Week\nThe sixth and likely final release candidate of Wine 2.0 is now available for testing.\nWine 2.0-rc6 released, should be the last one before a stable release\nWine Announcement\nThe Wine development release 2.0-rc6 is now available.\nBarring last minute regressions, this is expected to be the last release candidate for 2.0.\nRelease 2.0-rc6\nThe Wine Staging release 2.0-rc6 is now available.\nWine-Staging 2.0-RC6 Brings More D3D11 Patches\nWine 2.0-RC6 was released on Friday as likely what's the final release candidate ahead of the stable Wine 2.0.0 debut. Shipping today is the Wine-Staging update re-based off this latest development release while also pulling in some new patches.\nWine-Staging 2.0-rc6 release, includes more D3D11 work\nAppreciating how far Linux gaming has actually come in the past few years\nDuring the livestream I did last night I had one of those moments where you fully appreciate how far Linux gaming has come.\nA developer of the awesome itch games client has a blog post on compressing files for updates\nThe guys over at itch.io are doing some truly interesting work. The itch store is open to all developers, they have an open source client and they talk openly about their work. A developer of their games client has written up about how they compress data for downloads.\nIORTCW Continues Letting Return to Castle Wolfenstein Live On As Open-Source\nFor those looking to relive some old gaming moments this weekend, the iortcw project continues to be developed as the open-source code-base around Return to Castle Wolfenstein.\nIt's been 16 years since \"RTCW\" was first released or even 15 years since it first had a native Linux port while iortcw continues to see routine code commits for this open-source game derived from ioquake3. Over the original classic game, iortcw offers SDL 2 support, OpenAL sound, full x86_64 support, VoIP support, Ogg Vorbis audio support, PNG support, and many other more modern features.\n'Detention \u8fd4\u6821' is an immersive psychological horror adventure with 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews, demo available\nHonestly, I never heard about 'Detention \u8fd4\u6821' or the developers behind it, the Taiwanese indie studio Red Candle Games, until Steam recommended me the title a few days ago. Since I love games which have received a lot of care in their ambience and artistic style, naturally this one caught my attention immediately, and once I learned that it has a demo available, then it became a priority in a matter of seconds.\nIn order to get the demo, you'll need to visit the official site, then go to 'Subscribe' and enter a valid email address twice. Also, there is one more detail: at least in my case, I had to create an account at Mega.nz to be able to download the Linux build (approximately 1 GB of content), because when I was at 94% of completion a message suddenly appeared about reaching a daily limit, or something like that.\nThe interesting survival game 'Raft' has dropped Linux support\nSad news, the survival game 'Raft' that really caught my interest for doing something very different has decided to drop Linux support.\nIt's a real shame as it was the first survival game to come along for quite some time that properly interested me.\nOur Fifth Podcast with Feral Interactive\nWell this is already 2017 yet we have something left from 2016 to release. Our podcast conducted with our friends from Feral, that is! While it was recorded back in December, the different edits and the holidays in-between have somewhat caused some delays, but do not worry one bit: its content is still as fresh as ever.\nDesktop Environments\/WMs\nK Desktop Environment\/KDE SC\/Qt\nKDE Frameworks 5.30.0 Released for KDE Plasma 5 Users with Over 100 Changes\nA new monthly release of the KDE Frameworks collection of over 70 add-on libraries for the Qt 5 GUI (Graphical User Interface) toolkit has been released recently for KDE Plasma 5 desktop environments.\nA total of 104 changes across many of its components makes this new release of KDE Frameworks a major one that should be immediately installed on your computer if you're using the latest KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS desktop environment.\nThe Breeze icon theme was updated, as usual, and we can't help but notice that there's now a new icon for the Haguichi graphical frontend for Hamachi on Linux, a new icon for CUPS (Common Unix Printing System), and the Calligra office suite icons were finalized.\n2017 Desktops, neon Goes Calamares, Spices Changes\nDesktop choice is a hallmark of Linux and Jack Wallen today predicted which will become more popular in 2017. His list may surprise you. In other news, Jonathan Riddell said today that KDE neon would be switching installer from its current Ubiquity to another gaining in popularity. It's currently in the developer version, but it'll soon make its way into the user recommended version. Linux Mint founder Clement Lefebvre today announced changes to the Cinnamon desktop applets. He said he was concerned about security of 3rd party contributions given last year's security breach. Elsewhere, Robin Miller defended his Ubuntu choice saying, \"So call me mass-average. Call me boring. Call me one of the many, the humble, the Ubuntu users!\"\nKDE Neon Has Stylish New Install Wizard\nKDE Neon has adopted distro-agnostic Linux installer 'Calamares' its unstable developer edition. Calamares replaces the Canonical-developed Ubiquity installer as the default graphical installer used when installing the Ubuntu-based OS on a new machine. The stylish install wizard is already in use on a number of other KDE-based Linux distributions, including Chakra Linux and Netrunner.\nKDE neon Inaugurated with Calamares Installer\nYou voted for change and today we're bringing change. Today we give back the installer to the people. Today Calamares 3 was released.\nIt's been a long standing wish of KDE neon to switch to the Calamares installer. Calamares is a distro independent installer used by various projects such as Netrunner and Tanglu. It's written in Qt and KDE Frameworks and has modules in C++ or Python.\nApplications 16.12.1 and Frameworks 5.30.0 by KDE available in Chakra\nThe latest updates for KDE's Applications and Frameworks series are now available to all Chakra users, together with some other package upgrades.\nApplications 16.12.1 include more than 40 recorded bugfixes and improvements, including a data loss bug in iCal resource for kdepim-runtime. kdelibs got updated to 4.14.28.\nFrameworks 5.30.0 ship with the usual bugfixes and improvements, mostly found in breeze icons, kio and plasma-framework.\nQt 5.8 released\nI am happy to announce that Qt 5.8 has been released today and is available for download from qt.io. Qt 5.8 does of course come with Qt Creator 4.2.1 and an update to Qt for Device Creation. Qt 5.8 is a rather large release, containing quite a large set of new functionality.\nQt 5.8 Toolkit Officially Released\nQt 5.8 was supposed to ship back in November, but that major toolkit update has finally shipped today.\nLars Knoll announced this morning that Qt 5.8 is now officially available. Qt 5.8 now fully supports its Qt Wayland Compositor, Qt Network Authentication is a new module with OAuth support, Qt QUick has an experimental Direct3D 12 back-end, Qt WebEngine has been upgraded against a newer Chromium, Qt SCXML is now fully supported, Qt Speech is a new module for text-to-speech abilities, and many other improvements and changes.\nChakra GNU\/Linux Users Get KDE Applications 16.12.1 and KDE Frameworks 5.30.0\nOnly two weeks have passed since the last major update of the Chakra GNU\/Linux repositories, which also happened to be the first for 2017, and now users of this distribution can install more up-to-date packages.\nChakra GNU\/Linux is a powerful and user-friendly Linux OS originally based on the popular Arch Linux operating system, but using the latest KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment by default for new installations.\nReports of KDE neon Downloads Being Dangerous Entirely Exaggerated\nWhen you download a KDE neon ISO you get transparently redirected to one of the mirrors that KDE uses. Recently the Polish mirror was marked as unsafe in Google Safebrowsing which is an extremely popular service used by most web browsers and anti-virus software to check if a site is problematic. I expect there was a problem elsewhere on this mirror but it certainly wasn't KDE neon. KDE sysadmins have tried to contact the mirror and Google.\nGNOME Desktop\/GTK\nextensions.gnome.org: yesterday, today and tomorrow\nWe had migrated codebase from Django 1.3 to 1.8 and website from Django 1.4 to 1.8 (big thanks to Andrea Veri for this).\nGNOME 3.24 Desktop Environment Will Support Nextcloud Accounts\nWork on the upcoming GNOME 3.24 desktop environment continues, and, today, Javier Jard\u00f3n informed us, via an email announcement, about the availability of the fourth development release before GNOME 3.24 it hits Beta.\nAccording to the developers, probably the most important feature implemented in the GNOME 3.23.4 snapshot is the embodiment of a pre-release version of GTK+ 4, the next-generation GTK+ GUI (Graphical User Interface) toolkit that it's being used by default for all the GNOME apps, as well as the rest of its components.\n6 key points about Intel's hot new Linux distro\nThe great thing about Linux is is that anyone possessing the wherewithal and dedication can produce a distribution to satisfy their own needs. That's also the bad thing, as it means many Linux distributions, even those with name backing, fight to distinguish themselves or to be recognized at all.\nDedoimedo interviews: DistroWatch\nI don't there's much for me to add. Jesse provided a very detailed drilldown into what DistroWatch is, what it does, and most importantly, how you can help, whether you're a reader or a distro developer. Getting involved may be intimidating, but it also has its rewards. And there's potential for blooming tech writers to spread their wings, too.\nAnyhow, I'd like to thank Jesse, introspect on our uncanny pseudo-genetic similarity, and go back to plotting and hatching additional stories, reviews and interviews. To wit, if you have any ideas or recommendations, or if you crave some spotlight yourself, feel free to contact me. WARP 9, engage.\nGoboLinux: A Linux Distribution With New Filesystem Hierarchy\nGoboLinux introduces a lot of new ideas and designs into the Linux distributions world. Things like the filesystem hierarchy and the compiling scripts are amazing examples of what \"modernizing\" Linux distributions may really mean. However, the distribution wasn't intended to be \"user-friendly\" or \"ready-out-of-the-box\".\nBecause of this, it can be said actually that the distribution manages to achieve its goals. An experianced user with a lot of time would definitely enjoy using and tweaking GoboLinux to fit his needs and learn in his way.\nGoboLinux 016\nGoboLinux is available for 64-bit x86 computers exclusively. The ISO I downloaded for GoboLinux 016 was 958MB in size. Booting from the installation media brings up a text-based menu system where we are asked to select our preferred language from a list of six European languages. We are then asked to select our keyboard's layout from another list. At this point, the system drops us to a command prompt where we are logged in as the root user. The default shell is zsh. A welcome message lets us know we can run the startx command to launch a desktop environment or run the Installer command to begin installing the distribution.\nSolus Linux Working On A Flatpak-Based, Optimized Steam Runtime\nThe Solus Linux developers have been working on their \"Linux Steam Integration\" for Steam and improvements around the Steam runtime, with this being one of the distributions interested in good Linux performance and making use of some Clear Linux optimizations, while their next step is looking at Flatpak-packaging up of libraries needed by the Steam runtime to fork a Flatpak-happy Linux gaming setup.\nNetrunner Minor Update Release 17.01.2\nToday we released an updated Netrunner 17.01.2 Desktop ISO, which ships the just released version 3.0 of Calamares Installer and KPMCore 3.0.2.\nThis hopefully will fix the UEFI bootloader issues that some people reported, so if you experienced those with the previous ISO, this might fix it.\nNew CloudLinux 7 and CloudLinux 6 Linux Kernel Security Updates Pushed Into Beta\nCloudLinux's Mykola Naugolnyi is informing users of the CloudLinux 7 and CloudLinux 6 enterprise-ready operating systems to upgrade their kernel packages immediately if they are using the Beta channel.\nArch Family\nArch Anywhere ISO Lets You Install a Fully Custom Arch Linux System in Minutes\nMeet Arch Anywhere, a new open-source project created by developer Dylan Schacht to help Arch Linux newcomers install the powerful and modern Linux-based operating system on their personal computers, or a virtual machine.\nIt's 'Best Linux Distro' Time Again\nIt's time to start the process of choosing the FOSS Force Reader's Choice Award winner for Best Desktop Linux Distro for 2016. This is the third outing for our annual poll, which began in a March, 2015 contest that was won by Ubuntu, which bested runner-up Linux Mint by only 11 votes. Last year we moved the voting up to January, in a contest which saw Arch Linux as the overall winner, with elementary OS in second place.\nJust like last year, this year's polling will be a two round process. The first round, which began early Friday afternoon when the poll quietly went up on our front page, is a qualifying round. In this round, we're offering a field of 19 of the top 20 distros on Distrowatch's famous \"Page Hit Ranking\" list. Those whose favorite distro isn't on the list shouldn't worry \u2014 your distro's not out of the game yet. Below the poll there's a place to write-in any distro that's not in the poll to be tallied for possible inclusion in the second and final round of polling to follow.\nOpenSUSE\/SUSE\nopenSUSE 13.2 GNU\/Linux OS Reached End of Life, Upgrade to openSUSE Leap 42.2\nIf, for some reason, you are still using the openSUSE 13.2 operating system on your personal computer or server, you should know that it recently reached end of life and upgrading to a newer version is highly recommended.\nOn November last year we briefly informed our readers that the upcoming EOL (End of Life) support for the openSUSE 13.2 GNU\/Linux distribution, the last one to be released before the project was split into what we know today as openSUSE Tumbleweed, a rolling release operating system, and openSUSE Leap, a static release edition.\nTeamViewer 12 on openSUSE Leap 42.\nSQL Server v.Next CTP 1.2 now available with support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux\nRed Hat Family\nNN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. Acquires 27,198 Shares of Red Hat Inc. (RHT)\nThe Red Hat, Inc. (RHT) Position Increased by Schroder Investment Management Group\nCan Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT) Attain EPS Target Of $0.6?\nRed Hat Inc Stock Volatility Hits An Unsually High Level\nWall Street Holds Inauguration Gains, How Did This Stock Fare: Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT)\nStock Watch: Focusing in on Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT)\nMoving Averages in Focus on Shares of Red Hat Inc. (RHT)\nThe Red Hat's (RHT) \"Outperform\" Rating Reaffirmed at JMP Securities\nFedora 26 Linux to Enable TRIM for Better Performance of Encrypted SSD Disks\nAccording to the Fedora 26 release schedule, the upcoming operating system is approaching an important milestone, namely the proposal submission deadline for system-wide changes, which is currently set for January 31.\nFedora 26 Planning To Enable TRIM\/Discard On Encrypted Disks\nOne of the latest Fedora 26 changes being worked on is enabling TRIM\/Discard by default for newly-created encrypted disks via dm-crypt.\nCurrently with dm-crypt of LUKS1 encrypted volumes, TRIM\/discard support doesn't get enabled by default. But given the growing presence of solid-state drives, Fedora 26 will likely enable the discard option by default for newly-created encrypted SSD partitions without changing the behavior for existing partitions.\nkojipkgs: what it is and how it works\nThe last week or so I have spent a ton of time on kojipkgs (sorry again for any build failures this may have caused), so I thought it would be good to outline what it is and how it's used and finally the working setup we have now.\nkojipkgs is a concept that koji has of a host\/url to go to to download packages. On small koji installs this host\/url can be simply the koji hub host. Or it can be a seperate host or hosts, as long as it has access to all the packages koji wants. So in practice this means it has to share a NFS mount or other shared storage with the koji hub.\nNew test build and applications announced for Fedora LXQt Spin\nAn effort was initiated late last year to add the LXQt desktop environment to the line of Fedora Spins, which are editions of the distribution that use a desktop environment other than the GNOME 3. At that time, the list of applications that will ship by default had not yet been decided.\nDebian Family\nDebian contributions and World History\nCanonical\/Ubuntu\nUbuntu 16.04.2 LTS Delayed Until February 2, Will Bring Linux 4.8, Newer Mesa\nIf you've been waiting to upgrade your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system to the 16.04.2 point release, which should have hit the streets a couple of days ago, you'll have to wait until February 2.\nWe hate to give you guys bad news, but Canonical's engineers are still working hard these days to port all the goodies from the Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) repositories to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, which is a long-term supported version, until 2019. These include the Linux 4.8 kernel packages and an updated graphics stack based on a newer X.Org Server version and Mesa 3D Graphics Library.\nUbuntu 16.04.2 LTS Point Release Coming On Feb 2 With Linux Kernel 4.8\nCanonical launches Ubuntu Tutorials\nLinux is arguably the most successful open source project in all of history. The success of the kernel \u2014 and operating systems that use it \u2014 are not due to any one man or woman. Actually, the achievements are thanks to the Linux community. In other words, it is a team effort \u2014 developers, users, and more.\nFor a Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu, to continue its progress, Canonical needs developers to remain interested \u2014 this includes getting new people involved and educated. This week, the company launched Ubuntu Tutorials \u2014 based on Google's open source Codelab. No, it is not self-learning for new workstation users, but for programmers and developers.\ntutorials.ubuntu.com goes live!\nUbuntu tutorials are a topic-specific walkthroughs, giving you a very practical experience on a particular domain. They are just like learning from pair programming except you can do it on your own! They provide a step-by-step process to doing development and devops activities on Ubuntu machines, servers or devices.\nUbuntu Developers Now Tracking Linux Kernel 4.10 for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)\nThe Ubuntu devs are preparing to move to a new kernel version for the upcoming release of the popular Linux-based operating system, and they are announcing the initial availability of a kernel based on the last RC of Linux 4.10.\nUbuCon Summit at SCALE 15x Call for Papers\nUbuCon Summit at SCALE 15x to Take Place March 2-3 in Pasadena, California\nUbuntu project member Nathan Haines is announcing that the next UbuCon Summit conference takes place this spring, between March 2 and March 3, in Pasadena, California, USA, during the SCALE 15x event.\nSCALE is a renowned annual Linux Expo held in southern California. It's also the biggest Linux and FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) showcase event run by various members of the Linux community in North America. SCALE 15x is the fifteenth installation of the conference.\nFlavours and Variants\nLatest Linux For All Release Is Based on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS and Linux 4.9.5\nGNU\/Linux developer Arne Exton is informing us about the availability of a new stable build of his Linux For All (LFA) open-source computer operating system, versioned 170121.\nBased on the Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus) and Debian GNU\/Linux 8 \"Jessie\" operating systems, Linux For All (LFA) Build 170121 appears to be a total rebuilt of the GNU\/Linux distribution, having nothing in common with any of the previous releases. It now uses the newest Linux 4.9.5 kernel and latest package versions.\nChanges to Cinnamon Spices\nThe Cinnamon desktop can be themed and its features can be extended by adding applets, desklets and extensions. In Cinnamon lingo, all these addons are referred to as \"spices\". The goal is to let you spice up your Cinnamon experience so you can enjoy your desktop environment, feel even more at home with it and benefit from niche features and look and feel which go beyond what is developed by the Linux Mint and Cinnamon teams.\nVinux 5.1 released\nVinux is distribution which mainly focus on blind and partially sighted people. Vinux is based on Ubuntu. Latest version of Vinux is 5.1 and it is based on Ubuntu 14.05.5 which is Long Term Support. Vinux uses Unity, Gnome or MATE as desktop environment. New release includes lots of updated packages and other fixes.\nTracktion NAMM 2017 Preview [Ed: Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu]\nSnapdragon 410E SBC offers long lifecycle support at $85\nThe Linux\/Android-ready Inforce 6309L is a cheaper version of the DragonBoard 410c-like Inforce 6309. It sacrifices GbE and LVDS, but has 10-year support.\nInforce Computing has released a more affordable and slightly less feature rich version of its commercial-oriented, circa-2015 Inforce 6309 SBC. Like the Inforce 6309, the new Inforce 6309L has the same 85 x 54mm footprint and much the same feature set as Arrow's Qualcomm-backed, community-backed DragonBoard 410c SBC. It also offers the same Linux and Android BSPs used by the DragonBoard 410c, one of the first SBCs to adopt Linaro's 96Boards form-factor.\nLineage OS: Update & Build Prep\nAlright, alright, alright \u2013 it's nearly 'go time' for builds to start flowing. Before everyone gets excited and rushes to download, we want to cover a few important points.\nFirst, we want to thank everyone that stepped forward to assist with the infrastructure (and offers continue to pour in). Thanks to you all, all infrastructure pieces are lighting up 'Operational' on our lovely status page.\nAdditionally, our Download Portal, Install stats page (yep, that's 50k+ unofficial installs already!) and Wiki are all live. Notably, all three of these sites (and this blog) are open sourced \u2013 you can contribute to them via our Gerrit instance! Bear with us if these sites look bare at the moment, they will grow with content and design as we continue marching forward.\nNokia Confirms A Snapdragon 835-Equipped Android Phone\nAndroid 7.0 Nougat Updates For Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6 Family, Galaxy Note 5, Huawei Honor 8, LG G5\u2026\nAndroid GPS Problems: How To Solve GPS Connectivity Issues In Samsung, Huawei, HTC And Others\nHTC's Halfbreak Android Wear Smartwatch Leaks In New Set Of Photos\nSony Xperia Z5, Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z4 Tablet Android 7.0 Nougat Rollout Halted Due to Performance Issues\nGoogle Android One $200 Smartphones To Hit US Markets Soon\nAndroid Circuit: Samsung Reveals Galaxy S8, New Nokia Sells Out, Deciding The S8 Launch Date\nAndroid creator nears comeback with 'essential' phone\nDeeply Integrated Progressive Web Apps (WebAPKs) are Live for Chrome on Android\nVivo V5 Plus review: The Android phone for stylish selfies\nThe days of shelling out a large sum of money to buy a smartphone that offers premium looks and performance are long gone. Manufacturers like OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, etc are offering superior performance at significantly lower prices. These manufacturers tend to add their own USP to a smartphone, which you might not always get on an Apple or Samsung.\nIn Vivo's case, it has launched a new mid-range premium device called V5 Plus with the highlight being a dual selfie camera. Vivo V5 Plus can be described as many things, but original. The phone borrows its design cues from multiple flagship devices, but clearly its major influence is the iPhone 7. But is this dual-selfie camera, iPhone-lookalike worth its price? Here's our review\nWikimedia in Google Code-in 2016\nGoogle Code-in 2016 has come to an end. Wikimedia was one of the 17 organizations who took part to offer mentors and tasks to 14-17 year old students exploring free and open source software projects via small tasks.\nAll the videos from Linux.conf.au 2017\nKeeping Linux Great\nThis week, I finally got time to start pushing forward with this year's edition of foss-north. It will be held on April 26 in Gothenburg and it is a great opportunity to visit Sweden and Gothenburg and mingle with the FOSS community. We've already confirmed Lydia Pintscher and Lennart Poettering as speakers. If you want to speak the call for paper has just opened and will run until March 12. Tickets sales will open shortly too, as well as the call for sponsors.\nSaaS\/Back End\nSo you want to create a new official OpenStack project\u2026\nOpenStack development is organized around a mission, a governance model and a set of principles. Project teams apply for inclusion, and the Technical Committee (TC), elected by all OpenStack contributors, judges whether that team work helps with the OpenStack mission and follows the OpenStack development principles. If it does, the team is considered part of the OpenStack development community, and its work is considered an official OpenStack project.\nThe main effect of being official is that it places the team work under the oversight of the Technical Committee. In exchange, recent contributors to that team are considered Active Technical Contributors (ATCs), which means they can participate in the vote to elect the Technical Committee.\nWhy you should hire upstream\nThe OpenStack Interoperability Challenge Update: Phase Two Progress\nIn 2016 the OpenStack Interoperability Challenge was originally announced by IBM GM Don Rippert at the OpenStack Austin Summit. This effort was the first initiative to use the deployment and execution of enterprise workloads using automated deployment tools as the means of proving interoperability across OpenStack cloud environments. The first phase of the OpenStack Interoperability Challenge culminated with a Barcelona Summit Keynote demo comprised of 16 vendors all running the same enterprise workload and automation tools to illustrate that OpenStack enables workload portability across public and private OpenStack clouds. Here is a short trip down memory lane:\nOpenStack's Stewardship Working Group and what it can do for you\nStewardship is defined as the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care. OpenStack Foundation community members formed a Stewardship Working Group to ensure that \"people at the bottom and the boundaries of the organization choice over how to serve a customer, a citizen, a community.\"\nTips for instance configuration, creating a new project, and more OpenStack news\nPseudo-Open Source (Openwashing)\nBluepill is LinkedIn's Open-source Tool for iOS UI Testing at Scale\nTrueOS Making Use Of OpenRC Init System, Faster Boot Times\nFor those still looking to escape systemd, the BSDs remain free and the FreeBSD-based TrueOS is currently working on making use of OpenRC.\nOpenRC is the dependency-based init system used by NetBSD, Alpine Linux, Gentoo, and other select operating systems. TrueOS is using OpenRC for managing system services rather than FreeBSD's RC.\nFSF\/FSFE\/GNU\/SFLC\nCharlie Shrem and Richard Stallman to Speak at Central European Bitcoin Expo\nThe Central European Bitcoin Expo (CEBE) is setting up to be one of the largest conferences to take place in Central Europe. Taking place in Vienna from May 31 to June 1, the expo will feature notable speakers from within the cryptocurrency space, which will provide insight into technology, international legislation and the future of virtual currency in Europe and abroad.\nRecently added to the list of speakers for the event were Charlie Shrem and Richard Stallman. These two virtual currency advocates will be joined by the already extensive list of speakers to be featured at the expo including, Dan Held, Adam Vaziri, David Johnson, Kingsley Edwards, Vitalik Buterin and many more.\nOpenness\/Sharing\/Collaboration\nThe new Raspberry Pi Compute Module, FSF's 2017 priorities, and more open source news\nProgramming\/Development\nUpdated Example Repo for RMarkdown and Metropolis\/Mtheme\nWhy Tolkien's fantastic imaginary languages have had more impact than Esperanto\nJRR Tolkien began writing The Fall of Gondolin while on medical leave from the First World War, 100 years ago this month. It is the first story in what would become his legendarium \u2013 the mythology that underpins The Lord of the Rings. But behind the fiction was his interest in another epic act of creation: the construction of imaginary languages.\nIt's time to spring-clean your IT contracts\nThe start of a new year is a time for review and planning, in business, as well as in our personal lives. It's likely that you will be focused on finalising your company's objectives and strategy for the year ahead. But it's also important to consider whether the tools and processes that you have in place remain fit for purpose \u2013 and that includes your contract templates and contractual risk and compliance processes.\nWhen it comes to the law, \"the only thing that is constant is change\". Without fail, each year brings the introduction of new legislation, case law and regulatory guidance that may have an impact on your contracts \u2013 whether it's the terms of use or privacy policy for your website or app, or the contract terms that you use when supplying or purchasing technology services. Therefore, it's important to carry out a regular review of your contract terms (and any existing contracts) to make sure that they remain compliant with law and are future-proofed as much as possible in terms of new legal and regulatory developments that you know are around the corner.\nChinese investors buy owner of PCWorld, IDC\nInternational Data Group, the owner of PCWorld magazine, several other tech journals and the IDC market research organisation, has been bought by two Chinese investors.\nChina Oceanwide Holdings Group and IDG Capital (no affiliate of IDG) have paid between US$500 million and US$1 billion for IDG sans its high-performance computing research businesses.\nThe two Chinese entities had made separate bids but were told by investment banker Goldman Sachs to join hands. The sale of IDG has been cleared by the US Committee on Foreign Investment and should be completed by end of the first quarter this year.\nChina Oceanwide Holdings Group, founded by chairman Zhiqiang Lu, is active in financial services, real estate, technology, and media among others.\nOracle lays off more than 1,000 employees\nAccording to the Mercury News, Oracle is laying off approximately 450 employees in its Santa Clara hardware systems division. Reports at The Layoff, a discussion board for technology business firings, claim about 1,800 employees company-wide are being pink-slipped.\nCity devastated by OxyContin use sues Purdue Pharma, claims drugmaker put profits over citizens' welfare\nA Washington city devastated by black-market OxyContin filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the painkiller's manufacturer Thursday, alleging that the company turned a blind eye to criminal trafficking of its pills to \"reap large and obscene profits\" and demanding it foot the bill for widespread opioid addiction in the community.\nThe suit by Everett, a city of 100,000 north of Seattle, was prompted by a Times investigation last year. The newspaper revealed that drugmaker Purdue Pharma had extensive evidence pointing to illegal trafficking across the nation but in many cases did not share it with law enforcement or cut off the flow of pills.\nOn his first day in office, Trump's top issues don't include health care\nPresident Trump's election campaign focused on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, nicknamed \"Obamacare.\" But on his first day as president of the United States, health care didn't appear to be a priority \u2014 at least, not according to his website or inaugural address.\nIn fact, it wasn't until the news broke on Friday evening that Trump signed an executive order to \"minimize the economic burden\" of Obamacare that we got even a hint of his plans. What those might be, though, are still far from clear.\n1,000 days of toxic drinking water in Flint\nIt was later determined that the Flint River water was not being treated properly, and that lead from aging water pipes was bleeding into the water supply. Lead is a deadly neurotoxin, and exposure is especially dangerous for children, who may experience stunted growth, behavioral problems and neurological damage. During the crisis, 12 people died from Legionnaires disease, while residents, including young children, were continually exposed to dangerous levels of lead.\nIf phosphate had been place in the water at a cost of $200 a day, the leaching would not have occurred, according to Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. The city would switch back to the Detroit-supplied Lake Huron water in October 2015.\nThe city' drinking water supply is improving, according to Marc Edwards, a researcher at Virginia Tech who was instrumental in first identifying the contamination issues.\nScott Pruitt Is Bad for Your Health\nOn Wednesday, during the confirmation hearing for Scott Pruitt, Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, there was a good deal of talk about \"balance.\" Pruitt, who sued the agency he's slated to lead 14 times during his tenure as Oklahoma attorney general, spoke of a \"false paradigm\" stipulating \"that if you're pro-energy you're anti-environment, and if you're pro-environment you're anti-energy.\" His record, he insisted, revealed a public servant who'd stood up for his state's interests\u2014which at times meant suing federal regulators, and at other times meant taking on polluters. He promised to uphold the EPA's \"core mission\" of \"protecting the American people through common sense and lawful regulations.\"\nBut Pruitt was hard-pressed to identify cases in which he'd stood up for environmental and health protections and against corporations. One of the environmental successes he cited in his opening statement concerned pollution in the Illinois River watershed from chicken manure. When he assumed office, Oklahoma was suing several major poultry producers in an attempt to get them to pay for the damage and change their waste-dumping practices. Pruitt, who'd received at least $40,000 from executives at the poultry companies in question during his election campaign, told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that he resolved the lawsuit by crafting \"an historic agreement to clean up that river.\" In reality the agreement was toothless, as The New York Times reported recently, amounting to a decision to \"conduct a study of the appropriate level\" of pollutants in the watershed.\nPruitt was asked repeatedly about his cooperation with energy companies in suing federal agencies, and in sending letters they'd written under his own name, while also collecting significant campaign contributions from those same businesses. In his defense, Pruitt argued that what was good for industry was good for Oklahoma's economy and its people. It was New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker who challenged him most successfully on this point. Booker asked if Pruitt knew how many children in Oklahoma have asthma; he didn't. The figure is 111,000, or one in 10. Booker pointed out that the vast majority of lawsuits Pruitt filed against the EPA were efforts to undermine limits on air pollution, which directly affects asthma.\nBurned toast can increase risk of cancer, UK scientists say\nPotatoes and bread cooked at high temperatures for a long time could increase the risk of cancer in people who eat them regularly, British government scientists said on Monday.\nThe UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) said a substance called acrylamide, produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried or grilled for too long at high temperatures, has been found in animal studies to increase the risk of cancer.\nYour Computer's Clipboard is a Security Problem \u2013 Fix it in Linux With xsel and cron\nAny program you run can read your clipboard, and its contents linger until another copy event or a reboot. Modern browsers enable multiple ways for malicious websites to read the clipboard contents (or add items in), so eliminate the worry by using a script with cron that auto-clears your clipboard regularly.\nThe long road to getrandom() in glibc\nThe GNU C library (glibc) 2.25 release is expected to be available at the beginning of February; among the new features in this release will be a wrapper for the Linux getrandom() system call. One might well wonder why getrandom() is only appearing in this release, given that kernel support arrived with the 3.17 release in 2014 and that the glibc project is supposed to be more receptive to new features these days. A look at the history of this particular change highlights some of the reasons why getting new features into glibc is still hard.\nMaintainers for desktop \"critical infrastructure\"\nThat work is great, but it is limited by a number of factors: funding and the interests of its members, primarily. Few of the companies involved have much, if any, interest in the Linux desktop. Some might argue that there aren't any companies with that particular interest, though that would be disingenuous. In any case, though, desktop Linux is a community-supported endeavor, at least more so than server or cloud Linux, which likely means some things are slipping through the cracks.\nKaskinen left his job in 2015 to be able to spend more time on PulseAudio (and some audio packages that he maintains for OpenEmbedded). For the last four months or so, he has been soliciting funds on Patreon. Unlike Kickstarter and other similar systems, Patreon is set up to provide ongoing funding, rather than just a chunk of money for a particular feature or project. Donors pledge a monthly amount to try to support someone's work going forward.\nImportant CentOS 7 Linux Kernel Security Patch Released, 3 Vulnerabilities Fixed\nCentOS developer and maintainer Johnny Hughes is announcing the availability of a new, important Linux kernel security update for the CentOS 7 series of operating systems.\nCentOS 7 is derived from the freely distributed source code of the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system series, which means that it also benefits of its security patches. According to the recently published RHSA-2017:0086-1 security advisory, which was marked as important, three security vulnerabilities are patched.\nTrump's New Cyber-Security Advisor Runs a Very, Very Insecure Website\nAccording to Phonos Group founder Dan Tentler, Giuliani's security company website runs a very, very old Joomla distribution, an open-source, free-to-use CMS.\nThat's Joomla 3.1.1, released in April 2013. Since then, two major zero-days have plagued Joomla, so grave that they could allow attackers to take full control over a Joomla installation. Those are CVE-2016-9838 and CVE-2015-8562.\nBut that's not the worse of it. The Joomla admin panel login page is also freely available, meaning anyone could access it and attempt to brute-force the admin password.\nReminder: Microsoft to no longer update original Windows 10 release after March 26 [Ed: Microsoft will leave even more Vista 10 back doors open, unless you install the latest doors]\nAs Microsoft noted last year, the company plans to update only two Current Branch for Business versions of Windows 10 at any given time.\nSt. Louis' public library computers hacked for ransom [iophk: \"Those who installed Windows on them have not been brought to justice\"]\nHackers have infected every public computer in the St. Louis Public Library system, stopping all book borrowing and cutting off internet access to those who rely on it for computers.\nThe computer system was hit by ransomware, a particularly nasty type of computer virus that encrypts computer files.\nThis form of attack renders computers unusable \u2014 unless victims are willing to pay an extortion fee and obtain a key to unlock the machines.\nMicrosoft Targets Chrome Users With Windows 10 Pop-up Ad\nMicrosoft really wants you to use its software products as well as running Windows 10, and that includes the Edge browser. But it can't stop you choosing to use an alternative web browser. However, if you opt to use Chrome, then expect to start seeing adverts right on your Windows desktop.\nUnited Airlines Domestic Flights Grounded for 2 Hours by Computer Outage\nAll of United Airlines' domestic flights were grounded for more than two hours Sunday night because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said as scores of angry travelers sounded off on social media.\nThere's no glory in patching\nRegular patching is essential but not without risks. Missing a critical patch is an easy way of getting your service compromised but insufficient testing is an even easier way of getting it to fall over. Here at drie we talk a lot about why trying to build your own infrastructure around AWS can be, to put it mildly, a bit of a pain. Today I'd like to go a little deeper on one issue most people encounter when going it alone in AWS and why you're better off making it someone else's problem. While it may seem like a mundane concern, keeping up to date with the latest patches and security fixes for your dependencies is a significant undertaking and neglecting server patches is a swift route to getting your infrastructure hacked.\nDefence\/Aggression\nTheresa May 'faith' in Trident after test 'malfunction'\nTheresa May says she has \"absolute faith\" in the UK's nuclear weapons system despite reports that an unarmed missile went off course during a test.\nThe Sunday Times says the missile, fired in June, veered off course, weeks before a crucial Commons vote on Trident's future.\nWhen questioned by the BBC, Mrs May repeatedly refused to say if she knew about the misfire ahead of the vote.\nNicola Sturgeon said it was a \"hugely serious issue\".\nScotland's First Minister, who is a passionate opponent of Trident, tweeted: \"There should be full disclosure of what happened, who knew what\/when, and why the House of Commons wasn't told.\"\nMeanwhile Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said it called for \"a serious discussion\".\nHe told Sky News: \"It's a pretty catastrophic error when a missile goes in the wrong direction, and while it wasn't armed, goodness knows what the consequences of that could have been.\"\nDowning Street 'covered up serious Trident missile malfunction' weeks before crucial Commons vote\nDowning Street has been accused of covering up a Trident missile malfunction weeks before a crucial Commons vote on the future of the submarine-based missile system.\nThe Sunday Times reports that a Trident II D5 missile test ended in failure after it was launched from the British submarine HMS Vengeance off the coast of Florida in June last year.\nEnvironment\/Energy\/Wildlife\/Nature\nSolar Employs More Workers Than Coal, Oil and Natural Gas Combined\nU.S. solar employs more workers than any other energy industry, including coal, oil and natural gas combined, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's second annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report.\n6.4 million Americans now work in the traditional energy and the energy efficiency sector, which added more than 300,000 net new jobs in 2016, or 14 percent of the nation's job growth.\nAll References to Climate Change Have Been Deleted From the White House Website\nAt 11:59 am eastern, the official White House website had a lengthy information page about the threat of climate change and the steps the federal government had taken to fight it. At noon, at the instant Donald Trump took office, the page was gone, as well as any mention of climate change or global warming.\nIt's customary for www.whitehouse.gov to flip over to the new administration exactly at noon, but the only mention of climate on President Trump's new website is under his \"America First Energy Plan\" page, in which he vows to destroy President Obama's Climate Action Plan, which is a government-wide plan to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change. To reiterate: It is normal that the site is completely new; it is notable that climate change is not mentioned on any one of Trump's new pages.\nSea levels 'could rise higher than a three-storey building due to climate change'\nThe last time ocean temperatures were this warm, sea levels were up to nine metres higher than they are today, according to the findings of a new study, which were described as \"extremely worrying\" by one expert.\nThe researchers took samples of sediment from 83 different sites around the world, and these \"natural thermometers\" enabled them to work out what the sea surface temperature had been more than 125,000 years ago. This revealed that over the course of some 4,000 years the oceans had got about 0.5C warmer, reaching about the same temperatures as are found now \u2013 after a similar increase achieved largely as a result of human-induced climate change in little over a century.\nIndonesia to fight against forest fires starting early this year\nJanuary is not over yet, but two regencies in Riau province have already declared emergency alert statuses to tackle any potential forest fires, which could get out of control when the weather gets drier in upcoming months. The decision made by Rokan Hulu regency and Dumai city to raise their alert statuses, which would allow the central government to send aid to the regions, has been lauded by government officials in Jakarta. Indonesia has learned the hard way that failing to act as fast as possible to address forest fires would cost it dearly. In 2015, massive forest fires ravaged Sumatra and Kalimantan and caused diplomatic tensions as cities in Malaysia and Singapore, were covered by smoky haze for weeks. With the weather in 2017 expected to be drier than in 2016, the country could not afford to risk another disaster. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has called on other fire-prone regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan to follow the initiatives of Rokan and Dumai before the dry season starts in late January and runs until the end of March, the period hot spots could quickly turn into fires if treated late. A break from fires is expected to take place between April and May this year when rain pours down on the country, but threats of fire could recur from June to late October in haze-producing regions like Sumatra, Riau and Kalimantan, said BNPT spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. By setting emergency standby statuses early, regions could ask for aid\u2026more detail\nCU Boulder professor helps assess danger of primates' extinction\nThree-quarters of the world's primates are declining in population and 60 percent are threatened with extinction, according to a new study to which a University of Colorado professor is a contributing author.\n\"At the rate we're going, we're not taking care of our home very well,\" said study coauthor Joanna Lambert, a professor in CU's Department of Biological Anthropology. \"The next few years will be critical.\"\nThe study, \"Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: Why primates matter,\" was published Wednesday in Science Advances.\nGovernment 'tried to bury' its own alarming report on climate change\nThe Government has been accused of trying to bury a major report about the potential dangers of global warming to Britain \u2013 including the doubling of the deaths during heatwaves, a \"significant risk\" to supplies of food and the prospect of infrastructure damage from flooding.\nThe UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Report, which by law has to be produced every five years, was published with little fanfare on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra) website on 18 January.\nBut, despite its undoubted importance, Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom made no speech and did not issue her own statement, and even the Defra Twitter account was silent. No mainstream media organisation covered the report.\nHUD suspends FHA mortgage insurance rate cut an hour after Trump takes office\nAn hour after Donald Trump assumed the presidency Friday, his administration indefinitely suspended a pending rate cut for mortgage insurance required for FHA-backed loans, which are popular with first-time home buyers and those with poor credit.\nThe move by the Department of Housing and Urban Development \u2014 one of the first acts of Trump's administration \u2014 reversed a policy announced in the waning days of the Obama presidency that would have trimmed insurance premiums for typical borrowers by hundreds of dollars a year.\nSome Republicans expressed concern that the rate cut could cost taxpayers if the loans started to go sour and the Federal Housing Administration was unable to cover the losses. The agency needed a $1.7-billion bailout from the U.S. Treasury in 2013 after it expanded its role last decade after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market.\nCross-party group of MPs plots to halt hard Brexit plans\nA powerful cross-party group of MPs is plotting to thwart Theresa May's attempts to drive through a hard Brexit amid rising fears that UK businesses could soon have to pay huge export tariffs on goods they sell to the EU.\nLloyds of London are leaving London\nAfter three centuries, the Lloyds of London will no longer be \"of London.\" The company is moving its headquarters, its CEO Inga Beale confirmed on Friday.\nTalking to Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Beale confirmed that following Prime Minister May's announcement last Tuesday, Lloyds was going ahead with its contingency plan.\nMany insurance companies will be moving a big part of their operations, since passporting rights and licensing are key to the sectors' business in Europe. Lloyds stands to lose as much as 11% of its premiums that come from Europe or little under 1bn Euros.\nSneak Preview Of Trumpism In Action\nTrump can break trade deals and impose tariffs but businesses can relocate to continue enjoying free trade and avoiding tariffs. Trump urged UK to jump off a cliff with Brexit and now UK is reaping their own whirlwind.\nTrump reportedly wants to cut cultural programs that make up 0.02 percent of federal spending\nA report in the Hill details the extent to which the incoming administration of Donald Trump wants to slash the federal budget. Big cuts to major government departments are mentioned, as are cuts to cultural programs that receive federal funding.\n\"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be privatized,\" the Hill's Alexander Bolton reports, \"while the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely.\" In total, the administration aims to cut spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade.\nTrump team prepares dramatic cuts\nDonald Trump is ready to take an ax to government spending.\nStaffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned.\nThe changes they propose are dramatic.\nThe departments of Commerce and Energy would see major reductions in funding, with programs under their jurisdiction either being eliminated or transferred to other agencies. The departments of Transportation, Justice and State would see significant cuts and program eliminations.\nPresident Trump's first White House petition: release your tax returns\nThat didn't take long. A petition for new US president Donald Trump to release his tax returns has already appeared on whitehouse.gov, the administration's official website. In fact, it's the first petition to appear on the newly-updated website.\nThe Great Trump Heist Is Underway\nDonald Trump, the real-estate mogul and reality-television superstar, descended the steps of the Capitol around 11 am to take the oath of office as president of the United States. An audacious looting of the country had begun.\nIn attendance were several corporate titans on the verge of the biggest merger and acquisition of all time\u2014the ExxonMobil CEO who may soon take control of the country's foreign relations, the fast-food CEO ready to take over the Labor Department, and the handful of powerful Wall Street titans who have been appointed to almost every critical economic post. Not least is Trump himself, who brazenly decided to essentially remain in control of his corporation while simultaneously directing the affairs of the country.\nIn true Trump style, he painted a picture perfectly at odds with this reality during his inauguration speech. \"For too long, a small group in our nation's Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost,\" Trump declared. \"Washington flourished\u2014but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered\u2014but the jobs left, and the factories closed.\" \"That all changes\u2014starting right here, and right now,\" Trump declared.\nDollar slump; Samsung's blame game; McDonald's earnings\nU.S. stock futures are declining.\nInvestors are putting their money into safe haven sovereign bonds, causing yields to fall across the board.\nMarkets had been rallying since Trump's election in November. All the main U.S. indexes hit all-time highs earlier this year.\nPutting Rubber On The Road\nTrump is serious about wrecking the world's trading system. After all, his business largely doesn't import or export, so what does he care? Here is the first evidence of a critical conflict of interest. While he's actively sabotaging world trade and global businesses, he's more concerned that the press report extravagant claims about attendance at his inauguration than dealing with important issues, like running the government.\nAstroTurf\/Lobbying\/Politics\nTrump begins with action on Obamacare, regulation freeze and confirmations\nresident Trump spent the evening of his first day in office ordering all federal departments and agencies to find ways to ease the economic burden of President Obama's health care plan as Congress works to repeal and replace it.\nVice President Pence swore in Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus ordered government agencies to freeze any regulations that haven't already been published.\n\"Thank you, it's a great day,\" Trump said after the signings in the Oval Office, before leaving for a set of inaugural balls.\nThe first-day executive actions served to signal a marked departure from the policies of the Obama administration but provided little indication of the direction Trump would chart.\nTrump draws far smaller inaugural crowd than Obama\nFar fewer people attended President Donald Trump's inauguration Friday than his predecessor's swearing-in eight years ago.\nPhotos of the National Mall from President Barack Obama's inauguration in January 2009 show a teeming crowd stretching from the West Front of the US Capitol all the way to the Washington Monument. Photos taken from the same position on Friday show large swaths of empty space on the Mall.\nFrom Obama to Trump: No Ordinary Lurch\nOne thing to remember about Trump's flagrant defiance of institutional norms is that it has worked for him. Whether or not he's correct that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing any votes, it's certainly true that his supporters on the Mall today saw his political incorrectness as a feature rather than a bug. \"He's not the most polished guy we've ever had, but he says it like it is, and for a lot of us that's a breath of fresh air,\" says Gerald Turner, who owns an asphalt business in Knoxville. Turner suggested that Trump's unorthodox style could even help him unite the country in a way that Bush and Obama couldn't: \"I know the press doesn't think that, but the press has been wrong a few times, hasn't it?\"\nThe complete inability of Trump to remember the bad old days of trade wars means USA is bound to bring them back and we all lose. Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it. What a waste of time. I was there. Those weren't the good old days. The enemy of jobs these days is lack of education and an inability of products of the USAian education system which cranks out people suited to the old economy rather than the future. I'm sure DeVos will wreck the rickety education system with her war on universal public education. Already teachers aren't paid enough and she wants to pay them less unless they are working in schools reserved for her rich friends. Expect some circling of the drain before USA goes down hard with self-inflicted wounds.\nPamela Anderson: Hillary's 'Truthful Words' Influenced Election, Not WikiLeaks\nActress Pamela Anderson said President-elect Trump should pardon WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, adding that Hillary Clinton and John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman, influenced the outcome of the presidential election, not the document-leaking website.\nWikiLeaks posted hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Podesta's account during the presidential race between Clinton and Trump.\nEarlier this month, Anderson wrote a letter to President Obama asking him to pardon Assange.\n\"He is protecting and informing us all. He has no agenda but to help end corruption of governments and empower people,\" she wrote to Obama.\nTrump claims media 'dishonest' over crowd photos\nPresident Donald Trump has accused the media of dishonesty over the number of people attending his inauguration.\nMr Trump was speaking after photographs were published appearing to show more people attended the inauguration of his predecessor Barack Obama in 2009.\nMr Trump's press secretary said it had been \"the largest audience to ever see an inauguration\" even though figures he cited add up to under 750,000 people.\nHe said the new US administration would hold the media accountable.\nOn Saturday, millions in the US and around the world took part in protests to highlight women's rights, which activists believe to be under threat from the new administration.\nWe could've avoided President Donald Trump. Now, we must learn the lessons\nThe road to President Trump was long and bumpy. There were many turns not taken, countless alternative routes that would have spared us this outcome. Instead, we kept going, corruption, infighting and sheer obliviousness stopping us changing course.\nWhat could have been different? There are a thousand possibilities. You could start with the long decay of the US news media into a branch of the entertainment industry, primed to seize on Trump's celebrity. A wiser society would have demanded better, resisted more vocally, criticised more intelligently.\nOr the rise of Silicon Valley, its hypercapitalist, libertarian ethos helping to weaken traditional sources of information. We now suffer pandemic attention deficit disorder, fake news, hackable everything, cyberwar, and social media bullies, of whom Trump is bully-in-chief. An internet run as a public commons rather than an ad-driven free-for-all would have had very different social consequences. We missed that turning long ago.\nDonald Trump Quoted Batman Villain Bane in Speech, Briefly Swiped 2009 Barack Obama Inauguration Photo\nBane lives?! Donald Trump accidentally quoted Batman villain Bane during his inauguration speech in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 20. Watch the mashup in the video above!\nTrump's remarks were similar to what Bane (Tom Hardy) said to the people of Gotham before he viciously took control of their city.\nDonald Trump Plagiarized Bane in His Inaugural Speech\nDonald Trump officially became president today, and in an inaugural address he promised many things, some of which may sound familiar, because they were directly lifted from the D.C. comics villain Bane.\nCompare Trump's declaration that, \"Today's ceremony, however has very special meaning. Because today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another. But we are transferring power from Washington D.C. and giving it back to you\u2026 the people. For too long a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have born the cost. Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs and while they celebrated in our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land. That all changes starting right here and right now because this moment is your moment. It belongs to you.\"\nSome Trump protesters to face rioting charges\nFederal prosecutors say most of the approximately 230 protesters arrested on Inauguration Day will be charged with felony rioting.\nThe U.S. Attorney's Office says the offense is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The people who were arrested are appearing in court on Saturday in Washington.\nSome things never change! Obama heads back out on the golf course for a round on exclusive estate owned by billionaire Larry Ellison on his first full day of retirement (at least he'll have time to work on his putting)\nWith False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rift\nPresident Trump used his first full day in office on Saturday to unleash a remarkably bitter attack on the news media, falsely accusing journalists of both inventing a rift between him and intelligence agencies and deliberately understating the size of his inauguration crowd.\nIn a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency intended to showcase his support for the intelligence community, Mr. Trump ignored his own repeated public statements criticizing the intelligence community, a group he compared to Nazis just over a week ago.\nHe also called journalists \"among the most dishonest human beings on earth,\" and he said that up to 1.5 million people had attended his inauguration, a claim that photographs disproved.\nWhite House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds\n\"That's what you guys should be writing and covering,\" new White House press secretary Sean Spicer angrily lectured reporters on Saturday during his first remarks from the podium of the press briefing room.\nHe was referring to the delay in Senate confirmation for President Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA, Congressman Mike Pompeo, but the comment came after a long digression about how many people had shown up to watch Trump be sworn in as president.\nTrump's Flack Said a Lot of Wrong Stuff. Nerds Ain't Having It\nExcuse me, are you the incoming spokesperson for President Donald Trump? You are? Great. You should hear this: If you try to mislead the American people you will incur the ridicule of Twitter, period. They will take you to task\u2014and they'll do it with Star Trek references.\nFirst off, some background: Earlier today, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a press conference\u2014or, maybe more properly, issued a statement\u2014and instead of discussing Trump's speech to the CIA or the Women's March events worldwide, Spicer attacked the media for their reporting of the crowd numbers from Inauguration Day. He said magnetometers kept crowds off the Mall in Washington (not true) and that newfangled, never-before-used ground coverings made the empty spaces look more sparse (also not true). And Spicer added that \"this was the largest audience to ever witness the inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.\"\nTrump team doubles down on media criticism\nMembers of Donald Trump's team continued Sunday to blast the media for its coverage of the crowd sizes at the president's inauguration.\nTrump's top aide and the White House chief of staff took to the Sunday show circuit to defend the president and White House press secretary Sean Spicer, both of whom accused the press of lying about the number of people who attended the inauguration.\nTrump's team hit the media Sunday for focusing on crowd sizes, and accused members of the press of trying to delegitimize his presidency.\nTop White House aide Kellyanne Conway told NBC's \"Meet the Press\" Sunday that Spicer provided \"alternative facts\" to reporters during his press briefing on Saturday afternoon.\nDonald Trump's presidential counsellor Kellyanne Conway says Sean Spicer gave 'alternative facts' at first press briefing\nWhen questioned on why Mr Spicer provided a 'falsehood' about crowd size at the Inauguration, Ms Conway responded that the press were being 'overly dramatic'\nKellyanne Conway: lies are \"alternative facts\" and if the press says otherwise, there's gonna be trouble\nDonald Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer inaugurated his first day on the job by telling easily falsifiable lies about the relative sizes of the Trump inauguration crowds and those of the Obama administration.\nTo its credit, the press has responded with vigor: the New York Times called Spicer's statements false claims (though stopped short of calling them lies).\nWhen asked to explain why Spicer devoted the president's first press conference to lying about petty bullshit like crowd-sizes, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway insisted that Spicer's remarks were not lies, but were, rather, \"alternative facts.\" She then threatened the press if they failed to accept this, saying \"If we're going to keep referring to the press secretary in those types of terms I think we're going to have to rethink our relationship here.\"\nWhite House website touts Melania Trump's modeling and jewelry line\nVisitors to the newly revamped White House website get more than a simple rundown of first lady Melania Trump's charitable works and interests \u2014 they also get a list of her magazine cover appearances and details on her jewelry line at QVC.\nDonald Trump Fires All Foreign US Ambassadors\nShortly after Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States, all foreign ambassadors were fired and with no concrete replacement ambassadors lined up.\nMr Trump had demanded that every ambassador in countries all over the world, who had been appointed by former President Barack Obama, were told to leave their offices by midday on 20 January and with no grace period.\nHis transition team had said on 23 December there would be \"no exceptions\" for ambassadors requesting to extend their postings past Inauguration day, in contrast with other Presidents, even for ambassadors with young children.\nThe campaign to impeach President Trump has begun\nThe effort to impeach President Donald John Trump is already underway.\nAt the moment the new commander in chief was sworn in, a campaign to build public support for his impeachment went live at ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org, spearheaded by two liberal advocacy groups aiming to lay the groundwork for his eventual ejection from the White House.\nThe organizers behind the campaign, Free Speech for People and RootsAction, are hinging their case on Trump's insistence on maintaining ownership of his luxury hotel and golf course business while in office. Ethics experts have warned that his financial holdings could potentially lead to constitutional violations and undermine public faith in his decision-making.\nThere's Already a Campaign to Impeach President Donald Trump\nTwo civil rights groups trying to boot President Donald Trump from the nation's highest office have launched an online campaign to get the brand new commander-in-chief impeached.\nTheir website, www.impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org, went live on Friday just as Trump was officially sworn in. It is run by two groups, Free Speech for People and RootsAction, which believe Trump's possible conflicts of interest are grounds for his ouster, the Washington Post reports.\n\"The nation is now witnessing a massive corruption of the presidency, far worse than Watergate,\" the campaign's website says. \"From the moment he assumed the office, President Donald Trump has been in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution. The President is not above the law. We will not allow President Trump to profit from the presidency at the expense of our democracy.\"\nThe Women's March movement is taking place on every continent, even Antarctica\nToday, millions of women across the world are taking part in the Women's March movement, to \"send a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights.\" The marches are taking place in over 60 countries, spanning every continent \u2014 even Antarctica.\nWomen's marches draw huge crowds as Trump takes office\nHundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in the nation's capital and cities across the country Saturday in protest of Donald Trump on the first full day of his presidency.\nDubbed the Women's March on Washington, the event spurred by a Facebook page led to \"sister marches\" in major cities around the world, including Paris, London and Sydney.\nMore than 2.5 million people participated in marches across the U.S. on Saturday, according to a review of official and unofficial estimates from the nation's largest cities.\nMassive Women's March on Washington Gives Voice to Roar of 'Resistance'\nIt was a call to action, a primal scream, an arts and crafts project and a massive group therapy session all rolled into one.\nThe Women's March on Washington brought an estimated 500,000-plus women and men to Independence Avenue near the National Mall to raise voices and fists against the policies and the personal behavior of the nation's newly minted president, Donald Trump.\nSpeakers during the marathon five-hour rally that preceded the march to the Washington Monument included actresses America Ferrera, Ashley Judd, Scarlett Johansson and veteran activists Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis. Filmmaker Michael Moore led attendees in a recitation of the telephone number for the main Congressional switchboard as he urged them to call their representatives every day on various action items.\nEx-CIA director: Trump should be ashamed of himself\nFormer CIA Director John Brennan was reportedly \"deeply saddened\" by President Trump's remarks at the Central Intelligence Agency on Saturday.\nAccording to former CIA deputy chief of staff Nick Shapiro, Brennan believes that Trump \"should be ashamed of himself\" for his \"display of self-aggrandizement.\"\n\"Former CIA director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump's despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA's Memorial Wall of Agency heroes. Brennan says that Trump should be ashamed of himself,\" Shapiro said in a pair of tweets.\nWe need an alternative to Trump's nationalism. It isn't the status quo\nA clash of two insurgencies is now shaping the west. Progressives on both sides of the Atlantic are on the sidelines, unable to comprehend what they are observing. Donald Trump's inauguration marks its pinnacle.\nOne of the two insurgencies shaping our world today has been analysed ad nauseum. Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen and the broad Nationalist International that they are loosely connected to have received much attention, as has their success at impressing upon the multitudes that nation-states, borders, citizens and communities matter.\nHowever, the other insurgency that caused the rise of this Nationalist International has remained in the shadows: an insurrection by the global establishment's technocracy whose purpose is to retain control at all cost. Project Fear in the UK, the troika in continental Europe and the unholy alliance of Wall Street, Silicon Valley and the surveillance apparatus in the United States are its manifestations.\nWatchdog group to file lawsuit over foreign payments to Trump businesses\nA liberal watchdog group plans to file a lawsuit Monday, contending that President Trump is violating the Constitution by continuing to accept payments from foreign governments at the businesses operated by his family.\n\"It was our hope that President Trump would take the necessary steps to avoid violating the Constitution before he took office,\" said Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington or CREW. \"He did not. His constitutional violations are immediate and serious, so we were forced to take legal action.\"\nAt issue: The foreign \"Emoluments Clause\" of the Constitution, which bans payments or gifts from foreign governments.\nEven the firm that hired actors to cheer Trump's campaign launch had to wait to be paid\nOn the morning of his inauguration, a remarkable coda to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.\nCarrie Levine of the Center for Public Integrity found a report from the Federal Election Commission examining an under-reported aspect of Trump's campaign launch. Trump's announcement, held on the lower level of the Trump Tower lobby, was framed by cheering crowds watching from the floors above. Some of the members of that crowd, it was soon reported, were apparently paid to be there.\nThe Hollywood Reporter sussed out the evidence. An email from a firm called Extra Mile, soliciting people to be paid $50 to attend \"an event in support of Donald Trump and an upcoming exciting announcement he will be making.\" Instagram photos of an actor in attendance that day. A reference in that email to Gotham Government Relations, the firm that hired Extra Mile and which Trump had used in the past.\nPussy Power Fights Back\nNearly 3 million Americans, women and plenty of men, cared enough to turn out in dozens of cities across the country to march for a broad human-rights agenda. Hundreds of thousands more marched worldwide, from Antartica to Canberra to Dublin and Nairobi. In Washington, where I marched, organizers expected 200,000 women; they got an estimated 1 million\u2014four times as many people as showed up for Trump's inauguration here on Friday. You know those parade stands that sat empty along Trump's parade route? Today many of them were full, as marchers made good use of them, to sit and rest, or take a moment to watch the incredible crowd, every race, every age, every religion, and men\u2014so many men!\u2014protest our sad new president. Where Occupy Wall Street protesters once chanted, \"We are the 99 percent,\" marchers today adopted the rhythm to yell, \"We are the popular vote!\" And it felt good.\nCensorship\/Free Speech\nAmos Yee: the childish thinker trying to rock a nation [Ed: Calling a 15-y-o \"childish\" and pretending Singapore is some king of Heaven rather than an autocracy of gagging]\nHis belief that free speech should be unbridled, and his hope to continue criticising Singapore and the government without fear of persecution, is driving his attempt to seek political asylum in America. Indeed, it is no secret that Yee was persecuted for the content of his online posts, but the good order of Singaporean society practically required that to be the case.\nArk: Survival Mod That Replaces Dinos With Pokemon DMCA'd, Possibly By Another Rival Modding Group\nThis story is a rather fast-moving, so let's dig in. Ark: Survival is a survival game in which you hunt dinosaurs. Being a PC game, there is a fairly healthy modding community working with the game to expand it, make slight alterations to it, and even inject other instances of pop culture into it. Case in point is the Pokemon Evolved mod, which replaces the dinos that are to be hunted with, you guessed it, pokemon. As you probably also have already guessed, the mod was hit with a DMCA notice and was briefly taken out of the Steam Workshop.\nYou would be forgiven at this point if you immediately assumed that it was the folks at either Nintendo or The Pokemon Company, both of which have been noticed policing the Pokemon IP aggressively. It was therefore head scratching that much of the reporting was peppered with caution over assigning blame for the DMCA, such as was the case in the original PC Gamer post linked above.\nN.J. judge holds hearing in press censorship case\nA court hearing on press censorship unfolded over more than two hours on Friday, pitting a newspaper's right to publish sensitive information against the state's right to keep it secret.\nSuperior Court Judge Lawrence DeBello heard arguments in Trenton over a temporary court order barring The Trentonian newspaper from publishing articles based on a confidential child-abuse complaint obtained by one of its reporters.\nThe \"Fake News\" Censorship Industry\nCorrectiv Will Help Facebook Detect Fake News\nThe social network commissioned the Correctiv research network to identify the false news. But does Facebook assume its editorial responsibility?\nCriticism for the spread of fake news rained on Facebook without stopping, and now that company responds with a concrete proposal to stop them, at least in Germany with the help of Correctiv research network.\nThis is a precautionary measure in the run-up to Germany's general elections in October 2017. After the massive fake news scandals in the US, Germany fears a similar phenomenon that could influence the outcome of the election.\nThe real secret of Chinese internet censorship? Distraction\nIf you ever want to annoy western policymakers or politicians, then here is a surefire way to do it. Tell them that the only government in the world that really understands the internet is the Chinese communist regime. And if you want to add a killer punch, add the assertion that almost everything we think we know about Chinese management of the net is either banal (all that stuff about the great firewall, paranoia about keywords such as \"Falun Gong\", \"democracy\", etc) or just plain wrong. Having thus lit the fuse, retreat to a safe distance and enjoy the ensuing outburst of righteous indignation.\nCheong Wa Dae's censorship\nPresident Park Geun-hye lashed out at the independent counsel, Sunday, for its investigation into an alleged blacklist of cultural figures who are critical of her policies.\nIn a statement through her lawyers, Park denied she gave instructions to create such a list. She even vowed legal action against the media that reported that she gave orders to create the list of anti-government cultural figures a month after the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking.\nPark's furious reaction came after two former key presidential aides Kim Ki-choon and Cho Yoon-sun were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in creating the list. Kim was Park's chief of staff and Cho, who resigned as culture minister after being arrested, was senior presidential secretary for political affairs at the time.\nAmos Yee complaining he'll be detained in US longer than being jailed in S'pore\nAmos Yee, the 18-year-old teenager who ran away from Singapore to seek political asylum in the United States, is facing the prospect of a prolonged detention that exceeds the number of days he had been jailed in Singapore.\nThis was after he came face-to-face with the reality that the world doesn't care about him or his case.\nIn a Facebook post published on Jan. 22, 2017, Yee ranted that he will be kept in detention in the US longer than he was jailed in Singapore as the court takes its time deciding on his case.\nPresident Donald Trump parades through Washington as unprecedented clashes erupt just a few blocks away\nWhen Donald Trump made his way to the White House after he had been sworn in as the country's 45th President, he may, or may not, have been able to detect the whiff of burning.\nJust a couple of hours before Mr Trump sat and watched a military parade and prepared to head off to the traditional inaugural balls, protesters had clashed with riot police in streets not far away, an event unprecedented at a presidential inauguration. Protesters set fire to at least one vehicle and smashed windows, while police fired tear gas and pushed people back with shields. More than 200 people were arrested and six police officers were hurt.\nWhen he spoke to the nation on Friday afternoon for the first time after taking the 35-word oath with which he became president, Mr Trump delivered a populist, nationalist rallying cry in which he vowed that \"this moment on, it's going to be America first\".\nFighting Censorship with ProtonMail Encrypted Email Over Tor\nAs part of our efforts to continue protecting user privacy, we are launching a Tor hidden service to combat censorship and surveillance of ProtonMail users.\nIn the past two years, ProtonMail has grown enormously, especially after the recent US election, and today we are the world's largest encrypted email service with over 2 million users. We have come a long way since our user community initially crowdfunded the project. ProtonMail today is much larger in scope than what was originally envisioned when our founding team met at CERN in 2013.\nPrivacy\/Surveillance\n1-in-10 people do not own a single book, but UK households have 8 web-connected devices\nNew research shows that one-in-10 people in the UK do not own any books, although many households have over eight devices connected to the internet.\nTechnology has become so intertwined with domestic life that almost 50% of households with children say they often send texts to each other, even when they are all at home.\nResearch by the National Literacy Trust found that 85% of those aged 8-15 own a games console, and 81% have a mobile phone.\nHow to Protest Without Sacrificing Your Digital Privacy\nThere will be many watchful eyes taking notice of your activities this weekend. On Thursday, several days of planned protests started in Washington DC in anticipation of the inauguration of President-elect Trump. Tomorrow, the Women's March on Washington will kick off, with thousands expected to turn up.\nNaturally, law enforcement will likely be heavily surveilling these protests and others with all sorts of tech and spying gear. And it's not just the cops: when much of a protest is broadcast via tweets or live-steaming, those watching may also want to digitally target protesters, perhaps by identifying them publicly.\nYour 'anonmyized' web browsing history may not be anonymous\nResearchers have written computer programs that found patterns among anonymized data about web traffic and used those patterns to identify individual users. The researchers note web users with active social media are vulnerable to the attack.\nEdward Snowden Tweet Hints That The NSA Can Access Your 'Secret Thoughts & Feelings' \u2013 Telepathy?\nAs most of you know, Edward Snowden is the former intelligence contractor who leaked the NSA's mass surveillance program and discovered some of the most solid evidence for the existence of clandestine black budget operations. But did we really need the leak in order to believe this? Prior to his leaks, the issue was still considered a conspiracy theory by many, despite the fact that there was still good evidence for these programs prior to Snowden's revelations.\nLocations are hard\nTurns out that figuring out people's locations is hard, especially if you want to try to reduce the amount of work someone has to do or if they are likely to be using a mobile phone.\nFor some reason, I'd thought that this was already a solved problem, so was somewhat surprised when feedback on a mockup made me question that assumption. After pinging M\u00e1ir\u00edn Duffy to find out if we had access to a database of countries, and how they break down into cities\/states\/provinces\/etc, she realized that we needed a longer discussion.\nA response to 'Strong Encryption and Death'\nTo be honest, I didn't actually go through with this project as there were just too many variables that I hadn't figured out. There is a lot of trust involved in this that potentially requires a very small number of people (2) to really hose things up. It's not that I wouldn't trust my \"trusted friends\" with the responsibility but it potentially makes them targets and two is just a really low threshold for an adversary to recover this information.\nWhat really threw me was that the author also included a copy of his private key in case they couldn't locate it on his computer to, I'm assuming here, access other data. I have one word for this: NOPE!\nOkay, short of the private key thing, what was proposed was quite logical. Like I said above, I had a very similar idea a while back. Springboarding from that idea, I'd like to propose another layer of security into this whole process.\nLavabit relaunches secure email service, encrypted mail goes open-source\nLavabit has resurrected itself from the ashes to once again provide secure email services in a post-Snowden world.\nLadar Levison, CEO and owner of Lavabit, chose the US Inauguration Day to announce the firm's relaunch, saying in a statement to users that the email service will once again become available in order to protect \"freedom, justice, and liberty,\" as secured by the US Constitution.\nLavabit Reloaded\nFormer Lavabit users will be able to access their accounts in \"Trustful\" mode and update their credentials to the new DIME standard. Anyone who wants a future Lavabit account can pre-register for our next release available in all security modes. Anyone can access our free, open source library, and associated command line tools capable of creating, and handling the new DIME standard. Anyone with a domain can deploy Magma or implement their own encrypted DIME compatible server. These are just the first steps of many as our implicit goals are to build the graphical clients for Windows, Mac OS X\/iOS, and Linux\/Android and help others implement this new technology.\nEncrypted Email Service Once Used by Edward Snowden Relaunches\nIn 2013, Ladar Levison, founder of the encrypted email service Lavabit, took the defiant step of shutting down the company's service rather than comply with a federal law enforcement request that could compromise its customers' communications.\nThe FBI had sought access to the email account of one of Lavabit's most prominent users \u2014 Edward Snowden. Levison had custody of his service's SSL encryption key that could help the government obtain Snowden's password. And though the feds insisted they were only after Snowden's account, the key would have helped them obtain the credentials for other users as well.\nLavabit had 410,000 user accounts at the time.\nAndroid permissions and hypocrisy\nThere's no reason to assume that they're being malicious here. The reasons that these permissions exist at all is that there are legitimate reasons to use them, and Kaspersky may well have good reason to request them. But they don't explain that, and they do literally everything that their blog post criticises (including explicitly requesting the phone's IMEI). Why should we trust a Russian company more than a Chinese one?\nThe moral here isn't that Kaspersky are evil or that Meitu are virtuous. It's that talking about application permissions is difficult and we don't have the language to explain to users what our apps are doing and why they're doing it, and Google are still falling far short of where they should be in terms of making this transparent to users. But the other moral is that you shouldn't complain about the permissions an app requires when you're asking for even more of them because it just makes you look stupid and bad at your job.\nAndroid apps, IMEIs and privacy\nThere's been a sudden wave of people concerned about the Meitu selfie app's use of unique phone IDs. Here's what we know: the app will transmit your phone's IMEI (a unique per-phone identifier that can't be altered under normal circumstances) to servers in China. It's able to obtain this value because it asks for a permission called READ_PHONE_STATE, which (if granted) means that the app can obtain various bits of information about your phone including those unique IDs and whether you're currently on a call.\nWhy would anybody want these IDs? The simple answer is that app authors mostly make money by selling advertising, and advertisers like to know who's seeing their advertisements. The more app views they can tie to a single individual, the more they can track that user's response to different kinds of adverts and the more targeted (and, they hope, more profitable) the advertising towards that user. Using the same ID between multiple apps makes this easier, and so using a device-level ID rather than an app-level one is preferred. The IMEI is the most stable ID on Android devices, persisting even across factory resets.\nAbout backdoors in Signal and other apps\ntl;dr: There is a \"backdoor\" in Signal nobody cares about, only Google can use it.\nCivil Rights\/Policing\nHow We Can Work Together To Keep Our Nation's Youth Out Of The Prison System\nLast summer on July 19, a then 14 year-old Bresha Meadows was arrested for the alleged homicide of her father. On January 20, she'll stand in a hearing as a 15 year-old who has spent 175 days in jail. According to her relatives, Bresha responded in self-defense to her father Jonathan Meadows's menacing abuse on his family, specifically Bresha's mother Brandi. In 2011, she filed a civil domestic violence protection order against her husband for fear that he would continue to torment her and her children.\nDespite a history of abuse, Bresha Meadows is being tried for aggravated murder. If convicted, the maximum sentence she would serve would order for her to be released at the age of 21. Although she no longer faces the possibility of a life sentence, activists are dedicated to an agenda that demands her freedom.\nProtesters Face Increasing Criminalization in Trump Era\nChanges aim to hit protestors with criminal records and beefed up fines and pardoning their accidental killing.\nDonald Trump was officially sworn in Friday as one of the most unpopular U.S. presidents in recent history, sparking off widespread protests around the world. Resistance through protest and mass organization in the U.S. is likely to become more difficult and increasingly regarded as a criminal act. Trump has voiced his intolerance for peaceful protest and a number of Republican-backed state laws have been proposed to crack down on peaceful demonstrations.\nCommuting Chelsea Manning's sentence is not enough\nIn early July 2016, Chelsea Manning was found to be unresponsive in her cell at the prison barracks of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she was serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking secret military archives and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. She barely survived.\nThe military responded by punishing her with solitary confinement, which led to another unsuccessful suicide attempt. For people who had long followed Manning's case, one thing was becoming clear: she was likely to take her own life if President Barack Obama didn't commute her sentence.\nDuring her trial in 2013, it was obvious that Ms Manning was clearly suffering from gender dysphoria. She had been struggling with it while being deployed in Iraq during the war at a time when being openly gay was grounds for discharge from the US military. Her conviction meant that she could finally be seen as Chelsea Manning, but her struggle to get gender reassignment surgery, which included a hunger strike, and being forced to cut her hair to male standards owing to prison rules, continued to affect her mental health.\nPolicing For Dummies: DOJ\/Baltimore PD Edition\nApologies to everyone in America. The Department of Justice can't fix what's wrong with the nation's police departments. It's up to those departments to make the changes and stick to them. There has to be a desire to change, otherwise all we'll end up with is better documentation of police misconduct and excessive force.\nA police department has to fall pretty far before the DOJ is willing to step in. Consent agreements follow reports \u2014 all of which can be described as \"scathing\". These follow DOJ investigations in which it's routinely discovered the officers employed by the police department either don't know the first thing about constitutionally-compliant policing\u2026 or just don't care.\nJogger punched into Acocks Green canal by thug, escaped by speaking ARABIC\nA jogger has told how he was almost drowned by a canal-path thug \u2013 and only escaped by speaking to them in Arabic.\nDad-of-two Lee Skinner, 38, was punched in the face and knocked into the freezing water as he ran past five hooded youths in Acocks Green .\nSWEDEN CRUMBLING: Demands for military intervention as thugs turn Malmo into 'no-go zone'\nLaunching a seething attack on the red-green parties in Malmo, Magnus Olsson said it was time to call in the military to end the surge in violent crimes that have been sweeping the city.\nPainting a blake picture of Sweden's third largest city, the opposition politician blasted Malmo has lost enough of its citizens to shootouts, grenade attacks and murders.\nSpeaking to Expressen, Mr Olsson also said there was a great lack of police officers in Sweden, which means officers could benefit from the armed forces' resources.\nMichael Moore and Mark Ruffalo Lead Inauguration Protest at Manhattan's Trump Hotel\nWith organizers and speakers taking to a stage set up in front of the Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle, crowds funneled onto Central Park West bearing signs that read \"Hate Ain't Great,\" \"Not My President\" and \"This Is Not Normal,\" among other slogans. The gathering stretched some four blocks deep, with one estimate pegging the number of attendees at as much as 20,000. A big screen broadcast the speeches for people too far back to see.Baldwin broke out the Trump impression he'd honed on \"Saturday Night Live,\" riffing on Trump's ties to Russia and on some of the seamier claims in the intelligence dossier that hit the press last week. Imagining Trump standing in the middle of the rally with no access to a bathroom, Baldwin-as-Trump told the crowd, \"When I get to the Russian consulate after this, I'm gonna have a really, really long pee.\"\nHow Unworldly Are The Pretend Security People Of The TSA Who Grope You At The Airport?\nIt seems the repurposed mall food court workers now providing \"security\" (aka a massive, pointless slowdown and search of passengers) need a memo instructing them in the most basic basics\u2026\nTexas lawmaker polls mosque leaders on Sharia law support\nA Texas lawmaker is asking state mosque leaders to pledge support for the \"safety\" of former Muslims in a mailed survey being condemned by Islamic civil rights groups.\nA spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Thursday that he told mosque leaders to ignore Republican state Rep. Kyle Biedermann.\nOne question asks respondents to renounce any possible persecution that those leaving Islam could face. Others inquired about renouncing \"institutionalized Sharia law\" and gauged support for having the U.S. State Department label the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization.\nMuslim clerics attack rally for missing Pakistani activists\nPakistani police say Muslim clerics attacked a rally calling for the release of five anti-Taliban activists and bloggers who went missing earlier this month.\nPolice official Niaz Kundi says the clerics hurled bricks at the rally in the southern city of Karachi on Thursday without wounding anyone, and were later dispersed by police.\nEurope's Islam problem and U.S. immigration policy\nI come from the American Left. I am a feminist. I am a gay rights activist. These commitments form the core of my professional and personal life. Consequently, the argument I am about to make for tighter U.S. controls on the immigration of Muslims may surprise some readers. It shouldn't. Islam is endemically antithetical to the well-being of gay people\u2014primarily the people about whom and for whom I write. American liberals don't want to hear this argument, however, because they share, ironically, with American conservatives a rather unreflective commitment to the defense of religion at all costs. Conservatives think the answer to most any problem is their religion. Increasingly, liberals seem to think that the answer is simply more religion\u2014something they like to call diversity.\nPiers Akerman: Unholy matrimony and the Islamic culture's hidden stain\nIn the 2015-16 financial year alone, the Australian Federal Police investigated 69 \u00adincidents of forced marriage, more than double that investigated the previous year.\nJust last week, an imam, a Muslim religious leader, faced a Melbourne court after allegedly forcing a child into marriage, while the 34-year-old \"husband\" of the minor appeared via videolink charged with sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16.\nIbrahim Omerdic, 61, appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday over an alleged forced marriage at Noble Park, in Melbourne's southeast, along with the husband, who cannot be identified. The latter is also charged with being a party to a forced marriage.\nThe Saudi women afraid to go home\n\"This is it,\" Arwa said as she sat in the US immigration office on the outskirts of Houston, Texas last month. Having fled Saudi Arabia two years earlier, her 7 a.m. appointment would reveal if her application for asylum had been successful or whether she would be forced to leave America.\n\"What I really want is just to live normally without fear and not have to pretend to be somebody else, that's all I ever want,\" Arwa told CNN on the eve of her appointment.\n\"What really scares me is that I wouldn't get this asylum, and I would be returned and I would die young, and that I would lose everything that I tried to build, that I would just fail.\"\nMan in Sweden 'live-streamed gang rape on Facebook'\nThe men have been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of gang-raping a woman, after one allegedly live-streamed the crime on a closed Facebook page.\nAccording to Sweden's Aftonbladet tabloid, the alleged crime took place in an apartment in the city of Uppsala early on Sunday morning. The victim was reportedly close to unconscious.\nSweden gang rape 'live-streamed on Facebook'\nA gang rape that was reportedly live-streamed on Facebook has led to the arrest of three people.\nThe trio was detained after the alleged attack in an apartment in Uppsala, Sweden, on Saturday night.\nThe crime was broadcast on a closed Facebook group, according to Swedish tabloid, Aftonbladet.\nAnother teenager shot in Malm\u00f6 on Saturday night\nYet another teenager has been shot in Sweden's third city of Malm\u00f6 \u2014 but this time the youth's life was saved because he was wearing a bullet-proof jacket.\nAccording to police, the man was shot several times, suffering severe but not life-threatening injuries to his leg.\nThe police were called at around a quarter to eight on Saturday evening by a man working at a grocery shop in the area around the Lind\u00e4ngen housing estate.\nMan dies after coming to Stockholm hospital with gunshot wounds\nA man has died in Stockholm after turning up at a hospital in the Swedish capital with gunshot wounds.\nThe 25-year-old came injured to Karolinska University Hospital on Sunday evening, but died later that night.\nPolice have been cautious in releasing details about the incident, saying only that he was shot \"in the Stockholm area\" and came to the hospital without the help of the police or an ambulance.\nI Had All of My Electronics (That I had at the time) Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection\nAfter my trip in Hamburg, Germany, for the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress, I left Germany for the United States for a short vacation to visit family and friends. Upon my arrival in the United States, I was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) where my belongings were picked apart and I was asked lots of strange, some offensive questions about my personal life. I refused to answer any questions and instead gave them the contact information for my lawyer. They demanded I decrypt my phone so they could \"make sure there isn't any bad stuff on there\". When I told them no, they said they would seize all of my electronics and search all of them for \"contraband\". I persisted and they seized about $2,000 worth of electronics and told me I would \"get them back\". We'll see about that. In total I was detained over 3 hours by CBP alone, and despite that CBP documentation says that I can notify someone of my detainment if I have been detained for more than 2 hours, I was not allowed to even after that point. This seems to have been a violation of CBP policy.\nAnupam Kher dedicates poem for Kashmiri Hindu and Pandits' 27 Years of Exile.\nKashmiri Pandits are a minority in the Muslim majority Valley. Many reportedly started being killed by militants in 1990, prompting fearful Pandits to migrate to the plains of the peaceful Jammu region of the state. Every day, dozens of Pandit families would pick up whatever little they could and cross the Banihal tunnel to reach Jammu, where they had to live in camps and tents and in inhuman conditions.\nUK woman imprisoned in Iran has conviction upheld in appeals court\nA British-Iranian woman sentenced to five years in jail in Iran on unspecific charges relating to national security has had her conviction upheld in the appeals court, according to judiciary officials.\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the news agency's charitable arm, appealed against her sentence earlier this month in what was her last legal opportunity to challenge it.\n\"Her sentence has been confirmed,\" Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, the judiciary spokesperson, told reporters in Tehran on Sunday, the semi-official Isna news agency reported.\nCentral Java city renames Pork Festival after protests by Muslim groups\nOrganisers of a culinary event named the Pork Festival in the Central Java city of Semarang have been forced to rename it following protests from Islamic groups.\nThe event will now be known as Imlek Culinary Festival. Imlek is the local name for Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 28 this year.\nThe Islamic groups met the festival's committee at the Semarang Police station to discuss the event, which will be held at the Sri Ratu Supermarket in Semarang on Jan 23 to 29.\nIntellectual Monopolies\nDisruptive Technologies Pose Challenge To IP Protection, Speakers In Thailand Say\nHe said the court has already adapted to new environments by allowing use of video conferencing, digital audio and video records of witness' testimonies, and electronic filings in its court proceedings.\nMystery as controversial list of predatory publishers disappears\nPowerful Copyright Alliance Mulls its Own Anti-Piracy Service\nThe powerful pro-copyright organization Copyright Alliance appears to be mulling its own anti-piracy service. In a survey published this week, the organization, which counts the MPAA, RIAA and dozens of other large groups as members, asked if copyright holders would use such a service if one was available.\nUK Police Threats Fail to 'Impress' Pirate Site Operator\nCity of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit is targeting online piracy on multiple fronts. Besides pressing advertisers and hosting companies, pirate site owners are also being contacted directly. This week some fresh letters were sent out, urging operators to shut down or go legit. However, not all recipients are impressed by the latest enforcement action.\nNetflix VPN Crackdown, A Year of Frustrations\nLast year Netflix launched an aggressive campaign to prevent its users from bypassing geo-blockades through VPN services. The crackdown has met fierce resistance around the world but is still in effect. Today we review the current state of affairs with some prominent VPN providers, many of whom voice concerns about the ongoing blocking efforts.\nMegaupload 2.0 News Delayed By 'Expected' Roadblock\nA few hours ago Kim Dotcom was gearing up to make an important announcement about a new version of the defunct Megaupload service. However, with minutes left to go, the Megaupload 2.0 plans hit an \"expected\" roadblock, which means that the wait continues.\nLondon Has Fallen Copyright Trolls Test Norway After US Retreat\nThe copyright trolls behind the action movie London Has Fallen are testing out the Norwegian market after things got tricky in the US. In November, LHF Productions backed away from suing a US citizen after they were threatened with exposure, but now they're demanding money in Europe.\nCBS & Paramount Finally Settle With Fan Film Axanar\nA little over a year ago, we first wrote about the unfortunate situation in which CBS & Paramount had sued a group of people trying to make a fan film in the Star Trek universe, called Axanar. Beyond the basic legal questions, there was a bigger issue here. Paramount has actually been pretty good about allowing fan films. The difference with Axanar was that it was shaping up to be a really good fan film, with professional level actors, sets and staff. And that was what set off Paramount and CBS, who jointly hold the copyrights on Star Trek. The big question then is what's the line between a fan film\u2026 and an unauthorized derivative work? This wasn't necessarily a question in the past, but today with the ease of making films (and funding them through platforms like Kickstarter), it becomes a much bigger question.\nSomething of a wrench was thrown into the proceedings last May, when JJ Abrams and Justin Lin \u2014 who are involved in the official new Star Trek films \u2014 claimed on stage that they were quite upset with Paramount for going after Axanar, and claimed that they'd gotten word from the company that it was going to settle the lawsuit. Of course, in the intervening months, no settlement showed up, and the filings back and forth between the parties got more and more rancorous. Things were finally heading towards a trial in just a few days\u2026 but now a settlement has finally been reached.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Castlevania: When Will Season 4 Return To Netflix?\nBy Phillip David Russell\nJuly 4, 2020 12:40 am EDT\nCastlevania is a Netflix original horror animation series adapted from the popular video game name of the same name. Powered by powerhouse animation, Castlevania Netflix is \u200b\u200bone of the lesser-known animation titles.\nAlthough many anime fans prefer dub subtitles, it is one of the best English dub quotes in a series. The series has become one of the most in-demand original series on Netflix and is well worth the wait despite the long hiatus between seasons.\nCastlevania Season 4 Netflix Renewal Status\nOfficial Netflix Renewal Status: Updated (Last Updated: 07\/04\/2020)\nWe are awaiting a renewal, and we can be happy to announce that Castlevania will be returning to Netflix for the fourth year in a row! He also said that \"the third season shows little attention, and it's common to see viewers bouncing around,\" unusual.\nWhat to expect from the fourth Castlevania period?\nBy the end of the third season, fans had a lot to dig into. Here's what we hope to see in the fourth season.\nHis father lost Dracula only a month's time, but the loneliness began to catch Alucard. It doesn't take long for visitors: Taka and Sumi are the early vampire Lord Cho. After spending several days with the couple, he began to teach them how to fight vampires and uncover the secrets of Belmont.\nAfter a very close confrontation, the pair surrender to Accord, thinking that she is hiding their secrets to teach magic. Before beating Taka and Sumi, Accord uses a magical sword to wrap his neck. In order to prevent others from entering the palace, as his father had done previously, he hung Alchard's stare and Sumi's body.\nHow many episodes will the Castlevania season 4 air?\nEach season could be between four and ten, given that there were separate episodes. We believe that at least eight episodes will come next season: anything less can be extremely disappointing.\nWhen will Castlevania Season 4 release date?\nCastlevania already had release dates for it.\nBecome 5 March 2020\nBetween one and two, there were 15 bars respectively, and the difference between two and three was 17 months.\nWe expect Castlevania to return after this format between June and August 2021.\nWhile the release date of Summer 2021 is speculation on our part, the evidence indicates that we are correct. If its release is already early, then amazing! If later, we hope to see flashlight and ball attachments in the comments below.\nPhillip David Russell\nHe believes that Content and Social Media Marketing are the strongest forms of marketing nowadays. Phillip David also tries different gadgets every now and then to give their reviews online. You can connect with him...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"1947 Edward 2017\nEdward H. Anderson\nSeptember 5, 1947 \u2014 July 10, 2017\nEdward Howard Anderson 69, of Galesburg, Ill., died suddenly Monday, July 10, 2017, at his home of an apparent heart attack. Born September 5, 1947, in Burlington, Iowa he was the son of Howard and Lura Prehm Anderson. He married Jennifer Hirschler on February 15, 1975. They later divorced. Mr. Anderson graduated from New London High School in 1965. In 1969, he received a degree in agriculture from Iowa State University graduating cum laude. He began his career in Fairfield, Iowa at Production Credit Association and then was transferred to the Mt. Pleasant office. He moved to Knoxville, Ill. and worked at the First Midwest Bank. He then worked at 1st Farm Credit Services in Monmouth until his retirement in 2010. He translated his love of farming into a career that served the very people he so admired. He was active in the Jaycees in Mt. Pleasant. He was an avid country music fan and enjoyed going to concerts. An Iowa State fan, he also loved the St. Louis Cardinals and was a devoted Seinfeld fan. A lifelong Iowa farm boy, he enjoyed farming with his father on the weekends. After his retirement, he enjoyed working out at the gym. He had a wonderful sense of humor and always enjoyed a good practical joke. He loved his family and would drop anything for them at a moment's notice. Mr. Anderson is survived by his son, Christopher (Sara) Anderson of Bradford, Ill.; his life partner Judy Owens of Monmouth, Ill; his mother of New London; his sister Sandy (Kenny) Garrels of Danville; and his brother Bob (Gina) Anderson of New London. He also leaves his two precious granddaughters, Peyton and Evelyn and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and grandparents. He was of the Christian faith. Visitation for Mr. Anderson will be at Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home in Knoxville, Ill. on Thursday, July 13, 2017, from 5-8 p.m. The graveside burial service will be at Long Creek Cemetery, rural Danville, Iowa on Friday, July 14, 2017, at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Mixon officiating. There is a memorial established for the New London 4-H Clubs. Online condolences can be left at www.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Edward H. Anderson please visit our Sympathy Store.\nTo send flowers to the family in memory of Edward H. Anderson, please visit our flower store.\nPublic Visitation\nHurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes - Knoxville\n120 N Public Square, Knoxville, IL 61448\nLong Creek Cemetery\n19999 Agency Rd, Danville, IA 52623","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Impacted Teeth Quotes\nCollection of famous quotes and sayings about Impacted Teeth.\nQuotes About Impacted Teeth\nEnjoy collection of 39 Impacted Teeth quotes. Download and share images of famous quotes about Impacted Teeth. Righ click to see and save pictures of Impacted Teeth quotes that you can use as your wallpaper for free.\n#1. Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos they're rebellious. - Author: Jennifer Aniston\nTattoo Sexy Quirky Scar Rebellious Teeth Tattooed\n#2. She extends a fingertip. After a moment's hesitation, Manfred extends a fingertip of his own. They touch, exchanging vCards and instant-messaging handles. She stands and stalks from the breakfast room, and Manfred's breath catches at a flash of ankle through the slit in her skirt, which is long enough to comply with workplace sexual harassment codes back home. Her presence conjures up memories of her tethered passion, the red afterglow of a sound thrashing. She's trying to drag him into her orbit again, he thinks dizzily. She knows she can have this effect on him any time she wants: She's got the private keys to his hypothalamus, and sod the metacortex. Three billion years of reproductive determinism have given her twenty-first-century ideology teeth: If she's finally decided to conscript his gametes into the war against impending population crash, he'll find it hard to fight back. The only question: Is it business or pleasure? And does it make any difference, anyway? - Author: Charles Stross\n#3. She looked like a hippie who'd been kicked to the side of the road maybe forty years ago, where she'd been collecting trash and rags ever since. She wore a dress made of tie-dyed cloth, ripped-up quilts, and plastic grocery bags. Her frizzy mop of hair was gray-brown, like root-beer foam, tied back with a peace-sign headband. Warts and moles covered her face. When she smiled, she showed exactly three teeth. - Author: Rick Riordan\n#4. To run the world, you had to find it in yourself to grit your teeth and just fake it. Just stare them down, never back off. - Author: Bruce Sterling\n#5. Where do you go when you disappear? What do you see on the other side?\"\n\"Come with me,\" she said, running her tongue over her teeth. \"See for yourself.\"\nThe goose flesh rose on my arms. I never asked her again. - Author: Mike Driver\n#6. The high-strung Frieda made the mistake of telling Frau Fleschner that she had a toothache. She was taken to a dentist. He pulled ten of her teeth! After one day, they put her back in the fields, spitting blood. She was twenty-one years old. - Author: Edith Hahn Beer\n20th Century Germany\n#7. Meanwhile, Furious George continued his noisy tantrum. Long arms flailing wildly, massive teeth exposed, the angry creature charged out into the water, splashing and shrieking. - Author: Brian Harmon\n#8. Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out. - Author: Dale Carnegie\nAppreciation Heart Teeth\n#9. I am yours,\" Trent gasped through clenched teeth, and my hand sprang from him, thinking I was betrayed. Trent fell to a knee, looking up at me, pleading. \"I. Am. Yours. Claim me, Rachel! Damn your morals and claim me! - Author: Kim Harrison\nUrban Fantasy Series\n#10. Amelia groped for the ring and began tugging and twisting it. \"It's stuck again.\" She sounded disgruntled.\nCam pinned her wrist and bent his head, taking her finger into his mouth. She gasped as his tongue swirled around the base, leaving it wet. Gently, he used his teeth to draw the gold band off. Taking the ring from between his lips, he slid it back onto his own finger. Her hand, now bare, flexed as if bereft, and she looked at him uncertainly.\n\"You'll get used to wearing it.\" Cam smoothed his hand along the plane of her midriff and stomach. \"We'll try it on you a few minutes at a time. Like breaking a horse to harness.\" He grinned at her expression. - Author: Lisa Kleypas\nCam And Amelia Haha Ring\n#11. Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive; His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow, That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw: Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand, That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand, Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut. And if at first he fail, his second sommersault He instantly assays and from his nimble ring, Still yarking never leaves, Until himself he fling Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap. - Author: Michael Drayton\nHands Sea Fishing\n#12. If a lioness spends her hours pacing back and forth in a cage of gold with the finest meats at her disposal, does that make her any less of a prisoner? If that same feline's fangs are filed down to blunt, un-tearing teeth and her roar is silenced, can she still be called a lioness? - Author: Kristen Reed\nBook Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Fiction Opening Lines\n#13. You can't leave, Zach,\" Corinne said through gritted teeth.\nHe walked right past her. \"Watch me. - Author: Anastasia Hopcus\n#14. She felt his teeth sharply nip her ear lobe and then he whispered, \"Then keep those flirtatious looks of yours saved for me, mate. I'm a very jealous beast.\" - Gage - Author: Jessie Lane\n#15. You share the same destiny as everyone else, the same history, the same hardship, the same rot, the same Tram beer, the same dog kebabs, the same narrative as soon as you come into the world. You start out baby-chick or slim-jim or child-soldier. You graduate to endlessly striking student or desperado. If you've got a family on the trains, then you work on the trains; otherwise like a ship you wash up on the edge of hope - a suicidal, a carjacker, a digger with dirty teeth, a mechanic, a street sleeper, a commission agent, an errand boy employed by for-profit tourists, a hawker of secondhand coffins. Your fate is already sealed like that of the locomotives carrying spoiled merchandise and the dying. - Author: Fiston Mwanza Mujila\nChildren Jobs Life Mining Struggle For Life Students\n#16. Samuel glanced at him. \"That's right,\" he said. \"Set your teeth in it. How we do defend a wrongness! Shall I tell you what you do, so you will not think you invented it? When you go to bed and blow out the lamp - then she stands in the doorway with a little light behind her, and you can see her nightgown stir. And she comes sweetly to your bed, and you, hardly breathing, turn back the covers to receive her and move your head over on the pillow to make room for her head beside yours. You can smell the sweetness of her skin, and it smells like no other skin in the world - - Author: John Steinbeck\n#17. Behind every smile there's teeth. - Author: Confucius\n#18. POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown. - Author: Ambrose Bierce\nBelieve Leader Reform Poverty Belief Prosperity Virtue Victim Possession Distinguished Rats Teeth Files Seeking\n#19. I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. - Author: Graham Nash\nDecisions Nice Control\n#20. The Nurse's Song\nThis mighty man of whom I sing,\nThe greatest of them all,\nWas once a teeny little thing,\nJust eighteen inches tall.\nI knew him as a tiny tot,\nI nursed him on my knee.\nI used to sit him on the pot\nAnd wait for him to wee.\nI always washed between his toes,\nAnd cut his little nails.\nI brushed his hair and wiped his nose\nAnd weighed him on the scales.\nThrough happy childhood days he strayed,\nAs all nice children should.\nI smacked him when he disobeyed,\nAnd stopped when he was good.\nIt soon began to dawn on me\nHe wasn't very bright,\nBecause when he was twenty-three\nHe couldn't read or write.\n\"What shall we do?\" his parents sob.\n\"The boy has got the vapors!\nHe couldn't even get a job\nDelivering the papers!\"\n\"Ah-ha,\" I said, \"this little clot\nCould be a politician.\"\n\"Nanny,\" he cried, \"Oh Nanny, what\nA super proposition!\"\n\"Okay,\" I said, \"let's learn and note\nThe art of politics.\nLet's teach you how to miss the boat\nAnd how to drop some bricks,\nAnd how to win the people's vote\nAnd lots of other tricks.\nLet's learn to make a speech a day\nUpon the T.V. screen,\nIn which you never never say\nExactly what you mean.\nAnd most important, by the way,\nIn not to let your teeth decay,\nAnd keep your fingers clean.\"\nAuthor: Roald Dahl\nChild Children Humor Politics President\n#21. After the show, everybody would go out drinking, but I was always in bed by eleven thirty. There was no partying for me; I was the boring one. I lived in constant fear that my voice would give out on me, so I tried to rest it, eat right, get lots of sleep. I ate chicken breasts and whole potatoes like they were apples to keep up my energy and maintain my weight. When I came home after the show, Nan would leave my dinner ready and waiting in the microwave, and I would just heat it up. The Ballases always had a thing about not eating alone. Even if it was midnight, Nan would hear me banging around the kitchen, come downstairs in her robe, light up a cigarette, and keep me company. We'd chat about our day for about an hour while I ate, and it was our time together. I don't know if it's an English thing or what, but getting my Nan to say \"I love you\" was like pulling teeth. I came from a family where it was said often, and I was determined to teach her. So I would joke with her and grab her: \"I'm not going to bed unless you say you love me back!\" She would kind of mumble it, but I would insist she say it properly until she eventually caved in. I continued doing this whenever we parted ways, until eventually it became natural for her to say. - Author: Derek Hough\n#22. Her home was so...shiny. She was shiny too, her skin, her hair, her shoes, her teeth. I hadn't even realized before; I am matte, dull and scuffed. - Author: Gail Honeyman\n#23. The afflicted are almost upon them. The air is a din of hypersonic bursts, snarls and empty shell casings. But still I hear him. As his people start to fall. As his pistol clicks empty. As he rises with only his knuckles left between him and the sheer brutality of mathematics. As the music swells above the carnage, still I hear him breathe the words. \"Tell them I was thinking of them. At the end.\" They pile onto him. All snarls and teeth and fists. But as he falls, I am holding his hand. Easing him into his long good night. \"I will tell them, David.\" The last words he will ever hear. 'I promise. - Author: Amie Kaufman\n#24. Before I even had the chance to try, a current of energy washed through me, pulling a gasp from my lips. Strength and familiarity tripled through the air between us. The powerful sensation swarmed over me like a thousand little teeth nibbling on my skin, and shook me to the core. - Author: A.K. Morgen\n#25. You'll not go anywhere,\" he announced. \"Yes, I will,\" she said, through gritted teeth. \"You'll use a chamber pot.\" \"I will not!\" He thrust his hand in front of her face. The heavy silver ring sat prominently on his middle finger. \"This says you'll obey me,\" he growled. \"You'll use the chamber pot because I command you to do so!\" \"You'll have to hold me there and that just isn't going to happen,\" Jessica argued. \"What is the difference between that and - \" \"Richard!\" He made a sound of impatience. \"'Tis nothing to be ashamed of, Jessica. I would expect the same care from you. And if memory serves, I had it when I had the fever before. Isn't that so?\" \"It was different.\" \"Aye, 'twas me with my arse bared to the daylight! - Author: Lynn Kurland\n#26. One large cat bounded up the side of the outcrop to stand in full view on an overhanging boulder. She stared down at them, inside their protective enclosure, tilting her head from side to side. Her scarred yellow-brown coat was immaculately groomed, but the long tufting hair of her snout was matted with the bright red smear of uncongealed blood from a recent kill. Her upper lip curved over the top of foot-long saber teeth. - Author: P.J. Parker\nAdult Adventure American History Historical Novel Inspirational Romance Young Adult\n#27. You can't murder a book. Even I know that. But you know what you can do with a book, what you can do is burn it, or throw it out a window, or draw, mm, big hairy moustaches on all the ancient illustrations, and blacken the teeth of the women and children, and-- Oh God, don't. It's like talking about drowning babies. You are a terrible person. - Author: Lady Jaida\n#28. Godzilla, you see, is toppled, is depleted, is immobile and breathless, the non-conversative dictator and his polemical primeval tyranny dashed to social smithereens... for some his demise will evince agitation, adulation and appraisal, but for me, Yasuhiro Dustin T-Bird, it returns the lingering largesse of an inconsolable fear. The fear is this: that there's a thing as big as pirate continents in the China Sea that we've together mythologised up to now currently obstructing the procession of metropolitan traffic all the way to Yoyogi. His formidable draconian jaw with its legend of gargantuan teeth slacks open like a lifelong foe's long-withheld liability, and sulphur rents the air in acrid, acid plumes as though the most cultured and violent yellowcake fart in categorical memory. - Author: Kirk Marshall\n#29. I have a fleeting fantasy of telling her that procreation isn't a contest, any more than SAT scores and making the cheerleading squad and getting into a good college and all the other things, both big and small, that she turned into a contest when Janie and I were young, going all the way back to whose baby teeth came in first, according to my mother. - Author: Emily Giffin\nLife Procreation\n#30. The last chapter in 'Alice in Worcestershire' is called 'Writing the book'.\nI started to write that 'Diary' chapter at the very beginning of the process and followed it through to the end... speaking to the reader.\nMy decision to do this was because I've often read autobiographies and wondered how the author felt and how it impacted them writing about painful memories that had been locked away in a deep forgotten place.\nI wanted to know what was going in their 'present' life while they were writing; about the struggle with sharing their inner secrets and... I'm... inquisitive. (nosy)!\nIt took me over five years to finish 'Alice in Worcestershire' because sometimes, I was simply too drained to continue. Periodically, I updated the 'Diary' chapter and, thankfully, it's enthusiastically appreciated by readers. - Author: Eskay Teel\nBiography Reader Readers And Writers Readers Favorite Writers Life Writing From The Heart Writing Process\n#31. His familiar husky voice sent a wave of wistfulness through me. A thousand memories spun in my head, tangling together- a rocky beach strewn with driftwood trees, a garage made of plastic sheds, warm sodas in a paper bag, a tiny room with one too-small shabby loveseat. The laughter in his deep-set black eyes, the feverish heat of his big hand around mine, the flash of his white teeth against his dark skin, his face stretching into the wide smile that had always been like a key to a secret door where only kindred spirits could enter. It felt sort of like homesickness, this longing for the place and person who had sheltered me through my darkest night. - Author: Stephenie Meyer\n#32. Problem?\" a silky voice murmured.\nI ignored Torin and turned my attention to the stack of notebooks near the couch.\n\"I am sorry for what I said about your father this morning,\" he said. \"It was beneath me.\"\nI still didn't say anything.\n\"Being trapped thus is incredibly frustrating for me, and occasionally I take it out on others. Again, I apologize. Now, if you'd like, I can help you with what you're seeking.\"\nKnowing I'd probably regret it, I crossed the rom and yanked the canvas off the mirror. As before, he was sitting on the table, smirking at me.\n\"Jackass, jackass on the wall, where's the info on Hex Hall?\"\nTorin laughed long and loud at that, and I saw that his teeth were slightly crooked. Seeing as how he was from the sixteenth century, I guess he was lucky to have any teeth at all.\n\"Oh, I do like you,\" he said, wiping tears from his eyes. \"All these bloody warrior women are so serious. It's nice to have a real wit around the place again. - Author: Rachel Hawkins\n#33. They were hometown hippies who primped in the cracked mirror of their egos and saw themselves as more intelligent, more humane, more real than their plastic deodorized elders. They were the victims of a freeze-dried generational racism which would not forgive their long loathsome hair and their scuzzy tramp-clothes. So now, cast in a psychodrama partly of their own design, they grew their hair even longer and let their jeans get grubbier. They asked for it: the audience reaction was confirmation of all their halfbaked theories. They screamed \"Fuck You!\" with every gesture and found applause in the cops' teeth-gnashings and housewives' cringings. - Author: Joe Eszterhas\n#34. You meet that chick yet?\" \"Who?\" \"Emily. The coffee shop chick.\" \"Briefly.\" \"You should make that shit less brief. Woman's fuckin' hot as hell, the right kinda pain in the ass and so sweet she made my motherfuckin' teeth hurt. Jenna's it for me. But if she wasn't, I'd be drinkin' coffee for every meal and eaten the coffee chick's pussy for dessert. - Author: Norma Jeanne Karlsson\n#35. Mommy set the phone aside as Liam whined and plucked at her shirt. \"Are you hungry?\" she asked gently. He nodded. \"I can't nurse you when you're like this, sweetheart, not with all of those razor-sharp teeth.\"\nThat was the saddest thing he had ever heard in his whole life. He lifted his head and looked at her, grief stricken. - Author: Thea Harrison\nBaby Cute Dragon Thea Harrison\n#36. If anyone poisoned your drink, I'm not to blame.\" She bared her teeth. \"This time.\" A hard swat on her shoulder made her jerk away. Cinnia glared at her, a blush dusting her cheekbones. \"Lou, stop being so rude!\" She offered a conciliatory smile to Ambrose. \"My apologies, Ambrose. She's always been a scold in the morning.\" He huffed and raised his tankard in mock toast to Louvaen. \"You must live a life of eternal morning. - Author: Grace Draven\n#37. That was true, Iris would sometimes think, about marriage: it was only a boat, too. A wooden boat, difficult to build, even more difficult to maintain, whose beauty derived at least in part from its unlikelihood. Long ago the pragmatic justifications for both marriage and wooden-boat building had been lost or superseded. Why invest countless hours, years, and dollars in planing and carving, gluing and fastening, caulking and fairing, when a fiberglass boat can be had at a fraction of the cost? Why struggle to maintain love and commitment over decades when there were far easier ways to live, ones that required no effort or attention to prevent corrosion and rot? Why continue to pour your heart into these obsolete arts? Because their beauty, the way they connect you to your history and to the living world, justifies your efforts. A long marriage, like a classic wooden boat, could be a thing of grace, but only if great effort was devoted to its maintenance. At first your notions of your life with another were no more substantial than a pattern laid down in plywood. Then year by year you constructed the frame around the form, and began layering memories, griefs, and small triumphs like strips of veneer planking bent around the hull of everyday routine. You sanded down the rough edges, patched the misunderstandings, faired the petty betrayals. Sometimes you sprung a leak. You fell apart in rough weather or were smashed on devouring rocks. But then, as now, in the teeth of a storm, - Author: Ayelet Waldman\n#38. You missed him,\" she said. Somehow it didn't seem possible. He was so sure of himself, almost invincible in his manner.\n\"I hit what I was aiming at,\" he answered quietly. \"We have to keep moving. I'm hoping I slowed them down, but we can't count on it.\" He forced the oars through the water with his powerful arms and the boat shot through the channel toward open water.\n\"I didn't feel anything.\"\nHis gaze brushed her face, an odd little caress she felt all the way through her body, just as if he'd touched her with his fingers. \"I wasn't aiming at you.\"\nShe caught the fleeting glint of his white teeth in what could have been a brief smile. One dark eyebrow rose in response. \"Has anyone ever told you your sense of humor needs a little work?\"\n\"No one's ever accused me of having a sense of humor before. You keep insulting me. First you accuse me of missing, and then you try to tell me I have a sense of humor.\"\nHis face was made of stone, his tone devoid of all expression. His eyes were flat and ice cold, but Dahlia felt him laughing. Nothing big, but it was there in the boat between then, and the terrible pressure in her chest lifted a bit. \"And it needs work,\" she pointed out. \"Get it right.\" She even managed a brief smile of her own to match his. - Author: Christine Feehan\n#39. Hair and hole, horn and teeth - hedgehog, walrus, ape, Josef Breuer. He - Author: Irvin D. Yalom\nBonnie Badenoch Quotes (24)\nCecil Lewis Quotes (1)\nDavid Michie Quotes (30)\nDelphine Arnault Quotes (10)\nHassan-i Sabbah Quotes (1)\nIra Gershwin Quotes (17)\nJosie Leigh Quotes (22)\nL.J. Dempsey Quotes (1)\nQuincy Jones Quotes (86)\nVan Jacob E. 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+{"text":"Cabinet orders joining of pipelines in six months\nCabinet has given energy sector managers up to March next year to ensure the Ghana Gas Pipeline is joined with the West African Gas Pipeline to enable reverse flow of gas from the Western Region to Tema.\nThe reverse flow mechanism will allow the evacuation to Tema of up to 350 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of gas, which is more than Jubilee's capacity.\nThe distance from the Ghana Gas Pipeline to the connection point is estimated to be 1.5kilometres.\nProf. Thomas Akabza, Chief Director of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, told the B&FT that the process to join the two pipelines, estimated to cost between US$5mllion and US$8million, is \"quite advanced\".\nThe ministry, he said, is facilitating negotiations between Ghana Gas and the West African Pipeline Company (WAPCo) to bring the project to fruition.\n\"Technically both have agreed that Ghana Gas will construct its portion to the end of the West African pipeline, then WAPCo will also put in the necessary meters at their end for the connectivity to take place,\" he said.\n\"We are looking at between four and six months for this project to materialise. In fact, that is what cabinet has actually given us.\"\nThe joining of the two pipelines has become necessary to deal with the situation where operator of the Jubilee field, Tullow Oil, wants to increase gas supply to the processing plant but is unable to because the Aboadze power enclave does not have enough plants in operation to absorb it all.\nThe Tema enclave, meanwhile, is often left in need of gas when supply from Nigeria through the West African Pipeline is cut or reduced to inadequate levels.\nUp to 120million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMSCFD) could be got from the Jubilee field, but supply has so far swung between 50million and 60million MMSCFD.\nThe West African Gas Pipeline from Nigeria runs through the coastline of Tema where it delivers gas to the Sunon Asongli thermal plant and other VRA plants, and onward to the Western Region.\nFor the most part, since the pipeline started delivering gas in 2011, the stretch between Tema and Takoradi has been empty because the gas is often inadequate and so gets used up in Tema.\nLocated in Tema are power plants belonging to the Volta River Authority (VRA) as well as the privately-owned Sunon Asogli thermal plant (200MW) and the Cenit thermal plant (126MW).\nSunon Asogli is working on a second-phase 360megawatt plant, also in Tema, while the VRA has almost completed a 220megawatt power plant there that will also take additional gas.\nOn November 27, 2014, Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah told an emergency meeting in Accra of the Committee of Ministers of the West African Gas Pipeline Project that addressing the issue of reverse-flow of gas was an \"immediate need\".\nGas evacuation is likely to become significant in the next few years, as the recently-signed Sankofa deal is expected to produce at maximum 170 MMSCFD in addition to the 120 million from the Jubilee Field and 50 million from the Tweneboah, Enyeara and Ntomme (TEN) project.\nSource: http:\/\/thebftonline.com\/commodities\/oil-gas\/15177\/Cabinet-orders-joining-of-pipelines-in-six-months.html#sthash.rH8fZYBf.dpuf","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"New \"Dune\" film disappoints\nKyla Schwarzbach\nSome people enjoy reading the last page of a book before finishing the first chapter. If you're one of these unique readers, then \"Dune 2021\" might be the movie for you. However, if you prefer to experience the twists and turns of a novel along with the characters, \"Dune\" may not be your ideal movie-night pick. Please note there is a very minor hint to a spoiler in this review, so read at your own risk.\nIn keeping with the tradition started by the 1984 movie adaptation, the opening scene of\n\"Dune\" spoils the largest twist in the book \u2014 the value of spice \u2014 the fictional drug the book is based around. In the book, the reveal is left for the final pages and forces the reader to re-examine the contents of the novel. To lose this reveal undermines Frank Herbert's carefully crafted world.\nSpeaking of misconceptions, Zendaya (Chani) \u2014 who was advertised as Timothee Chalamet's (Paul Atriedes) co-star \u2014 only appears in about 10 minutes of the film, and her exceptional range is not utilized. Half her screen-time was spent dramatically turning towards the audience as the score crescendos. Even in part two (the fact that the film will be split into two halves was cleverly hidden from viewers) Chani will likely not take on a significantly larger role.\nPutting this aside, \"Dune's\" stars should all look forward to receiving Oscars this spring. Jacqueline West, Paul Lambert and Patrice Vermette's skill is impossible to overlook. And before you wonder who Patrice Vermette played, know that the average viewer hasn't heard of any of these actors before because the publicity team has been highlighting the wrong craftsman.\nAs costume designer, West's clean and modern creations made me ponder functionality and style across a violent and futuristic universe. Visual Effects Supervisor Lambert gives audiences effective CGI and Effects and Production Designer Vermette's work cannot be overlooked. The breathtaking design of the world, from the spaceships to the jaw-dropping panoramic views of deserts are thanks to Vermette's skill.\nThe phrase \"one-note\" gains a whole new meaning throughout the 2 hours and 35 minutes spent watching \"Dune\". Rebecca Ferguson (Jessica) and Chalamet, who dominate the screen, present only the slightest changes in facial expression throughout the film. Much of the ensemble was strong, though, especially Oscar Isaac in the role of Duke Leto Atreides. Without engaging leads, the film falls flat. Even if you are familiar with the plot, it will be hard to understand the characters reactions, or lack thereof.\nIf you're a devoted \"Dune\" fan looking for an accurate representation of your hero, Paul Atreides, watching Daniel Craig's portrayal of James Bond in \"No Time to Die\" will show a far closer representation of the character than the one director Denis Villeneuve and Chalamet create.\nduneMovie ReviewTimothee Chalamet\nHotly-anticipated 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has ups and downs\nJohn Tayeri\nNovember 21, 2018 149\nPAUSD restricts Cubberley COVID-19 testing services to staff, students as Omicron cases surge\nSuperintendent Don Austin announces \"1 Palo Alto\" program to help keep PAUSD schools open\nRansomware attack disrupts PAUSD websites\nClickbait influences viewers to discover new content","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"You won't believe what Donatella Versace looked like before surgery\nAMERICAN Crime Story is back for a second series.\nJack HardwickSenior Showbiz Correspondent\nThis time, rather than focusing on The People VS OJ Simpson, the show will tell the tale of The Assassination of Gianni Versace.\nIn 1997, Italian fashion legend Gianni Versace was murdered by Andrew Cunanan [Darren Criss] on the steps of the Versace Mansion in Miami, Florida.\nIn episode one fans see his longterm partner Antonio D'Amico [Ricky Martin] hold the designer's body in his arms as he cries for help.\nThe scene has been heavily disputed by Antonio himself, who says he could barely look at Gianni's lifeless corpse.\nMeanwhile, Hollywood beauty Pen\u00e9lope Cruz will be introduced as the unstoppable Donatella Versace.\nThe now 62-year-old took over the fashion haus after her brother's murder and hasn't looked back since.\nIn fact, this year she released a Versace Tribute collection in honour of Gianni featuring the brand's iconic barocco print.\nDonatella Versace net worth is predicted to be around $300 million.\nHowever, while it has been business as usual for Donatella, one thing that has changed over time is her appearance.\nThe blonde diva's face has been warped considerably over the years \u2013 often with the help of surgery.\nBefore 2000 Donatella appeared to have had barely any work done, but by 2002 suspicions about if she had gone under the knife were rife.\nHer face appears to have been tighten and plumped up countless times over the years.\nThis was most obvious at the grand opening of Anna Wintour's Costume Center at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York in 2014.\nNot only did her lips appear fuller, but her forehead was also remarkably shiny.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"WE SAY GAYCALL 833-ISAYGAY OR 833-SAYTGNC TO REPORT DISCRIMINATION IN FLORIDALEGAL HELP DESK\nFair Courts\nLatino Outreach\nPolice & Criminal Justice\nRacial Justice & Low-Income Advocacy\nReligious Exemptions\nLegal Help Desk\nNational Sponsorship\nLiberty Circle\nEstate & Planned Giving\nWedding & Celebration Registry\nCorporate & Law Firm Sponsorships\nWhere Are They Now?: Meet Jessica Hicklin\nBy Lambda Legal\n\uf111 \ue802 \uf111 \uf099 \uf111 \uf09a\nPhoto: Jess T. Dugan\nBy Kellee Terrell\n\"Where Are They Now?\" is a new series where we catch up with past Lamda Legal plaintiffs. This month, we're highlighting Jessica Hicklin.\nIn her groundbreaking 2016 case, Hicklin v. Precythe, Jessica Hicklin and Lambda Legal sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and its contracted healthcare provider, Corizon LLC, for denial of medically necessary healthcare. In 2018, in one of the first decisions to do so, a federal court struck down that policy allowing Jessica hormone therapy, permanent body hair removal, and access to gender-affirming canteen items. In addition, the ruling struck down a \"freeze-frame\" policy, which banned denying hormone treatment to any transgender person not receiving such therapy before incarceration. Jessica was also a plaintiff in our successful challenge to Kansas's birth certificate policy.\nIn 1996, Jessica was incarcerated at the age of 16 for murder and later sentenced to 100 years. Yet, because of a Supreme Court ruling that deemed charging minors with life without parole as cruel and unusual punishment, she was released in 2022 after serving 26 years. She's currently the Chief Technology Officer at UnlockED Labs, an organization that focuses on educating incarcerated people to ensure a stronger future.\nIn her own words, Jessica briefly discusses her story, the impact Lambda Legal had on her life, and why incarcerated people should have access to quality health care and education.\nBefore POZ Magazine, I had no language for what I was experiencing. But I remember reading an article, and I knew that was me: We had the same story. That right there was my exposure. Finally knowing who I was, I came out, changed my name, and had my declaration of truth. I was 100% sure that I was getting my treatment. So the prison telling me \"no\" only galvanized me. I refused to accept it because they could not invalidate me as a human being. First, I filed a grievance and waited for 8-9 months, but then Lambda Legal and I sued the prison.\nIt might have taken a few years, but we won. I was able to get access to the care to embody the woman I was supposed to be and come home the woman I am. Part of being that woman is the work I do with UnlockED Labs, which I wouldn't be doing if I had not received treatment. My aunt told me that before transitioning when she would come to visit, I would barely talk, and my head would be down. But once I came out, she said, \"Jessica, you're a force when you speak.\" That's the power of living in your truth and having access to care that affirms that truth.\nThis is what all trans people deserve. We are human and access to health care is a basic human right [and for incarcerated people, the U.S. Constitution requires it.] Most importantly, everyone should be entitled to the care they need to live authentic lives and denying them that is cruel and unusual.\n...there's this idea that because I am trans and marginalized, that means we can only contribute marginally. That just isn't true.\nSince I've come home, I've been working to be part of the solution. I tell people that I went in at 16 and spent 26 years in concrete walls and had to learn how to survive and be a productive member of society. In that, I co-founded UnlockED Labs, whose mission is to make sure that incarcerated people have a chance through education. Our motto is \"a better justice system from the inside out.\" We've taught people how to code, created curricula and software provided inside universities. It's important to know that incarcerated people have a lot to contribute, a lot of work to do if you just give them a chance.\nI am at the beginning of a movement to provide people with the tools to go home, which is amazing because there's this idea that because I am trans and marginalized, that means we can only contribute marginally. That just isn't true and waking up every morning, I know I can make a big difference in other people's lives across this country.\nLife is beautiful, and I wake up every morning knowing I am helping and living the meaningful life I am meant to live.\nSee Also: Transgender Rights, United States, Transgender Rights\nLambda Legal to 4th Circuit: Affirm Lower Court Ruling Striking North Carolina's Discriminatory Transgender Health Care Ban for Transgender State Employees\nVICTORY: Court Rules that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Cannot Administer Health Plans with Gender-Affirming Care Exclusions\nVICTORY! Nevada Removes Discriminatory Ban on Medically Necessary Facial Surgery\n\uf111 \uf09a\n\uf111 \uf099\n\uf111 \uf16d\n\uf111 \uf167\nLambda Legal | 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10005 | P - 212-809-8585","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The Booby Clift Affair in Valdosta\nOctober 6, 2018 at 9:22 am\t(African American, Governance & Civics, Uncategorized)\nTags: 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 47th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Albert B. Clark, Alexander H. Darrell, Alfred Howe Terry, Ballahack, Benjamin F. Conley, Benjamin L. Smith, Berrien County GA, Booby Clift, Camilla Massacre, Captain J. L. Moseley, carpetbagger, cheese-eyed, Continental Hotel Washington DC, Crossland GA, Dr. John Rambo, Dr. Rambo, Fortieth U.S. Congress, Freedmen's Bureau, General Alfred H. Terry, General George Gordon Meade, General John B. Gordon, George W. Ashburn, Georgia Medical Society, Governor James Johnson, Harmon Sapp, Harvard University, Iverson Lamar Griffin, J. S. Bigby, John Daniel Calhoun, John James Rambo, John Murray, Joseph Wales Clift, Ku Klux Klan, Lowndes County Courthouse, Lowndes County GA, Marcus J. Griffin, Mary Ark Ryals, Medical College of Georgia, Nelson Tift Sr, Oath of Abjuration, Oath of Allegiance, Perrys Mill GA, Phillips Exeter Academy, R. C. Drum, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Acts, Richard Augustus Peeples, Richard H. Ault, Rock City Falls NY, Rufus Bullock, Savannah GA, scalawag, Sherman Military Bill, Terry's Purge, Thomas Butler Griffin, Valdosta GA, Walter Lovell Clift, William Bradford, William Rambo, Young Men's Democratic Club\nThe Clift Affair occurred at the Valdosta Courthouse on Saturday, April 4, 1868. Much of what has been written about the incident at Valdosta has minimized what would today undoubtedly be categorized as a terrorist attack.\nThe Clift Affair occurred just days after the Georgia Ku Klux Klan, probably under the leadership of former Confederate General John B. Gordon, began its reign of political terrorism in this state with the murder of Radical organizer George Ashburn at Columbus, GA. (Georgia would later name its largest military training base of WWI and WWII Camp Gordon in honor of General Gordon). In Valdosta, group of young white men attempted to detonate an 18 lb keg of gunpowder to disrupt a gathering of freedmen attending a political rally. The speaker, Joseph Wales Clift (derisively referred to as Booby in the southern press), was a Radical candidate for the U.S. Senate seeking the vote of former slaves. Local public outcry over the Clift Affair in Valdosta, condemning equally the actions of the candidate and the bombers, was led by Richard A. Peeples, a prominent Confederate veteran and lawyer of Valdosta, and former Clerk of the Court of Berrien County, GA.\nJoseph Wales Clift, circa 1861-1865. Source: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, National Archives.\nJoseph Wales Clift was born in North Marshfield, Plymouth County, MA. on September 30, 1837. He attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH. He graduated from the medical school of Harvard University in 1862. He entered the Union Army and was acting surgeon from July 13, 1862, to August 7, 1865, then served in the Army of the Potomac until November 18, 1866. Afterwards he moved to Savannah, GA with his brother, Walter Lovell Clift. J. W. Clift established a medical practice and Walter L. Clift practiced law. J. W. Clift joined the Georgia Medical Society and was elected Librarian of the organization in January, 1867. The brothers became activists encouraging freedmen to exercise their right to vote which had been granted in the Sherman Military Bill. J.W. Clift spoke at a Savannah gathering of several thousand freedmen on March 18, 1867. On May 25, 1867 the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer announced J. W. Clift had been appointed to the board of voter registration for the city of Savannah by order of Major General Pope under the Reconstruction Acts. Of the 5,330 voters registered in Savannah that year, 3,061 were African-American. At a meeting for the organization of the Republican Party in Chatham County, J. W. Clift was elected as a delegate to the Republican State Convention to be held July 4, 1867 in Atlanta, GA. Both brothers spoke at the Savannah Republican rally October 21, 1867, attended by about 4000 freedmen according to the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer. W. L. Clift was a delegate to the state constitutional convention. In early 1868, Dr. J. W. Clift was considered as a Radical candidate for mayor of Savannah, but at a mass meeting of freedmen on March 16. 1868 he was nominated as the Radical candidate for the U. S. Congress.\nHitting the campaign trail, J. W. Clift came to Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA. In Pines and Pioneers, J. Shelton described Cliff's event here:\nA candidate for Congress, J. W. Clift arrived in Valdosta to make a campaign speech. Clift sought the Negro vote, and he scheduled an address for Saturday night, April 4, 1868. Without bothering to secure from the authorities the required permission to speak publicly, Clift began his talk to an audience at the courthouse. There was an explosion, for a group of young Confederate veterans had placed a keg containing a \"small modicum of powder\" beneath the building. No one was hurt, but the young men succeeded in breaking up the meeting.\nPrimary sources on the Valdosta bombing attack, the Valdosta Times and Savannah Daily News and Herald, ensconced the event in a shared language that derides the victims and excuses the perpetrators. language that many references have maintained up to the most recent years.\nThe political candidate, Dr. J. W. Clift was constantly referred to as a \"prowling, sniveling booby,\" \"vagrant scalawag, \" or \"carpet bagger.\" The terms scalawag and carpetbagger have sometimes been redefined in the modern narrative as neutral; scalawags were \"southerners who supported Reconstruction\" and Carpetbaggers were \"northerners who came south after the war to seek their fortune through politics.\" But in 1868, these terms were unquestionably pejorative; carpetbaggers were unscrupulous Yankee profiteers and scalawags were the white southern traitors who collaborated with them and the freedmen. In a clipping from the South Georgia Times reprinted August 20, 1868 in the Atlanta Constitution, Berrien County bragged that it had no scalawags: \"NO SCALLAWAGS IN BERRIEN! No scalawags in Irwin and Telfair, and that's the reason no election is ordered for those counties. Y.M.D.C. is organized here, but there is not enough radicalism to keep it lively.\" (The Young Men's Democratic Club was the public political wing of the KKK,) Dr. Clift's brother, Walter L. Clift, a lawyer and delegate to the state constitutional convention, was referred to as a \"little cheese-eyed man\" and both the Clift brothers were alternately tagged with the description as \"a sour little fellow, with weak, wicked eyes\u2026[and] industrious imbecility.\" In an extended tirade, the Thomasville Enterprise referred to Dr. Clift as \"a silly, overweening school boy, about to be elevated above his capacity\u2026we were never more astonished at the extreme feebleness and want of prestige and capacity in a candidate for so high an office\u2026Such is the contemptible creature who has the effrontery to ask the colored citizens of this district for their votes to send him to Congress of the United States\u2026 an unknown adventurer, destitute of talents, character, courage and every manly attribute \u2013 an ignorant, insolent upstart, who in the face of an outraged and indignant community, meanly seeks by falsehood and misrepresentation, by appeals to the prejudices and passions of their newly enfranchised race \u2013 by hypocrisy and deceit and every base and contemptible artifice, to obtain a position for which he is neither intellectually, morally, legally or socially qualified.\nWhite Valdostans asserted that by holding the meeting, Dr. Clift himself precipitated the incident \u2013 that he was acting\"illegally\" since he did not have the approval of civil authorities, although the entire state was then under military rule and Clift was exercising free speech to address a peaceable assembly. The Valdosta Times even suggested that J. W. Clift planted the bomb himself, in a diabolical plot to implicate \"the poor rebs,\" widen the divide between the \"good men\" of Lowndes county and the \"Negroes,\" and create a sensation among his black supporters.\nValdosta Times referred to Clift's audience as \" a mass of villainy, ignorance and vagabondism,\" and the \"ignorant and credulous classes.\" The Valdosta Times wrote that the gullibility of the freedmen was illustrated in their naive belief of Clift's statements that \"white men would have to pay the tax to educate negro children.\nThe conspirators were just \"some of the boys [who] concluded to have a little fun.\" They only \"intended to create a 'big scare'.\"\nThe bomb was just a \"prank\"\u2026\"a small modicum of powder, enough to make a little fume with the aid of fire.\" Further, it couldn't have been a real bomb because it was preposterous that any white man would have risked accidentally blowing himself up in the company of \"negroes.\"\nSubsequent reports suggest that the conspirators and their allies, having failed in the full destructive effects of the explosion, further broke up and dispersed the crowd of freedmen by force of arms, surrounding the Courthouse building and holding it throughout the night. At the time of the bombing on Saturday April 4, 1868, Valdosta and all of Georgia was still under the federal military occupation of Reconstruction, and Federal officers viewed the civil unrest as a collapse of local authority. Albert B. Clark, Freeman's Bureau agent at Quitman, \"quickly reported to military headquarters at Thomasville that a riot had occurred and that local authorities were 'powerless' to do anything about it.\"\nBy Monday, April 6, newspapers all over the country were mentioning the Clift Affair in Valdosta, many attributing the violence to the KKK.\nThe Philadelphia Age\nAt a Republican meeting at Valdosta, Georgia, Saturday night, a disturbance was caused by the discovery of a keg of powder under the speaker's desk. The meeting dispersed amid general excitement.\n\u03bf\u03bf\u03bf\u03bf\u03bf\nJanesville, Wisconsin Gazette\nThe Tribune's special Savannah of the 5th says the Republican meeting at Valdosta yesterday was broken up by a band of regulators of Ku klux Klan. Powder was placed under the building in which Dr. J. W. Cliff, the Republican candidate for Congress was to speak.\nA New Georgia Encyclopedia article on Reconstruction violence in Georgia notes \"It is impossible to untangle local vigilante violence from political terrorism by the organized Klan, but it is clear that attacks on blacks became common during 1868. Freedmen's Bureau agents reported 336 cases of murder or assault with intent to kill on freedmen across the state from January 1 through November 15 of 1868.\"\nAt Valdosta, a number of concerned white residents of met to discuss the bombing and attorney Richard A. Peeples, was called to the Chair. Peeples was a former Clerk of the Berrien County Courts. R. T. Myddleton was appointed Secretary. Following a motion by Col. A. J. Little, Peeples appointed a committee to draft a resolution expressing condemnation of the actions. The committee, consisting of Henry Burroughs Holliday, Col. A. J. Little, B. F. Moseley, G. T. Hammond, and M. C. Morgan quickly composed the following:\nWhereas one J. W. Clift a candidate for Congress came to this place on Saturday last, and without giving to the civil authorities the notice required by military orders \u2013 so as to enable said authorities to have a police in readiness to preserve order \u2013 did at night hold a meeting composed of a large number of negroes, many of whom were armed and standing as guard around the house.\nAnd whereas, certain irresponsible parties did, in a most irregular and disgraceful manner disperse and break up said meeting \u2013 thereby endangering the lives of many persons \u2013 much to the regret of all good citizens,\nWe the citizens in meeting assembled, do hereby, express our condemnation and dissapproval of said riotous conduct.\n\u02dc \u00b0 \u02dc\nOn the evening of Monday, April 6, the civil authorities at Valdosta moved to preempt military intervention in the case. The Mayor M. J. Griffin, of Valdosta, ordered the arrest of five suspected conspirators in the bombing: A. H. Darnell, J. D. Calhoun. Iverson L. Griffin, B. L. Smith and J. J. Rambo.\nA slightly more detailed version of the events in Valdosta, highly sympathetic to \"the boys,\" was published in the Savannah newspapers.\nSavannah Daily News and Herald\nOur readers have had rumors of a muss of some sort got up by the vagrant scalawag who aspires to represent the negro constituency of this District in Congress. We have heard various statements in regard to the affair, but nothing authentic until we met the following in the Valdosta Times of the 8th inst. The editor says:\nOn Saturday night last there was quite a stir in our town. One Clift, surnamed booby, was here to make a speech, to induce the colored people to vote for him. He went illegally to work, having no fear of the military before his eyes, called his meeting, went to speaking, sans ceremonie, without so much as saying \"by your leave, Mr. Mayor.\" Having placed himself in the wrong by his lawless course, it is not to be wondered that there was as little sympathy for him as for his cause. Some of the boys concluded to have a little fun, and placed under the building a keg in which it was said there was a small modicum of powder, enough to make a little fume with the aid of fire.\nAnother version of it is, that it was placed there with the cognizance of the said Clift, surnamed as above, for the purpose of making a finishing stroke to the poor rebs, as thereby and therein they were to be demolished indirectly by the gunpowder, but directly by his masterly strategy. It is idle to suppose that there was any intention on the part of the boys, if they did it, to blow up their friends and relations, some of whom were in the building. They intended a \"big scare\" and carried out their purpose quite effectively.\nWe condemn in the strongest terms we can use, all such proceedings. They are both unlawful and unjustifiable. They tend to harm the cause they would subserve. The negroes will, of course, be inclined to listen to those who will endeavor to persuade them that it was really the intention to blow them up, and thus the breach be widened that good men are endeavoring to close up as far as may be practicable and right. And so far as this goes Clift has been partially successful, if his is the strategy that laid the explosive train.\nOur citizens have had a meeting and condemned this procedure in unqualified terms of disapproval.\nThe strong presumption is that this diabolical gunpowder plot was \"a weak invention of the enemy\" \u2013 a resort of the prowling, sniveling Booby to create a sensation and to increase his electioneering capital with his ignorant and credulous classes.\nThe idea that the young men of Valdosta would attempt with a handful of powder to blow up such a mass of villainy, ignorance and vagabondism as must have composed Booby's auditory, is perfectly absurd \u2013 especially when it is considered that the Guy Fawkes of the enterprise in exploding the powder, to which no train or fuse was set, must necessarily have blown himself up with the rest. However fearless and self sacrificing the projector of such a plot might be, it is utterly preposterous to suppose that any white man would be willing to be blown to Ballahack or anywhere else, in such company.\nValdosta Times\nWe are sorry that the Radicals have not sent a man of sense to run as a candidate for Congressional honors in the First Congressional District. The negroes yesterday \"damned\" Clift \"with faint praise.\" His speech was a feeble, sickly tirade against somebody or something, or nobody or nothing. Not one of his hearers could tell to-day what he said or what he meant. Some of them seemed to arouse when he said that white men would have to pay the tax to educate negro children. The response of one was \"Bress God, brodder, let us pray.'' The more sensible among them know how to estimate such a pretender. They are not quite so senseless as he took them to be.\nValdosta Times April 8th.\nAbout the accused, this much is known:\nIVERSON L. GRIFFIN\nEighteen-year-old Iverson L. Griffin was the son of a wealthy planter and merchant of Valdosta. His father, Thomas B. Griffin, had served as a Confederate state senator of Georgia from 1861-1863 and was therefore disallowed from taking the Oath of Allegiance to restore his U.S. citizenship. His father had been the owner of 12 slaves, including 4 mulatto children under the age of 4. It is also noteworthy that the Mayor of Valdosta at the time was M. J. Griffin; the only M. J. Griffin that appears in the Lowndes County census records of that period is Iverson Griffin's brother, Marcus J. Griffin.\nJOHN DANIEL CALHOUN\nAt the time of the Clift Affair, 24-year-old John Daniel Calhoun was a deputy sheriff of Lowndes County, GA. Census records suggest he may have been orphaned at an early age. His early childhood was in the household of Harmon Sapp. In the 1860 census, he was enumerated as a teenager in the household of William Bradford, working as a laborer. Also in the Bradford household was Richard Ault, who would later serve as blacksmith for the Berrien Minute Men. By the 1880s Calhoun would move to Berrien County, GA where he farmed in the 1145 Georgia Militia District. In 1905 he was serving as Postmaster in Crossland, GA.\nALEXANDER H. DARNELL\nDarnell was a young merchant of Valdosta. He was native of Kentucky and the first record of his presence in Lowndes County is his signature on the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, signed October 18, 1867. He was 25 years old at the time of the Clift incident. He died in Lowndes County in October 1869 from an \"abscess of the liver\".\nJOHN JAMES RAMBO\nRambo, age 17 at the time of the Clift Affair, was an orphan of Confederate veteran Dr. John Rambo and Mary Ark Ryals. According to The Rambo Family Tree, his parents were both born in England and immigrated to Georgia. His father received his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia in Atlanta, graduating in 1847. John J. Rambo was born January 18, 1851 in Perrys Mill, Tatnall County, Georgia. After his mother died of brain fever in 1859, his father married a second time to Maria Clifton. His father was enumerated in 1860 as the owner of 7 enslaved people. During the Civil War, his father served as a surgeon in the 47th Georgia Infantry Regiment, rising to the rank of Major. His step-mother died on March 14, 1862 His father left the army on September 17, 1862 because of a physical disability. Some time during or prior to 1863, John J. Rambo came with his father to live in Valdosta, leaving his half-brother William in the custody of his Clifton grandparents. John's father died in Valdosta about August 28 1864 at the age of 34. After the Clift Affair in Valdosta, John and some of his Ryals relatives kidnapped his younger step-brother, William Rambo, and traveled by boat to New York. There, John J. Rambo studied to become a doctor and took up medical practice in Brooklyn, NY for the remainder of his life.\nMayor Griffin's quick action was temporarily effective in preventing military intervention. By the time Lt. Bard and Corporal John Murray arrived in Valdosta with a detail of federal soldiers the five suspects were already in civil custody. For the time being the U. S. soldiers took no action. But a week later, after the alleged bombers were released on bond, the soldiers moved over night to arrest them and transported them to Savannah for confinement in the federal barracks. Valdosta Mayor M. J. Griffin protested the military arrests and Thomas B. Griffin, father of Iverson L. Griffin, traveled to Savannah to visit the accused in jail. The South Georgia Times report of the arrest was reprinted in the Savannah Daily News and Herald, along with an exchange of telegrams between Mayor Griffin and military authorities.\nThe Military Arrests in Valdosta.\n{From the South Georgia Times}\nWe are sorry to have to state that Monday night last some of our young men were taken from their beds and immediately hurried off to Savannah by United States troops, we presume to undergo military trial. It is alleged that they were engaged in the gunpowder sport referred to in \u2014 last. They have already given bond \u2013 the four are under arrest \u2013 to appear and answer before the civil tribunals. Our Mayor and Sheriff promptly discharged their duty in the premises. The hardship of the case is, that civil law has but a name. The iron is \u2014ering in into the soil, and liberty and law is fast passing away. These young men are to be tried where perhaps their case is already prejudged, far away from their homes and sympathy and kindness of friends. Time was when such an act would have fired the great heart of the country from one end of is bounds to the other. They should have been tried by their peers of the vicin\u2013 \u2014 age, and if guilty of the violation of law, punished as that law would punish them, and not at the behest of prejudiced strangers.\nOur Mayor sent the following telegram to Gen. Meade relative to what had been done here. General Meade's reply is appended. Alas! for the rights for which our fathers fought, and of which we have so much boasted.\nA telegram was received by Mr. M. J. Griffin, at 6 o'clock yesterday, from Mr. T. B. Griffin that \"the boys were all comfortably quartered in the barracks, and well cared for.\"\nValdosta, April 14, 1868\nMajor Gen. Meade, Atlanta, Ga.\nSir: \u2013 At a late hour last night, without my knowledge, a party of U. S. soldiers arrived here and carried away the following persons, viz. A. H. Darnell, Iverson Griffin, John Calhoun, Ben Smith, John Rambo \u2013 who are alleged to have been concerned in a riot at this place on the 4th inst. These men, as Mayor, I had arrested and bound to appear at the Superior Court of this county to answer for the same. I respectfully request to be informed if they were arrested by your order, and if not, that they be released and take their trial before the civil tribunals of the county.\nI have the honor to be,\nYour Obedient Serv't\nM. J. Griffin,\nMayor Valdosta\nAtlanta, GA., April 14th, 1868\nM. J. Griffin, Mayor Valdosta:\nThe persons named in your telegram were arrested by General Meade's order, and will be held for trial by Military Commission.\nR. C. Drum, A. A. G.\nIn subsequent days state and national newspapers provided additional details.\nThe Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph\nThe Clift Electioneering Trick At Valdosta.\nYesterday, Lieutenant Bard, United States Army, arrived in this city on the train from Valdosta, having in charge five young men, whom he had arrested there the day previous, on a charge of having been the originators of the disturbance which occurred at that place on last Saturday night week. \u2013\nThis is the general supposition, as nothing was said by the arresting officer of the why and the wherefore of their being taken into custody. Their names are Alexander H. Darrell, John Calhoun, John Rambo, Benjamin L. Smith and Iverson L. Griffin. They are all young men of good family, and entirely innocent of all blame in the matter. Mr. Calhoun was Deputy Sheriff of Lowndes County, and a faithful and efficient officer.- Mr. Griffin was not present at the Court House on the night in question, and in no way connected with the affair. Thus are innocent men torn from their families and thrust into prison by the strong arm of military power, and made to suffer by the rascality of a Radical carpet-bag adventurer. [Sav. Rep., 15th.\nIndianapolis Journal\nATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A REPUBLICAN MEETING \u2013 Information has reached the Congressional Committee rooms that on Tuesday last [Saturday, April 4, 1868] an attempt was made to blow up the Court House at Valdosta, Georgia, where a Republican meeting, composed mostly of colored people, was being addressed by Dr. J. W. Clift (white). A keg containing eighteen pounds of powder had been purchased at a store in the place, and a portion take out to make a train, and the remainder of the powder was placed under the Court House. Fortunately the cask was discovered and removed in season, but the train [fuse] was fired, and in an attempt of the persons present to escape, they were fired upon by a gang of white men outside, who had surrounded the building. This party held possession of the place that night, but on the next day they were dispossessed by the military, and the meeting was held.\nBedford Inquirer\nTerrorism In The South\nOur Democratic brethern would have the people believe that the South would be a perfect paradise if such men as Meade, Pope, Sickles, Sheridan, &c., were kept away. General Hancock has had several months control of the Southwest trying to carry out a different policy from that of the before-mentioned heroes with what results is indicated in the following article from the Pittsburg Chronicle of a few days ago:\nThe dispatches which we published in yesterday's issue, relative to the brutal murder of Hon. George W. Ashburn, of Columbus, Georgia, by a gang of villains in disguise, and the breaking up of a Republican meeting at Valdosta, Georgia, by a band of regulators of the Ku-Klux Klan, come at the heels of much similar information through letters and newspapers, and show that in portions of the South, a reign of terrorism is in actual operation. It verily seems that these ill-fated people are moved by some malignant fatality to thwart all efforts which look towards their gradual restoration to order and prosperous enterprise. Not satisfied with opposing every political measure that has been devised to enable them to get out of the dreadful slough in which they were left upon the suppression of the rebellion, they are actually engaged in the suicidal business of convulsing society so utterly by lawlessness, as to put a complete quietus upon the views and schemes of all those adventurous Northern capitalists, who had begun seriously to meditate risking their families and fortunes in the South\u2026It is not pleasant for us to be compelled to state that at present, in many Southern States, it would he unsafe for a Northern man to buy property and attempt to carry on any farming or manufacturing enterprise. We have never gone out of our way to give added circulation to the prejudicial stories that are periodically current about the South. Whenever we could, consistently with the truth, present the bright side of the picture, we have cheerfully done so .But it is, in our judgment, perfectly clear from the accumulated information which pours in upon us, that, notwithstanding the cheerful fancies of such military optimists as General Hancock, there is an immense amount of crime perpetrated in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, and portions of Arkansas and Missouri. How far it would be possible to curb these excesses by military power we cannot determine. It is probably impossible to keep perfect order over so wide an area and amongst a population so thoroughly demoralized by a long and unsuccessful war. Years will elapse before anything bearing the faintest semblance to the orderly and regulated institutions of the North will prevail. Then will slowly set in a desirable immigration, and the wasted and cursed South will begin to recover, to get strength,to enjoy the blessings of law, and to reap the fruits of sensibly directed industry.\nThe citizens of Lowndes county presented a bond for the release of the alleged bombers to the military authorities in Savannah, but this offer was rejected.\nSTILL IN CUSTODY \u2013 The young men who were arrested by the military at Valdosta, because Dr. Clift attempted to blow himself up with gunpowder, for political capital, are still held in custody at the United States Barracks in this city, awaiting the orders of General Mead.\nThe men were kept incarcerated through the election of 1868, and for a couple of weeks afterward. After about a month of confinement, the suspects were finally released on bail secured by citizens of Savannah.\nRelease or the Valdosta Prisoners on Bail.\n\u2014Yesterday Messrs. A. H. Darnell, J. D. Calhoun. Iverson L. Griffin, B. L. Smith and J. J. Rambo, who, it will be remembered, were arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the supposed attempt to blowup a Radical meeting at Valdosta, previous to the election, while one Clift was addressing it, were released on bail in the sum of $10,000 each, to appear for trial when summoned by the military authorities. This was done by order of General Meade. Captain J. L. Moseley brought to the city a bond of $60,000 of the citizens of Lowndes county, which Col. Maloney would not accept, and six citizens of Savannah, representing nearly $200,000, offered themselves as security, were accepted and the prisoners released. The late prisoners requested us to publish the following:\nSavannah, Ga., May 8, 1868.\nEditors News and Herald: We, the Valdosta prisoners, who have been confined in the United States Barracks at this place, wish, through your paper, to render our thanks to Col. Maurice Maloney and his command, for their kind treatment, both to us and to our friends who visited us.\nA. H. Darnell, Iverson L. Griffin, J D. Calhoun, B. L. Smith, J. J. Rambo, Savannah, GA, May 8,1868.\nTo the Citizens of Savannah: We wish to return our thanks for their kind attention and hospitality while we were in confinement at this place in the United States Barracks, and to the noble-minded merchants who have so generously stood our most unreasonable bail required by the military authorities. We trust we may at some future time be in such a position as to repay the many obligations under which we have been placed.\nA. H. Darnell, Iverson L. Griffin, J D. Calhoun, B. L. Smith, J. J. Rambo,\nThe Georgia Election of April, 1868\nThe election of 1868 was a four day affair which commenced on April 20. Throughout the voting period, the southern newspapers maintained a cacophony of allegations of voter fraud, corruption, official vote rigging, coercion, voter ignorance, and other irregularities. By 1867, the conditions of Reconstruction required an Oath of Allegiance to the United States in order to be listed in the register of qualified voters. White southern men whose national citizenship had been renounced by way of the Ordinance of Secession, oaths of abjuration of national citizenship, oaths of allegiance to Confederate states, or acceptance of Confederate citizenship were required to swear a new oath of allegiance to the United States in order to have their national citizenship restored and to qualify for the right to vote. Some whites who had held posts in the Confederate government or the governments of Confederate states were disqualified from having their citizenship restored through the oath of allegiance.\nThe April 1868 election in Georgia was a vote for state officers and U.S. congressmen and a vote on ratification of of a new state constitution. When the votes were counted, the new constitution was approved by a vote of 88,172 to 70,200. In the race for governor Rufus Bullock, defeated Confederate General John B. Gordon 83,527 to 76,356. In the elections for state representatives, Radicals won 84 of the 172 House seats (29 of them black) and came within three seats of taking control of the House. In the state senate, however, the Radicals (3 of them black) carried a solid majority, with 27 seats to the Democrats' 17 seats. The Radical believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites.\nClift Wins Seat in House of Representatives\nUnder Reconstruction, the results of the election were subject to certification by the military authorities. In the announcement made by General Meade, Dr. J. W. Clift was declared the winner in the First Congressional District of Georgia.\nMilledgeville Southern Recorder\nHeadq'rs Third Military District, Department of Ga., Fla. and Ala.,\nAtlanta, Ga., June 30, 1868.\nGeneral Orders No. 93,\nFrom the returns made to these Headquarters by the Boards of Registration, of the election held in the State of Georgia for civil officers of said State and for members of Congress, under the provisions of General Orders No. 40, (Paragraph III,) issued from these Headquarters, which election commenced on the 20th day of April, 1868, and continued four days, it appears that in said election the following named persons were elected Representatives to the Congress of the United States from the Congressional\nDistricts to their names respectively attached, viz :\nFirst District\u2014J. W. Clift.\nSecond District\u2014Nelson Tift, Sr.\nThird District\u2014W. P. Edwards.\nFourth District\u2013Samuel Gove.\nFifth District\u2014C. H. Prince.\nSixth District\u2014John H. Christy.\nSeventh District\u2014P. M. B. Young.\nBy order of Major General Meade.\nR. C. Drum,\nAssistant Adjutant General.\nFollowing the ratification of the 14th Amendment by the newly elected General Assembly, the US Congress initially readmitted Georgia to the Union in July 1868.\nThe 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to \"all persons born or naturalized in the United States,\" which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person \"life, liberty or property, without due process of law\" or to \"deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.\" By directly mentioning the role of the states, the 14th Amendment greatly expanded the protection of civil rights to all Americans and is cited in more litigation than any other amendment.\nJoseph Wales Clift served in the Fortieth U.S. Congress from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869.\nSecond Valdosta Attack on Representative Clift\nRepresentative Clift did not enjoy a triumphant return to Valdosta. While passing through the \"notorious\" town in October 1868, he and his brother, Walter Lovell Clift, were again assaulted and their lives threatened.\nManitowoc Tribune\nWe are informed that about ten days ago Joseph W. Clift, M. C. [Member of Congress] from Southern Georgia, while riding in the cars on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, with his brother was treated in a manner which shows conclusively that free speech is not tolerated in that section of the country.\nWhen the train stopped at Valdosta a town of one thousand inhabitants, distant from Savannah about one hundred and twenty miles, a large crowd surrounded the cars, and some fifteen or twenty ruffians, armed with heavy sticks, entered the car with the avowed purpose of taking them out and lynching them.\nThey were only prevented from doing this by the urgent entreaties of several prominent men, one of whom was an elector on the democratic ticket. The argument of the gentleman was, that the 'boys mustn't do it because it would injure the party and town!' The crowd outside becoming weary of waiting for the sport to commence, hooted and yelled 'Bring the d\u2014-d Radical out!' and again the roughs seemed determined to accomplish their purpose but were again met by the same objections on the part of their friends and after heaping all manner of insults on them offensive gentlemen were quietly passing through their town, reluctantly relinquished their purpose and left the train. This town Valdosta enjoys an unenviable notoriety as the scene of a Ku-Klux monstralation last April when a band of forty or fifty armed men first placed eighteen pounds of powder under the Court house where Dr. Clift was about to address a Republican meeting and when by accident the infernal plot was discovered just in season to prevent their drunken tool from firing the train [fuse] and hurling three hundred people into eternity, the meeting was broken up by violence, and the mob took and held the town all night threatening to assassinate prominent Republicans and rendering it necessary to send for military aid before the meeting could proceed.\nSeveral person prominent actors in the April affair, and now under bonds of $10,000 each for their participation in the same were leaders in the recent attack.\nReturning to Washington, DC, Clift presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress but during the recess period actions in Georgia, including the expulsion of black legislators from the state Assembly and the Camilla Massacre, had resulting in the re-imposition of Reconstruction and federal military jurisdiction for the state under the command of General Alfred H. Terry. With Georgia's return to un-reconstructed status, Clift and the other representatives and senators of Georgia were not allowed to take their seats in the U.S. Congress.\n\"Southern Justice,\" Thomas Nast sketch of Reconstruction violence, Harpers Weekly, March 23, 1867 depicted a scene in Texas but aptly portrayed the events of the Camilla Massacre which occurred September 19, 1868.\nIn January 1870, General Terry removed ex-Confederates from the Georgia General Assembly, replaced them with the Radical runners-up, and then reinstated the expelled black legislators. \"Terry's Purge\"established a solid Radical majority in the Georgia legislature, which ratified the Fifteenth Amendment in February 1870 and chose new senators to send to Washington.\nThe 15th Amendment to the Constitution established voting rights for African American men by declaring that the \"right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.\" Although ratified on February 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th Amendment would not be fully realized for almost a century. Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests and other means, Southern states were able to effectively disenfranchise African Americans. It would take the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the majority of African Americans in the South were registered to vote\nOn July 15, 1870, Georgia became the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.\nUpon the withdrawal of federal military rule from Georgia, the rise of KKK terrorism quickly suppressed the newly gained civil and political rights of southern blacks. When the midterm election put white supremacists back in control of the state senate, Governor Bullock resigned and fled the state rather than face impeachment by a hostile legislature.\nSpeaking from the steps of the Continental Hotel, Washington, D. C. on November 29, 1871, Dr. Joseph W. Clift made an impassioned appeal to the Radicals of Georgia, which was printed and circulated in a political leaflet.\nAn address to the Republicans of Georgia \u2026. Joseph W. Clift. Continental Hotel, Washington, D. C. Washington. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/rbpe.20602100\/\nAN ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICANS OF GEORGIA.\nGovernor Bullock having resigned, and the duly elected Representatives of the people having decided by an overwhelming majority that a Governor should be elected for the unexpired term, on the 19th of December, 1871, leaving only twenty days to organize a campaign under peculiar circumstances, and understanding that prominent Republicans, whom I honor and respect, have discussed the advisability of sustaining the veto of Governor Conley, by refusing to nominate or vote for any person for Governor, on that day, thereby letting the election go by default, I am prompted to write this letter and advocate, with such vigor as I may, exactly the opposite course of action.\nI admit the arguments of my friends:\nFirst . That there is little time to prepare for such a contest.\nSecond . That Governor Conley's action, together with the silence of the Republican Representatives, who apparently acquiesced in it, have some force.\nThird . Some minds may also be influenced by the depressing influences which still remain as the result of the election last December; and by the additional reason, that challenging for non-payment of the poll-tax, will prevent many colored Republicans from voting.\nIt has been said to me, let Governor Conley's position be legal or illegal, it furnishes the Republican party an excellent excuse for not voting, and being badly beaten, the conditions being so unfavorable to their success in the contest. To many, these reasons, with other reasons, may be conclusive against our party running a candidate, and voting December 19; to my mind, they are not good reasons for such a course of action, and I sincerely hope our friends will immediately reconsider the question , and so far from letting the election \"go by default,\" make the above reasons alleged as sufficient to deter us from contesting the election with our Democratic friends, reasons for putting forth the most earnest and vigorous efforts to organize the party and meet the old enemies of Equal Rights, and exact justice to the colored man fairly and squarely in the teeth, and do brave battle for some pure-minded, honest Republican, who, if elected, will serve out the term with credit to himself and benefit to the State.\nI am thoroughly convinced that this is the very best course for us to pursue. The contrary course seems to my mind neither wise, brave, patriotic, or just. We have as much time to work for the election as our opponents.\nGovernor Conley's position is at least of doubtful legality, and even if it were technically correct, the voice of the people, speaking through their Representatives, speaks in thunder tones, and most emphatically\u2014and as I think wisely\u2014construes the language of the Constitution of Georgia to mean that a new Governor must be elected next month.\nNeither brief time for preparation, Governor Conley's position, the result of the last election, or the inability of our friends to pay their taxes, should for one instant shut our ears to this call of the people. It must, will, and ought to be obeyed at any cost.\nThe wishes of the people are entitled to respect, and the individuals, or party, who fail to heed them when so plainly expressed, and on so important a question as the one pending, will do itself great wrong, and suffer in the end accordingly.\nI never did, and do not now believe in shirking a fight with Democracy under any pretext however specious, and circumstances however discouraging.\nWe ought to be ready and willing to meet them whenever and wherever duty calls, and defend the great principles advocated by our party since '56, and by many good men long before.\nThese principles are as good and true to-day as ever they were, and the bitter and relentless warfare waged by our unscrupulous opponents against everything which tends to unshackle the hands of the honest laborer of Georgia\u2014and everywhere else\u2014should only nerve every man of us to \"gird up his loins\" and fight like heroes for the education and elevation of the masses, and the defeat of the cardinal principles of Democracy.\nInstead of giving up the fight, let it be continued, and give them no quarter, till the last stronghold of the greatest foe of Liberty, and Equal Rights in this country, shall be carried, and they shall surrender to the cohorts of Freedom, and to the Civilization of the nineteenth Century.\nIf we would save our \"Common School System,\" in Georgia, and preserve the liberties of the people, we must fight it out with them, if we all go to our graves before the cause is finally triumphant. But triumphant it will be, and that at no distant time, as sure as a merciful God exists.\nThe wrongs of our poor people call loudly for redress, and the cry must be heeded, and responded to by all true hearts.\nWe must play no cowardly part in this fight, nor bow our neck to the Democratic yoke, otherwise we are not worthy the blessings we seek.\nLet them, all the leading Republicans now in Atlanta, take Counsel together immediately, and prevail on Gov. Conley, Hon. J. S. Bigby, Ex-Gov. James Johnson, or one of a half dozen other pure and true Republicans of ability, and prominence, to allow the Party to make an effort to place them in the Gubernatorial chair.\nLet Governor Conley reconsider his determination, and contest his right to his position before the PEOPLE, that Mighty Tribunal , higher than all courts.\nLet us pay our poll taxes , rapidly organize our party in every county, and poll every vote we can; then , if we are ever so badly beaten, we shall have at least the satisfaction of meeting our old enemy face to face, and doing battle valiantly for the right.\nIt will put us in harness for the greater battle of '72, in which the principles of justice will surely triumph over oppression and wrong, and the result be perfect Peace.\nJOSEPH W. CLIFT.\nContinental Hotel, Washington, D. C., Nov. 29, 1871.\nJoseph Wales Clift died in Rock City Falls, Saratoga County, NY on May 2, 1908; He was buried in the cemetery adjoining the Clift estate, North Marshfield, MA.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"5 Things to Know About Cirque du Soleil's Volta\nBY Dayanti Karunaratne\nPOSTED July 28, 2017 11:28 am\nThe circus is in town! Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based performance group (which is actually the largest theatrical production in the world, Wiki says), has opened in Gatineau. Their show Volta runs until August 27, bringing some completely awe-inspiring acts with it. Here, a primer on what to expect.\n1. They're bringing the Big Top! Since 1984 Cirque has been toting its tents around the world \u2014 the first, in blue and yellow stripes, could host 800 spectators. The big top that went up this week in Gatineau reflects the urban spirit of Volta with black and white stripes. It will welcome 2,500 guests when it opens next week.\n2. It's a first for Cirque: Gatineau has not yet hosted the international sensation that is Cirque du Soleil. (And yes, the Zibi site is technically on the Quebec side of the Chaudiere lands) A not-for-profit group called Place des Festivals, which brings large events to the Outaouais region, is working with the Windmill developers to bring Cirque and other such spectacles to Zibi in the coming years.\nPhoto by Patrice Lamoureux\n3. The story of Volta is one that touches on \"the adventurous spirit\" and is inspired by the culture of adventure sports. But really, just sit back and enjoy the show. Trying to find a narrative among the jaw-dropping feats these artists pull off can get in the way of the Cirque experience.\n4. M83 composed the score. His nostalgic synth pop, which has already bolstered Hollywood movies and Victoria's Secret commercials, will give the show a wistful air, making it seem like something we've seen before but can't quite place.\n5. For the first time in Cirque du Soleil history, BMX and parkour will be showcased. Kind of hard to believe, given the French roots of parkour (the sport that involves jumping and balancing was developed by a French naval officer in the early 1900s) and the prominence of unicycles and other wheeled playthings common to Cirque. If those feats inspire, you might want to try it yourself at Origins Parkour in Ottawa","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Tag Archives: Dagan Kasavana\nPTI Diversifies into Small Cells in the U.S.\nBy J. Sharpe Smith, Senior Editor\nPhoenix Tower International (PTI) has expanded its reach into small cells in the United States with the purchase of Syscom Telecom, which manages and markets more than 80,000 sites\nfor small cell and macro cell deployments with various small cell master agreements in place with wireless operators.\n\"PTI has been evaluating opportunities to back a small cell focused team in the United States as a way to help our customers with their next generation deployments\" stated Dagan Kasavana, CEO of Phoenix Tower International.\nPTI is mostly known as a multi-national tower owner, owning or managing more than 5,500 sites in South America, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. But, recently, PTI has diversified with investments across the Americas, including the acquisition of fiber in Mexico, the DAS investment in Fast Site Solutions in Central America, and the small cell investment in Syscom LatAm in South America.\nThe key to expanding into other areas, such as small cells, is to find the right team with a differentiated offering, Kasavana said.\n\"We felt like these 80,000 nontraditional sites [of Syscom Telecom], which might have been seen as too small to hold a macro installation, are the perfect capacity, size and height for small cell installations. That was a way to differentiate our offering and we saw that the Syscom Telecom team over the last few years has major inroads with the carriers,\" he said.\nWith the deployment of 5G in the offing, carriers are developing dense networks of thousands of small cells. An estimated 80 percent of all new sites will be small cells in the near future. Kasavana said the timing is right to get into the small cell space.\nAlthough the carriers have been self-performing to meet their small cell needs, Don Van Splunteren, global vice president of sales, said, they will need third-party help to meet the estimated small cell needs for 5G.\n\"The carriers are going to need partners that understand not only their roadmap from 4G to 5G but also the complexity that a small cell network brings with it,\" he said. \"We need to offer them the infrastructure in a plug-and-play way and take the complexity out of the equation.\"\nAn essential component of small cell deployment is using a centralized RAN architecture with a tower as the hub. We continue to believe that small cells built around a tower can leverage the C-RAN architecture for the network needs. Tower are going to be an essential component of ongoing 4G deployment and most assuredly 5G,\" Kasavana said.\nPhoenix Tower International Lands 600 T-Mobile Towers\nBy J. Sharpe Smith \u2014\nAugust 6, 2015 \u2014 Apparently T-Mobile did not sell all of its towers to Crown Castle back in 2012. This week, the carrier entered into a contract to sell the rights to more than 600 wireless communication tower sites to Phoenix Tower International, which will have the exclusive right to manage and operate the sites via its local U.S. subsidiaries.\nDagan Kasavana, Phoenix Tower International CEO, said the T-Mobile tower locations are well situated for additional lease-up opportunities. Terms of the transaction remain confidential, industry sources estimate the deal at between $150 million and $175 million.\nPrivate companies have dominated the M& A market in 2015. The Phoenix Tower deal follows the Vertical Bridge's purchase of towers owned by CiG Wireless, U.S. Cellular and iHeartRadio, as well as NTELOS' tower sale to Grain Management and CTI Towers' sale to InSite Wireless.\n\"It's interesting that we are seeing private companies stepping up and beating public companies in these transactions,\" said Clayton Funk, managing director, Media Venture Partners.\nPrior to co-founding Phoenix Tower International, Kasavana and Natalya Kashirina (VP of M&A), were involved in mergers and acquisitions of U.S.-based Global Tower Partners. Phoenix has owned a small portfolio of U.S. towers in the United States, but this is its first material domestic acquisition.\n\"The [Phoenix Tower] management team has significant experience operating and leasing tower sites in the United States and is thrilled to have a significant portfolio of high quality sites in the United States to offer to our customers,\" Kasavana.\nFurthermore, this transaction represents another milestone in Phoenix Tower's expansion and allows us to service our customer's strategic needs across the Americas.\"\nThe U.S. tower acquisition was preceded by Phoenix Towers' acquisition of T4U Holding Brasil by Phoenix Tower in June. T4U's towers will be merged into Phoenix Tower's existing Brazilian tower business, Phoenix Tower do Brasil, which will own and operate 529 wireless infrastructure assets with a pipeline of more than 250 wireless towers under construction.\nIncluding Phoenix Tower do Brasil, the T-Mobile acquisition brings Phoenix Tower's total site count to 1,600 towers.\nIn September 2014, Phoenix Tower International acquired American Tower's Panamanian business, which consisted of 60 telecommunications sites. Founded in 2013, Phoenix Tower has operations in Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, the United States and Brazil.\nKasavana Forms Tower Co. Targeting Latin America\nProving there is life after GTP, Dagan Kasavana, who ran the mergers and acquisitions department for Global Tower Partners, has started his own venture, focusing on acquiring, developing, owning, leasing and operating cell towers in Latin America. The company, known as Phoenix Tower International, was formed to focus on middle market transactions.\nKasavana\nOf the major markets in Latin America, Phoenix Tower will be looking for opportunities in stable countries that already have public and private tower companies.\n\"There are key markets in Central and South America that are good for tower ownership,\" Kasavana said. \"Brazil is an interesting market,where wireless growth and penetration are projected to be fueled over the next three to five years, but so are Columbia, Panama and Costa Rica.\n\"Growth is projected throughout the region, and we have the ability to capture some of the upside, which is similar to what we have seen in the United States in the last three to five years,\" he added.\nSince Global Tower Partners sold its portfolio, Kasavana has considered opportunities running M&A programs for various tower companies as well as going it on his own. \"I talked with investors who supported this concept for a new tower company that is focused on select opportunities [in Latin America] that others are not,\" he said.\nIn forming Phoenix, Kasavana has brought in several colleagues from his days at GTP. Former GTP Senior Legal Advisor Tim Culver has joined Phoenix in a similar position. Natalya Kashirina, who worked with Kasavana in GTP's M&A department, is now Phoenix vice president, mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Orlando Porras, formerly of Ernst and Young, who did many projects for GTP, is now chief financial officer for Phoenix.\nKasavana plans to deal with the cultural challenges of Latin America by using a personal touch. Phoenix will remain based in Boca Raton, Fla., but will build offices in a region as it gains significant market share there. \"We are well suited to address these challenges because we don't see these as satellite offices leveraging off of the U.S. presence. We are going to build them from the ground up, leveraging the local people, the local customers and local operations. And I will be on a plane regularly to meet with them personally,\" he said.\nA variety of equity investors are involved in Phoenix, which will be formally announced in the near future. The company has a number of transactions in the works and is working to close them.\n\"At GTP, we had a great run, and it is really fun to see [the former GTP partners] all blossom into new business lines to do new things after the sale,\" Kasavana said. \"Obviously, we learned a lot of that from Marc Ganzi [former CEO of GTP]. I owe him a lot of credit for instilling the entrepreneurial spirit within me. It is something I take with me going forward.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Apple seeks approval for nine new iPhone models as WWDC nears\nCategory: #tech | By Nikita Chaurasia | Date: 2020-06-16 |\nAmerican multinational technology giant Apple Inc. has reportedly registered for a new computer as well as nine different models for iPhones with Eurasian Economic Commission. According to reliable sources, the filings were first cited by gadget comparison and research site MySmartPrice.\nAs per industry experts, the new range of iPhones are predicted to feature model names such as iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone Pro 12, iPhone 12 Max, and the iPhone 12. Besides this, documents regarding the new Apple computer were also discovered, which were apparently associated with ARM-based Mac laptop. Apple's new iPhone line up will reportedly feature OLED screens as well as 5G connectivity for all the models.\nFor the record, Apple and other tech companies are required to register details of their new lineup of products for approval for reasons including use of airwaves to transfer information and use of encryption methods for data security. The public versions of such filings are often limited for commercial purposes, however, sources claimed that the recent registrations by Apple are specifically for smartphones.\nAccording to sources with the knowledge of the matter, the WWDC (Worldwide Developer's Conference) is generally held in California in June and attracts large number of people interested in Apple's upcoming products. However, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WWDC will be conducted virtually this year. Experts further claim that although the products are not the primary focus at WWDC, Apple usually unveils one or two new products at the event.\nAdditionally, sources with credible information stated that moulds utilized by manufacturers to develop smartphone protective cases have been leaked and appear to confirm a design change in the new iPhones. Apple allegedly intends to use squared-off edges design in its new iPhone 12 models, which were used in iPhone 4, iPhone 5s, and iPad Pro.\nhttps:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12339990","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Finalists named for Supreme Court selection: Yavapai's Judge Brutinel does not make final cut\nHoward Fischer\nOriginally Published: July 1, 2009 10:12 a.m.\nPHOENIX -- The next justice of the Arizona Supreme Court will be someone sitting on the state Court of Appeals.\nAnd the odds are, it will be a Republican.\nMembers of the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments have nominated Diane Johnson, John Pelander and Ann Scott Timmer as the finalists to replace Ruth McGregor. Tuesday was her last day.\nGov. Jan Brewer now has 60 days to make her choice -- and only from that list. If she refuses, the decision goes to Rebecca White Berch, the new chief justice.\nThat has never happened since the current system of choosing judges was implemented by voters in 1974.\nTimmer, 48, is a 1985 graduate of Arizona State University College of Law. She was an attorney in private practice until being appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2000 by Gov. Jane Hull, a Republican like her.\nPelander, who is 58, has been on the Court of Appeals in the Tucson division since his 1995 appointment by Gov. Fife Symington. He, too, is a Republican.\nHis 1976 law degree comes from the University of Arizona, though he also has a 1998 masters of laws in judicial process from the University of Virginia.\nThe lone Democrat on the list is Diane Johnsen, 55, a 1982 graduate of Stanford University College of Law. She, too, was in private practice prior to her 2006 appointment to the Court of Appeals by fellow Democrat Janet Napolitano.\nOnly once since the system was implemented has a governor chosen someone not of her or his own party. That was in 1988 when Hull picked McGregor, a Democrat.\nWhile McGregor has been the chief justice, that title does not go to the person who will replace her. Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices choose their own chief.\nThe selection process requires the selection panel to send at least three names for the governor to pick from, no more than two of whom can be from the same party. The pick is not subject to senate confirmation.\nGubernatorial press aide Paul Senseman said Brewer is looking to scheduling interviews with the nominees the third or forth week of the month and making her decision \"shortly thereafter.'\nSpecial Report: Arizona ranked 49th in nation in teacher pay\nCatch 22: Woman, 32, has ties to Cottonwood area\nAs many as 12 child abuse complaints against Prescott Valley facility\nSeveral area fires mean more smoke-filled skies today\nHauser's sweet corn a sweet deal for police officers\nYavapai County announces B2 South\/Coury Drive as desired Verde Connect road\nCamp Verde 'green' pile smoke will be seen for weeks\nGoing full circle: Old pro is 'Rookie of the Year' for Cottonwood PD\nMulch fire continues to burn at Camp Verde Transfer Station\nVerde Connect to announce preferred route Monday\nMan gets 12 years prison time on charges involving minors\nObituary: Taylor James 'TK' Kennedy 1994-2019\nCottonwood fugitive captured by Payson PD\nI-17 northbound closed near Camp Verde\nCottonwood man killed in UTV wreck in Utah\n260 crash blocks traffic for two hours\nOut-of-state visitor has wallet, rental car taken at knifepoint in Old Town\nVerde Ranch Estates gated community coming to Camp Verde\nYavapai's Robert Brutinel among trio of finalists for Arizona Supreme Court\nGovernor appoints Timmer to state Supreme Court\nScott Bales to retire from Arizona Supreme Court\nYavapai's Robert Brutinel on short list to be next Arizona Supreme Court justice\nJustice Michael Ryan to retire from Arizona Supreme Court\nverdenews.com\ncvbugle.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Downgrade U.S. Treasuries to Junk\nPublished December 20, 2010 FOXBusiness\nWith the new tax cuts, rating agencies should downgrade U.S. government debt to junk.Economists, pundits and politicians had little choice but to endorse the tax deal between President Obama and Congressional Republicans, because snapping back to pre-Bush tax rates would crush the economic recovery. But Washington exhibited not even the shadow of self-restraint and cut taxes far beyond what is needed or smart.Newly emboldened Republicans demanded all the Bush tax cuts be extended. President Obama argued the country couldn't afford those for families in the highest tax brackets, but failed to apply such reasoning to temporary benefits bestowed on Democratic constituencies by his 2009 stimulus program.Instead of compromising, with each side getting half of what it wanted, Washington feasted;everyone got everything they wanted and more. Business got its R&D tax credit and a temporary tax holiday on new investments. The wealthy got Bush-era tax rates and even lower rates through temporary elimination of income-triggered phase outs on deductions and personal exemptions. The poor and middle class got a temporary 33% cut in social security taxes.Since Nancy Pelosi became speaker in 2007, government spending and the federal deficit have jumped from 19.6% of GDP and $161 billion to 25.1% and $1.5 trillion in 2011. Unfunded, increases in health-care spending, the regulatory bureaucracy and fanciful experiments in industrial policy -- windmills, electric cars and batteries and the like -- have bloated federal spending without credible plans to pay for it all.Now, Congress and the President compound those sins by both enacting additional \"temporary\" tax cuts that will be very difficult to ever let lapse. For example, thanks to Clinton and Bush tax cuts, the Social Security tax is the principal tax low- and middle-income workers pay-many pay zero or minimal personal income taxes.In 2012, when the Congress must revisit the personal and corporate tax codes, permanent reductions in Social Security taxes will be politically necessary to win extensions for the Bush tax cuts benefiting even middle-income families and the truly essential benefits businesses need to create jobs, not to mention all the additional goodies the Congress has just bestowed.This renders the Social Security system absolutely insolvent, and makes permanent budget deficits upwards of $1.5 trillion and about 10% of GDP permanent.Moody's (NYSE:MCO) would be hard pressed to give any government with budget projections like those an investment grade rating, but the United States is different.The dollar is the global currency, and Washington can print dollars if no one wants to buy new Treasury securities to pay off maturing bonds and finance new spending.Nevertheless, long-term U.S. Treasuries are risky investments.Internationally, interest-bearing Treasuries function much the same as currency on the balance sheets of central banks, multinationals and the wealthy. Whether as Treasuries or currency, too many dollars in circulation will instigate inflation as the global economy recovers.Just the fear of inflation causes investors to demand higher interest rates on virtually all dollar-denominated bonds issued by government agencies, banks and corporations. In anticipation of the new tax cuts, interest rates jumped, despite massive new bond purchases by the Federal Reserve.As Washington spends and borrows, the Treasury will have to offer higher rates on new 20- and 30-year bonds, making comparable securities issued in 2010 and earlier worth less in the resale market.That interest rate risk makes U.S. Treasury securities lousy investments.For rating agencies, Washington's monopoly on printing dollars makes difficult assigning a conventional rating between AAA and D on its bonds. Those can't default but investors' capital is still at grave risk.Perhaps a special grade: \"F\" -flee now before you get stuck-is appropriate for the junk sold by the U.S. Treasury.Peter Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland School, and the former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Moving Forward: North Carolina Supreme Court Clears Way for School Choice Program\nNorth Carolina School Choice\nPress Release | May 14, 2014\nJ. Justin Wilson\nSenior Director of Communications\nArlington, Va.\u2014Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court granted the Institute for Justice's petition to allow the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) to operate while it considers a set of lawsuits challenging the program. The OSP has been on hold since late February, when Judge Robert Hobgood enjoined the program pending the outcome of the lawsuits.\n\"In lifting the injunction, the North Carolina Supreme Court has lifted a cloud over the program, and given hope to the thousands of families who have already applied for a scholarship,\" said Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Dick Komer, who is lead counsel for two families intervening in the case. \"Although today's decision isn't the final word on the program, it bodes well for full vindication at the state's highest court. More importantly, it bodes well for the families whose only wish is to find the best education for their children.\"\nNorth Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program, which was enacted in 2013, allows low-income parents to afford private school for their children whose needs aren't being met by the public schools. More than 5,500 applications have already been filed for just 2,400 scholarships, making North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program the first school-choice program in the country to be oversubscribed in its first year.\nThe North Carolina Supreme Court's ruling means that the program can proceed and that these parents might have a chance to send their children to private schools in the upcoming school year.\nThe injunction will be lifted while the parents represented by the Institute for Justice pursue their appeal in the North Carolina Supreme Court claiming that Judge Hobgood's injunction was improper.\n\"The North Carolina Supreme Court has sent the Court of Appeals a strong and unmistakable signal: This program should be allowed to go on,\" said IJ Attorney Ren\u00e9e Flaherty. \"The trial judge misread the text of the North Carolina Constitution, which in no way prohibits the creation of innovative programs, such as the Opportunity Scholarship Program, that give our poorest families additional educational options. We are encouraged that the North Carolina Supreme Court will not allow the program to be derailed while this litigation proceeds.\"\nMore information on the case is available at: http:\/\/www.ij.org\/ncchoice","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Live music and events at Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2019\nBy Dustin Bartholomew \u00b7 Monday, Sep 23, 2019\nJason D. Williams performs during Bikes, Blues & BBQ\nPhoto: Clayton Taylor\nBikes, Blues & BBQ is set to rumble into Fayetteville this week.\nThe rally kicks off for the 20th year on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The event runs through Saturday, Sept. 28.\nThe motorcycle rally includes live music and other performances at several stages around town, including the main stage in the West Avenue parking lot off Dickson Street. Events are also planned at Baum Stadium and on Tyson Plaza in front of the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.\nMusic headliners this year include the Dead Metal Society on Friday night, and Missouri-based 90s tribute band The Mixtapes on Saturday night.\nThe rally will spread out a bit in 2019. Bikes, Blues & BBQ has moved the official campground facilities from the Washington County Fairgrounds to the Benton County Fairgrounds, and the rally will host music events there this year. The annual barbecue competition will take place in Rogers at 3 p.m. Saturday at the new Bikes on the Bricks event in downtown Rogers.\nThere's also a car show on Saturday at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale, and helicopter rides will take off from that location Thursday through Saturday.\nOther highlights of the rally include the motorcycle village at Baum Stadium, the annual Parade of Power bike parade from the Washington County Fairgrounds to Dickson Street at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the Battle of the Bikes competition on Saturday morning on Dickson Street.\nHow about some wrestling? There's a WCWA Wrestling event at 6 p.m. Saturday at Baum Stadium. During the event, WCWA Wrestling will crown their first ever Ozark Regional Champion.\nThe Walton Arts Center will host a \"Full Throttle Party Patio\" on their Tyson Plaza overlooking the street on Wednesday and Thursday evening, and all day Friday and Saturday.\nThere are also always plenty of vendor booths set up with turkey legs, funnel cakes, meats on sticks, and other street carnival fare if you get hungry at the event.\nAlso planned are poker runs, demo rides, train rides, a karaoke competition, a Miss BBB pageant, a bull riding exhibition, and more during the four-day event.\nA schedule of the music of the rally is listed below. For the full schedule of events, visit bikesbluesandbbq.org.\nMain Stage on Dickson Street\nWednesday, Sept. 25\n5:30 p.m. \u2013 Gus Robbins and Relentless\n7:30 p.m. \u2013 Boston Mountain Playboys\n9:30 p.m. \u2013 The Mighty Pines\nThursday, Sept. 26\n4 p.m. \u2013 Gary Hutchison\n5:30 p.m. \u2013 Akeem Kemp Band\n7:30 p.m. \u2013 The Mixtapes\n9:30 p.m. \u2013 Goose\nFriday, Sept. 27\n4:30 p.m. \u2013 The Juice\n6 p.m. \u2013 Tyler Kinchen\n7:30 p.m. \u2013 Fayetteville Funk Factory\n9 p.m. \u2013 Freddy Mercury Tribute Band\n10:45 p.m. \u2013 Dead Metal Society\n1:30 p.m. \u2013 Suade Diablos\n2:00 p.m. \u2013 Jed Harrelson Band\n4:30 p.m. \u2013 Leah and the Mojo Doctors\n6:30 p.m. \u2013 Prince Tribute Band\n10:30 p.m. \u2013 The Mixtapes\nBikes Blues and BBQ Campground at the Benton County Fairgrounds\n7 p.m. \u2013 Jed Harrelson\n7 p.m. \u2013 Morgan Squared\n9:30 p.m. \u2013 Jarrod Mounce\n1 p.m. Karaoke Contest\n7 p.m. \u2013 Fett's Folly\n9:30 p.m. \u2013 Knock Knead Sally\nNWA Riding Club (Next to the Washington County Fairgrounds\n6 p.m. \u2013 Bikes, Bulls & BBQ (Bullriding)\n6 p.m. \u2013 Randall Shreve\n9 p.m. \u2013 Suite 25\nTAGGED Bikes Blues & BBQ Only In Arkansas","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"This article was copied from the Times-Picayune Sports Desk Log.\nLSU transfer Rick Clausen leads Tennessee to victory\nBy William Kalec\nBATON ROUGE - Truth is, he didn't want to be here.\nNot like this, he told his famous older brother, Casey. Not on a different bench on the opposite side of Tiger Stadium, he said to his famous younger brother, Jimmy.\nThe sullen pregame expression quarterback Rick Clausen wore beneath his backward baseball cap mirrored the tone of game-week phone conversations back home to California in which his disappointment over the prospect of spending Monday's game on the bench spilled into loving ears. His night as Tennessee captain was scheduled to end before the darkness fell - a short jaunt to midfield for the coin toss.\n\"The Lord works in mysterious ways, apparently,\" Clausen said, unexpectedly sweaty, dirty.\nFour hours later, the evening concluded with the forgotten prodigal son handed off the ball to Gerald Riggs, who ran for a 1-yard touchdown, capping an improbable 30-27 Tennessee comeback.\nThe stunning win keeps the 2-1 Vols' SEC title aspirations alive into October, at least.\nFinally, Clausen, the former LSU depth-chart casualty turned transfer, shined underneath Tiger Stadium's elusive lights, filling his fairytale with 196 yards and a touchdown pass.\n\"I don't know if there has ever been a better story than Rick Clausen,\" Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said. \"I really don't, in all of college football. He's a tough-minded guy. He obviously had to handle the disappointment at the beginning of the week, and he handled it with toughness and class.\n\"His teammates rallied around him, and obviously him coming in and getting done what he got done was just unbelievable.\"\nHoping to establish some sort of stability for his 10th-ranked Vols at the quarterback position, Fulmer gave Erik Ainge the nod of approval after his clean-up work in a 16-7 loss to Florida. He was the guy. No doubt about it.\nBut all it took was a couple of glances at a tilted, 21-0 scoreboard for Fulmer to change his tune. Enter Clausen.\nAinge's final completion landed in the welcoming hands of LSU linebacker Kenneth Hollis - an ill-advised, safety-avoiding heave that Hollis escorted across the goal line with 6:55 remaining until halftime. As the ball fluttered, Cameron Vaughn tossed Ainge WWE-style into the upright padding. Though not injured, Ainge was replaced on the ensuing possession.\nIn hindsight, LSU wasted a critical opportunity to add to its huge lead as quarterback JaMarcus Russell failed to get out of bounds on a second-down scramble deep in Tennessee territory, allowing the clock to expire.\n\"I was in the mode of playing,\" Russell said. \"I really wasn't thinking about getting out of bounds.\"\nClausen chipped into LSU's comfortable advantage, connecting with Brent Smith on an eight-yard slant midway through the third quarter. Conversely, LSU's offense - occasionally explosive in the first half - hibernated for the remaining 30 minutes-plus, compiling a meager 56 yards, leaving the stage clear for Clausen's heroics.\n\"It was a freaking joke,\" defensive tackle Kyle Williams said after the fourth-ranked Tigers fell to 1-1. \"It wasn't anything they did. Total breakdown. To have a 21-point lead on a team like that and to come out and be as complacent as we were in the beginning. \u2026 In the beginning we were fired up, ready to go. I don't know what happened. \u2026We played like a joke.\"\nClausen directed scoring drives of 13, two and nine plays in the fourth quarter to force overtime and another coin toss.\nLSU's lone extra possession stalled after one first down. Colt David - the Tigers' extra-point specialist - kicked his first collegiate field goal (31 yards), providing a temporary 27-24 lead. Clausen completed his only overtime attempt, a 10-yard pass to Riggs good for a first-down to the Tigers 15.\nFrom there, Fulmer stayed simple, handing off to Riggs (89 yards on 27 carries) three straight plays, moving to the 1. After a failed quarterback sneak, Riggs overpowered Tigers defenders for the winning touchdown.\n\"(My family) said, 'You got to stay. You never know what might happen,'\" Clausen recalled. \"I'm so thankful to those guys and the 70 guys in the locker room. Those are the guys that kept me going and their faith in me. I will always be indebted to those guys.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"CURRENTLY BASED IN JOHANNESBURG\nMapogo Records is a newly established music company.\nUsing our expertise in the creative sector and our experience working on various projects as a part of Mapogo Studio, we are able to provide a 360 degree artist management service like no other, with an in-house production team readily available at our artists' disposal.\nHERE AT MAPOGO RECORDS\nWe manage a selection of the most talented hand-picked artists in South Africa, for whom we provide a 360 degree management service. From coordinating music releases on all platforms, to organising tours and show bookings, our dedicated team makes sure that our artists can focus as much of their attention as possible to honing their musical abilities. Our Audio Content facilities also make it easy for our artists to write and record new music, on their own or through collaboration with other artists.\naudio content.\nOur audio content team spans far and wide beyond South Africa, also making use of our bases in London and Mumbai. Using our team of producers, composers and songwriters, including our in-house music director, our team are able to write music pertaining to a whole range of genres. A lot of our music is used for our own artists, or licensed to other artists that would like to use the compositions. We also create music for films, adverts, corporate promotional videos and even video games.\nSpotify Apple Youtube Instagram\nJOHN TSENOLI\nJohn Tsenoli is a 23 year old singer\/songwriter from Lesotho. He moved to Johannesburg in 2015 to pursue his music career. From Afrobeats and Hip Hop to stripped back Acoustic or Acapella songs, John can perform and work in a number of genres. While he has spent his late-teens perfecting his performance sets, he has recently been working with a number of different producers in Johannesburg to nurture his songwriting ability and master his studio recording sound.\nRowlene Bosman is a 25-year old singer\/songwriter from Cape Town, South Africa. She released her first single in 2015 which opened up doors that led her to discover and build her relationship with artists such as Nasty C, A-Reece, Riky Rick, Gemini Major and Tellaman. Ever since then Rowlene has been building her craft, every note and register honed, all the edges polished as she prepared for flight.\nIn 2020, she released her album \"11:11\" and then went on to create several songs for the South African Netflix Series \"Blood and Water\". With an enviable and versatile performance set at her disposal, alongside a diverse range of music releases, Rowlene is always ready for a new challenge in her music career.\nReady to start your next project?\nWhether you would like to get involved in a new project or just meet the team, we would love to talk!\nFor Careers Enquiries be sure to check out our Careers page first to apply directly for a role. If you can't find the role you want to apply for then send us a message with your CV attached.\nBusiness Enquiries Careers Enquiries General Enquiries\n2021 Mapogo Studio \u2013 All Rights Reserved\nPlease fill in the form below to apply for a role with Mapogo Records.\n---Digital Marketing ManagerDigital Media InternTalent ManagerCopywriter\nCover Note\/Message*\nUpload CV*","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"\"Johnny Goudie is the Marc Maron of Austin music. The veteran singer\/guitarist \u2013 best known for fronting early Nineties pop band Mr. Rocket Baby and, later, his major-label rock act, Goudie \u2013 stepped up to the microphone with a new intention in 2011 and launched the How Did I Get Here? podcast. Now 840-some episodes in, the hourlong, twice-weekly interview show gives the host a platform to really connect with his Austin music guests, not just on what's happening in their careers, but also in the shared experience of music appreciation \u2013 and that's where he truly shines.\" -The Austin Chronicle 2019\nEpisode 708: Henry & The Invisibles\nHello friends! My guest for epissode 708 is one man funk band, Henry & The invisibles! Henry's latest album, the summer-riffic, Beatz The Heat, a 12 song collection of instrumental summer jams just dropped last week. He's celebrating with a release show tonight, Tuesday, June, 26th at One-2-One Bar from 8 - 10 pm and it's free! Go to henryinvisible.com for tour dates music and more. Henry and I have a great conversation about starting his first band, The Gingerbread Men while in High school in San Antonio, studying jazz with some of the greats in New York City for over a decade, starting Henry & The Invisibles, making Beatz The Heat and much, much more! I had a great time catching up with my old pal, Henry. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!\nCiao! -JG\nThis entry was posted on Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 at 5:35 am\tand is filed under music, talk, funk, electronica, austin music, multi-instrumentalist, guitar, engineer, music fan, new york, songwriter, AAA radio, festivals, one man band, instrumental music.\ndownload the podbean app in the app store.\nPodbean FAQ\ndig through hundreds of episodes in our archives.\nhow did i get here? is proudly powered by Podbean and ChaoticSoul v1.0.1 (by Bryan Veloso)\nCopyright \u00a9 2011-2020 Johnny Goudie. All rights reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"A dog's life: Scientists find new formula for canine age\nBy: Agence France Presse - Agence France-Presse | July 10,2020 - 03:15 PM\nInquirer stock photo\nWASHINGTON, United States \u2013 A well-known \"rule of paw\" holds that you can tell how old your pooch is in human terms by multiplying its age in years by seven.\nBut in fact, the real ratio changes over time, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said Thursday, following a study of biological changes to dogs' genomes over the course of their lives.\nDogs, humans and in fact all mammals experience the same developmental timeline: birth, infancy, youth, puberty, adulthood and death.\nScientists have identified chemical marks on the DNA that correspond to these different stages, an area of study called epigenetics.\nThe field is well established for humans, and some commercial companies let you send in a DNA sample to determine your biological age by reading your \"epigenetic clock.\"\nMolecules called methyl groups attach themselves to a particular region of the DNA, switching them to the \"off\" position and ushering in the next stage of life.\nTrey Ideker of the University of San Diego, who was the senior author of the study published in Cell Systems, likened these patterns to wrinkles on the genome.\n\"I tend to think of it very much like when you look at someone's face and guess their age based on their wrinkles, gray hair, and other features,\" he said.\n\"These are just similar kinds of features on the molecular level.\"\nMore complex formula\nIdeker and colleagues studied the methylation patterns on 104 Labrador retrievers, who ranged in age from a few weeks old to 16 years. These were then compared to the methylation patterns in humans.\nThe scientists were able to devise a more complex formula that better matches the canine-human life stages \u2014 but you'll need a scientific calculator to figure it out.\nThe formula is \"human age = 16 * ln (dog age) + 31,\" and you can also use Google to try it for yourself (remember it's l for \"log\" and then n for \"natural,\" all lowercase).\nSo if your dog is two years old, type, without quote marks, \"16* ln(2)+ 31\" and hit enter to reveal \"42.\"\nBased on this formula, an eight-week-old pup is approximately equal to a nine-month-old human baby \u2014 both being at the stage where they develop teeth.\nLabradors' average lifespan is 12 years, which also roughly corresponds to human life expectancy of 70 years.\n\"I like to take my dogs on runs, and so I'm a little bit more sympathetic to the 6-year-old now,\" said Ideker, because his pet is the human equivalent of 60 under the new formula.\nNIH scientist Elaine Ostrander, who co-authored the study, said the new formula had been developed with Labradors in mind, but further investigation could include long-lived breeds \u2014 which are generally smaller in size \u2014 and short-lived breeds, which are larger.\nSuch clocks will enhance our understanding of cross-species aging, and help veterinarians in their clinical practice, the team said.\nSubscribe to our regional newsletter\nMotorbike barrier for pillion riding not a safety concern \u2013 DILG\nDisclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.\nTAGS: canine, DNA, dogs, dogs' genomes, pooch, scientists\nKorina 'tatapusin' na ang mga bayarang trolls: Hiyain muna natin nang todo bago ipakulong\nMandaue residents partially affected by Odette receive aid\nTEAM intensifies anti-overloading drive\nSheryn Regis and girlfriend Mel De Guia get couple tattoos from Whang-Od\nCOVID-19 infection of 22,958 more boosts PH's tally to nearly 3.3 million\nDimples Romana gives daughter her first home keys\nGwen opposes use of vax cards as condition for travel, employment, etc.\nSofia Andres shares that her daughter Zoe can speak Cebuano\nMultiple tremors recorded in Medellin\nDrug lord Espinosa tried to escape through air vent at detention facility \u2013 NBI\nBy providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and\nacknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Lake Wales wants dog's grave moved from city park\nLAKE WALES (FOX 13) - A family dog's final resting place must be dug up and moved, after the owners buried the dog in a public park.\nThe gravesite was spotted by workers with the city of Lake Wales while cleaning up Lake Wailes Park on Monday.\nThe touching tribute included a tiny tombstone that read, \"R.I.P. Jessie Girl,\" fresh mulch, solar lights and confetti sprinkled with care.\n\"They cared a lot about the dog, obviously. That's a lot of work,\" said Brendon Brown, who sat at a picnic table with friends next to the grave.\n\"I thought it was a baby at first,\" said Lake Wales resident Angel Lopez.\nAccording to the tomb stone, \"Jessie\" lived from February of 2012 to July of 2017.\n\"I don't think I would bury in a public park,\" said Randy Lollar, who was taken aback when he spotted the grave.\nLake Wales city officials took to Facebook on Monday to share their condolences with the dog's owners, as well as issue a warning to them.\nCity officials wrote, \"We need to find the owner of this dog buried at Lake Wailes Park. While we are sorry for your loss..this was not appropriate. This will have to be removed within 48 hours or we will remove it.\"\nDog owner John Smith said he feels the owners' hearts were in the right place when they dug the plot. He too has lost a furry companion in the past.\n\"I buried my dog last year. He was with me for 17 years. It's just like a family member, and when you can't afford to find a nice spot and you want it close, this is your optimum spot for a dog, I guess,\" said Smith.\nSmith agreed, however, that a public park is not a graveyard, and allowing one dog owner to bury their pet could lead to multiple people digging up the park for gravesites as well.\n\"There's a place for everything. Everything in its place,\" said Smith.\nAccording to websites like Angie's List, pet burials can be very costly. A dog grave can cost $400 to $600. If the cemetery requires the pet be buried in a casket, the burial can cost an additional $50 to $500, depending on the size of the dog and the type of casket.\nAs of Monday evening, no one came back to take down the dog grave.\nPhiladelphia Zoo celebrates birth of endangered Fran\u00e7ois' Leaf Monkey\nLIST: These are the Publix stores offering the COVID-19 vaccine","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"New Generation Initiative Maps Out Farming Future\nThe inaugural meeting of NFU Scotland's New Generation initiative, attended by many of Scotland's brightest farming talents, has started mapping out the policy priorities for new entrants and young farmers in the industry.\nThe group has been established to ensure that the views of the younger generation of Scottish farmers can be put at the centre of important industry discussions, helping to shape the big decisions that the food and farming industries face in the coming months and years.\nOnce developed, it is hoped the new group will be keen to have a platform within the Union to develop its views and make itself central to NFUS work.\nNFU Scotland President Nigel Miller said:\n\"There is a wealth of energy and talent in the new generation of farmers in Scotland, many of whom I come across everyday. These people may not be currently involved in the day to day work of the Union but we would undoubtedly benefit from their enthusiasm and outlook.\n\"The decisions that will be taken in the future \u2013 whether on the Single Farm Payment, rural development funding, supply chain development, new entrants or anything else \u2013 will affect the whole operating environment for both existing farmers and, importantly, the new generation.\n\"We need this group's input into the crucial policy debate that will take place over the coming months and years. Their role is to \"future-proof\" policy direction but also to map out links with those building their future in farming and ensure the Union is both relevant and accessible to them.\n\"The initiative has been set up with the goal of engaging with a bank of new talent and build the new structures that will provide a direct route to policy development and the NFUS board. This must fit around the time pressures of a generation already investing considerable energy in business development.\n\"Whether they are young farmers developing their business or new entrants coming into our sector, we need to examine how the established system can better support them. I don't believe it has done a good enough job so far. Involving the younger generation in this new initiative and having them feed in directly to NFUS work going forward is a meaningful way of engaging with the future of our food and farming industries.\"\nNOTES TO NEWS EDITORS\nA group photo of those that attended the first meeting is available on request.\nNews Article No.: 83-11","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"SwissTrolley plus\nHere runs the future.\n\u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb \u2013 a battery trolleybus\nThe \u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb combines proven overhead line engineering with state-of-the-art battery technology. Drawing on the combined expertise of industry, research and transportation companies, the future of bus drives can be shaped actively while making a major contribution to Switzerland's energy goals for 2050.\nThe vehicle is currently under construction at the workshops of Carrosserie Hess in Bellach. From early 2017, it will undergo testing on a number of lines of the Zurich Public Transport network.\nWhat is special about the \u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb?\nThe \u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb is a flagship project supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and aims to build a 100% electromobile vehicle made in Switzerland with sustainable components and controls. Its high-performance traction battery permits operation without a trolley system. Moreover, up to 15 percent of energy can be saved through regenerative braking. As a result, the \u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb enables more cost-efficient, reliable and flexible operation of trolleybus lines.\nThe high-performance battery required for this purpose is designed such that, in addition to driving in battery mode, current spikes from the trolley system are flattened. In this way, the Swiss Trolley plus substantially reduces the load on the power grid. Energy savings are also achieved thanks to GPS-based and self-learning energy management.\nLower operating costs and greater flexibility\nEmission-free operation\nImproved energy efficiency\nSelf-learning energy management\nBattery lifespan\nPress review \u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb, PDF 6744 kb\nThe \u00abSwissTrolley plus\u00bb project was launched by Carrosserie HESS AG in cooperation with Zurich Public Transport (VBZ). For partners ETH Zurich and Bern University of Applied Sciences, the project serves as a research platform for studies in the fields of control and optimisation, as well as battery technology.\nThe Swiss Federal Office of Energy supports the project within the scope of its funding programmes to promote energy research and flagship projects. The overarching aim is to make the energy future of Switzerland visible and tangible both in professional circles and among the general public.\nA project by:\nContact \u2013 Do you have any questions?\nFor information relating to the Swiss Trolley plus project, please contact: info@swisstrolleyplus.ch\nPublisher's details","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Share this Story: Sens place Claesson on waivers\nSens place Claesson on waivers\nKen Warren \u2022 Ottawa Citizen\nOttawa Senators' Fredrik Claesson (33) breaks up a possible breakaway opportunity for Winnipeg Jets' Kyle Connor (41) during second period pre-season NHL hockey in Winnipeg, Monday, October 3, 2016. Photo by Trevor Hagan \/THE CANADIAN PRESS\nThe first domino of the week fell for the Ottawa Senators Monday, as defenceman Fredrik Claesson was placed on waivers.\nThat was just the start, as the Senators will continue to fine-tune the lineup in advance of Wednesday's season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs.\nSens place Claesson on waivers Back to video\nThere figures to be plenty more movement before Tuesday at 5 p.m., when all NHL teams must submit their opening night 23-player rosters.\nThe Claesson decision \u2013 he's expected to clear waivers and end up back with Binghamton of the AHL \u2013 leaves the Senators with 23 healthy players.\nThat group includes 14 forwards, seven defencemen and goaltenders Craig Anderson and Andrew Hammond.\nThose numbers don't, however, include the injured Clarke MacArthur and Curtis Lazar. Lazar, who has missed most of training camp with mono, has picked up the pace of his practice workouts and was hoping to receive medical clearance to return to full contact late Monday.\nIn the morning, he was involved in a spirited skirmish with Dion Phaneuf and went down hard while defending against Thomas Chabot in another drill.\n\"I wanted that,\" said Lazar. \"My conditioning is good. I wanted to get some bumps, especially knowing that the game is on Wednesday. So, knock on wood, if I can get cleared (Monday) and get a full practice in Tuesday, we'll see what happens.\"\nIf Lazar joins the team, a counter move must be made. Matt Puempel could be placed on waivers, with the organization hoping he would clear and join Claesson in Binghamton.\nOr, the Senators could opt to assign Lazar to Binghamton on a conditioning stint, giving him some AHL game action. Lazar does not need to clear waivers.\nAlternatively, the Senators could look to the waiver wire themselves in order to bolster their roster.\nNHL teams flooded the waiver market with players on Monday.\nIn somewhat of a surprise, P.A. Parenteau, who scored 20 goals and 21 assists with Toronto last season, was placed on waivers by the New York Islanders. The Islanders signed Parenteau, 33, to a one-year, $1.25 contract in the summer.\nThe Detroit Red Wings have also made winger Teemu Pulkkinen available. Pulkinnen, 24, scored six goals and six assists in 36 games with Detroit last season. In 2014-15, he scored 34 goals and 27 assists in only 46 games with Grand Rapids of the AHL.\nEither one could, perhaps, serve as a Band-Aid as the Senators await for the possible return of MacArthur.\nSenators general manager Pierre Dorion and Senators coach Guy Boucher will discuss many of the names.\n\"It's always about the qualities of the players,\" said Boucher. \"It's about what we know here, what we hope for, and what we know from our scouts (about other players).\"\nNaturally, it's an anxious time for Ryan Dzingel and Phil Varone, two forwards have had strong training camps, aiming to prove they should stay to open the season in Ottawa.\n\"I think I showed well, I showed what I can bring to the table,\" said Dzingel, who spent Monday's workout on a fourth line with Chris Kelly and Chris Neil.\n\"I showed I can play in all sorts of positions up and down the lineup. I'm happy with my camp. I'm not here just to make the team, I'm here to help and make a difference. I feel like I'm in a good position. Now, I guess, it's in God's hands.\"\nOr, at least in the hands of Dorion and Boucher.\nkwarren@postmedia.com\nTwitter.com\/Citizenkwarren","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home\u203aFeature Stories\u203aBand & Musician FS\u203aMarillion: Happiness is the New Feature Story!\nMarillion: Happiness is the New Feature Story!\nBand & Musician FS, Feature Stories\nHappiness is the Road is the fifteenth studio album from England's most beloved melodic progressive rock band, Marillion. With a sound far too enlightened for American radio, the band nevertheless manages to sell out all of its shows on the rare occasion that they hop across the ocean to play our major cities. Of course like all the finest musical artists (i.e. the ones whose music can't be covered by your average high school garage band), they have a huge following throughout Europe \u2014 no surprise to our European readers.\nIf you haven't yet become a disciple of the Marillion gospel, such a lengthy career can make it hard to figure out just where to get started. While the band's 2007 effort, Somewhere Else, wouldn't have been the right place to jump in and get your feet wet, the late-2008 double-CD Happiness, half of which is a concept album and the other half just a collection of random songs, provides a great swimming pool in which to immerse yourself. The style of melodic progressive rock presented combines much of the current Marillion sound with some obvious influences from a period often regarded as providing some of the band's most memorable music. Of course for us to tell you which period that is would invite a wide range of debates and heated arguments, so we'll just leave it at that!\nIt's hard to speak of the world's most successful independent band without a reference to their pioneering use of the Internet as a medium for connecting with their fans worldwide, but since we already explored this topic in our previous Marillion feature, we'll just ask you to read that feature to learn more about why this is one band every serious musician should know (not to mention music fans in general who appreciate expert musicianship, intriguing storytelling, and emotive vocal delivery).\nWe caught up with the two Steves \u2014 vocalist Steve Hogarth and guitarist Steve Rothery, to talk about the new record. H (as he is often called) spoke more about the meaning of the songs and the album in general (you know how those singers are), while we talked shop (toys, toys, toys!) with our fellow gear-lover Rothery.\nSteve Hogarth: This Interview Is My Life\nSteve Rothery: Asylum Interview #1\nIf you haven't listened to Happiness is the Road yet, you can read our album review here.\nTagsmarillionsteve hogarthsteve rothery\nMarillion's Steve Hogarth: Definitely Our Invited Guest\nMarillion: Right Here!\nFeature Stories, Singers & Songwriter FS\nSteve Rothery: Marillion\nMarillion: Right Here! A look at twenty-five years of musical greatness and their fourteenth studio album.\nThe Top 40 Under-appreciated Guitarists of the 1980s ...who didn't receive the press recognition they ...\nBand & Musician FS, Feature Stories, Guitar Player FS\nAlbum Review: Crystal Viper, Tales of Fire and Ice\nAlbum Review: John Petrucci, Terminal Velocity\nIbanez JIVA10 Nita Strauss Signature Guitar\nIbanez GWB35FD Gary Willis Signature Bass\nCharvel Warren DeMartini Dinky (Snake)\nPeavey Cirrus 4 (Red Oak)\nBass Guitar Reviews, Reviews\nAlbum Review: Marillion, With Friends From the Orchestra\nFender Custom '57 Pro\nGuitar Amp Equipment Reviews, Guitar Amps Reviews, Reviews\nCarvin BX1200 Dual Mono Bass Amplifier\nLine 6 M9 Stompbox Modeler\nJon Anderson: Interview We Must","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"SmartphonesTechnology\niPhone 9 Is Already in Production and Might Launch Soon\nEnding months and even years of speculation, it is now being claimed that Apple's successor to the iPhone 8, the iPhone 9, will start shipping very soon. The device is under mass production currently and you should not be surprised if the company makes the announcement before March 31, 2020. At best, it could be April, not beyond that. It is also suggested that there is now no confusion on the name of the model either, it's going to be the iPhone 9.\nAre There Any Fresh Rumors on the Specifications?\nThere are no new revelations on the specifications of the iPhone 9.\nThe phone will follow the external design and form factor of the iPhone 8. The display will be 4.7-inches in size and the bezels will all be there. Bezel sizes have not been reduced as was anticipated by fans. There will be the physical home button which will also function as the fingerprint sensor. The Touch ID technology will be very much in action. There won't be any Facial ID feature on this device. The camera section on the iPhone 9 is tipped to have just a single 12MP shooter. Rumors say an identical 12MP sensor will come fitted as the front camera as well. The A13 Bionic chipset is going to be a game-changer along with 3GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage. Another 128GB variant is also expected to be launched along with this. There is no definite information on the battery size and whether there will be fast charging support to it. The general expectation is that the battery size will be bumped to handle the increasing power requirement with the new and improved processor. The operating system is likely to be the iOS 13.4 version and will get upgraded to the iOS 14 when the new software version is released later in the year.\nWill There Be iPhone 9 Plus As Well?\nThe rumors go on to predict that while all the attention has been on the iPhone 9, Apple is going to launch an iPhone 9 Plus model as well. There have been very little by way of rumors and leaks on this model. If it is going to be the successor to the iPhone 8 Plus, then the display size could be 5.5-inches. The camera setup in the rear could see a dual-sensor arrangement. There should be no doubt that the A13 Bionic chipset will be fitted on this model too. There is a case for increasing the RAM to 4GB or at least add a 4GB variant with the 256GB onboard storage. The battery will have to be larger than the 2,700mAh unit found on the iPhone 8 Plus.\nWhat is the Launch Date of the iPhone 9 and iPhone 9 Plus?\nThere are no official release dates for these models but we can expect them to be announced before the end of April.\nThe only debate that's going around is when Apple will be releasing the device in the market, particularly since it is being confirmed that its mass production has commenced. The company just announced its iPad Pro models without any fanfare. It was just a media release and the pre-orders started immediately. Will it follow the same pattern with the iPhone 9 too? You will have to wait to know the answer to this.\nWhat Could Be The Price of the iPhone 9 and 9 Plus?\nThe rumors have continued to hold that Apple will fix a price of $399 for the 64GB variant of the iPhone 9. The 128GB variant may be sold at $449. There are no indications of what the prices of the iPhone 9 Plus would be.\n[GUIDE] How To Create Domain In Windows Server\nPrivateVPN Review: Pricing, Ratings and Plans","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Pray More Novenas\nThe original novena reminder\nJoin us for the Next Novena!\n\"Always pray and never give up\" - Luke 18:1\nGet Novena prayers delivered to your inbox!\nFeel the power of praying together with thousands of people!\nNever forget to finish a Novena again!\nClick to join in praying the St. Bridget of Sweden Novena\nHow to Pray a Novena\nSt. Anne Novena\nSt. Bridget of Sweden Novena\nNew here? Join us in Prayer! Click here to get novena reminders by email!\nSt. Bridget of Sweden was a wife and mother in the Middle Ages. After her husband died, God called her to establish a religious order. St. Bridget set out to accomplish many things in her life, but she didn't live to see them come to fruition. St. Bridget is a great saint to pray to because of her virtue and perseverance when we struggle with failure or disappointment.\nLet's use this novena to ask for St. Bridget's intercession!\nAbout St. Bridget of Sweden\nSt. Bridget of Sweden was born in 1303 to pious parents who were related to Sweden's reigning royal family. When Bridget was ten years old, her mother died. Bridget and her two siblings then lived with her mother's sister.\nWhen Bridget was a young girl, she had a dream of the Crucified Christ. He told her that His sufferings are caused by those who despise His love. The dream made a deep impression on young Bridget.\nWhen Bridget was still in her early teen years, she married a young man named Ulf. The two of them had eight children together, and their marriage was very happy. One of their children, Catherine, has been canonized as St. Catherine of Sweden.\nBecause of Bridget's relation to the royal family, she was asked to serve at court as a lady in waiting. She spent many years serving in court. St. Bridget also devoted time and energy to works of charity, especially toward unwed mothers in need of assistance.\nIn the year 1344 when Bridget was in her early 40s, her husband Ulf became ill and died. She mourned the loss of her dearly-loved husband, but God soon called her to a new vocation.\nSt. Bridget set out answer God's call to establish a new religious order for women, the Order of the Most Holy Savior, or the Bridgettines. Christ also asked her to help bring about the return of the Pope from France to his rightful place in Rome.\nBut neither this return of the papacy, nor the official instatement of her religious order occurred during St. Bridget's lifetime. Though St. Bridget worked virtuously toward the tasks that God called her to accomplish, her work never reached fruition until after she died.\nDuring her life, St. Bridget received many visions from God. She especially wanted to honor the sufferings of Christ during His Passion. He revealed to her that He suffered 5480 blows on His Body during His Passion, and He told her how she might honor them.\nChrist told her that she should recite fifteen Our Fathers and fifteen Hail Marys, along with specific prayers that He would teach her, every day for a year. By doing so, He told her she would honor each of the blows He received with a prayer.\nMany of St. Bridget's other visions are recorded in the Revelations of St. Bridget. They include revelations about Christ's birth, the life of Mary, and Christ's Passion.\nSaint Bridget of Sweden's Feast Day:\nWhy Pray the St. Bridget of Sweden Novena?\nSt. Bridget of Sweden is the patron saint of Sweden. She has also been called the patron saint of failures, because so many things that she set out to accomplish were never completed during her lifetime. God can do great things with our failures through the intercession of St. Bridget!\nCitizens of Sweden can pray for St. Bridget's intercession for their country. You can also ask for prayers from St. Bridget if you're struggling with feelings of failure, or if you're frustrated with a failure in your life. St. Bridget is also a great saint to pray to for intercession for marriage or family life, since she was a wife and a mother of eight.\nYou can pray the St. Bridget of Sweden Novena for any intention!\nSt. Bridget of Sweden Novena Prayers\nSt. Bridget of Sweden Novena - Day 1\nJoin in praying the St. Bridget of Sweden Novena\nIn the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the holiness she practiced during her time as a devoted wife and mother of eight children.\nSt. Bridget, you married your husband Ulf when you were still very young, as was custom in your society. But despite your young age, you carried out the responsibilities of a wife faithfully and joyfully.\nYou loved your husband dearly, and together with him you set an example of holiness for your eight children. You even raised your daughter Catherine to become so holy that she was eventually canonized as St. Catherine of Sweden.\nPray for me, as I carry out the duties of my state in life each day, that I may practice virtue as faithfully as you did.\nPlease also pray for (mention your intentions here).\nSt. Bridget of Sweden, pray for us!\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the spirit of love and charity she showed to those in need during her years as a wife and mother.\nSt. Bridget, you knew well what a blessing it was to have a loving husband. You were well provided-for during your years as a wife and mother, and you were always aware of the needs of the less fortunate.\nWhile you were busy with both the duties of your position at court and of your own family life, you devoted time and energy to serving those in need. You took particular care to assist unwed mothers in need of help. You always practiced this charity because of your love of God.\nPray for me, that I may be aware of the needs of the less fortunate, and that I may serve them out of love for God as you did.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the holiness with which she lived out her vocations.\nSt. Bridget, you bore eight children during your marriage to Ulf. During your time as a wife and mother, you had many responsibilities, even serving as a lady in waiting at court. But despite the many demands on your time and energy, you raised your children to be holy.\nTogether with your husband, you brought your children up in the faith. You were able to lay such a strong foundation of faith and holiness in your children that one of them later became a saint.\nPray for me, that I may be as faithful and holy as you were, as I live out my daily life. Pray that I, too, may bring others to holiness when I am called to do so.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the faithfulness and holiness she lived out during her marriage.\nSt. Bridget, you were a devoted wife to your husband throughout your marriage. You knew that the vocation of marriage was a holy calling from God, and you did your best to faithfully carry out the duties of a holy spouse.\nYou loved your husband Ulf very much. When he died, you mourned his loss deeply, knowing that your marriage had been a gift from God.\nPray for me, that I may recognize the holiness of the gifts God gives me. And pray that all people may recognize the sanctity of marriage.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the holiness and devotion to You she kept even amidst the deep pain of loss over her husband's death.\nSt. Bridget, you spent many happy years with your husband Ulf. Together you had eight children and you raised them in holiness. When Ulf died, you were deeply saddened by the loss of his companionship.\nBut despite your grief and pain at Ulf's passing, you remained faithful to God. You did not despair or harbor anger at God for taking your husband sooner than you might have expected. Instead, you remained open to whatever else God might be asking of you.\nPray for me, that I may be as holy and faithful as you were, even when I am pained and saddened by my life's circumstances.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate the openness to Your will that she showed when You called her to a new vocation after her husband's death.\nSt. Bridget, you spent many happy years in the vocation of wife and mother. But after your beloved husband died, God called you to embark on a new path.\nYou had only ever known the vocation of a lay person. But despite this, you did not hesitate to begin an entirely new way of life when God called you to be His bride late in your life. When He asked you to establish a new religious order and to help bring the Pope back to Rome, you happily tried to do His will.\nPray for me, that I may be open to God's will for me, even when He calls me to do unexpected or difficult things.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate her desire to serve You and her readiness to do Your will when You called her to establish a new religious order.\nSt. Bridget, you had already served God faithfully in the vocation of marriage for many years when He called you to a new path in life. Though you had only ever known life as a wife and mother, you did not hesitate to embark on the new mission of religious life when God asked it of you.\nNot only were you ready and willing to become Christ's bride in religious life, you even accepted the call to establish a new religious order. You did all that was in your power to carry out this task that God asked of you.\nPray for me, that I may be ready and willing to do what God asks of me. And pray for all men and women called to a religious vocation.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of virtue. Help us to imitate her faithfulness amidst failure and discouragement.\nSt. Bridget, God asked you to do many new and difficult things after your husband died. He not only called you to a religious vocation but also to establish a new religious order for women. He also asked you to begin the work of bringing the Pope back to Rome from France.\nThough you faithfully set out to do as God asked you, none of the work you began came to fruition during your lifetime. But despite what must have seemed like complete failure in your goals, you remained faithful and did not give in to despair.\nPray for me, that I may remain faithful when my plans and works seem to fail. Pray that I may trust in God as fully as you did.\nDear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Bridget of Sweden as an example of devotion to You. Help us to imitate her devotion to Your Passion and to have a deep appreciation for all that You suffered for us.\nSt. Bridget, you had a devotion to Christ Crucified since you were very young. You received many visions from God concerning Christ's life and His Passion, and you particularly wanted to honor the blows He received during His Passion.\nChrist answered the desire of your heart by revealing to you that He received 5480 blows on His Body during His Passion. He gave you a set of prayers to say each day to honor those blows, and He promised many graces to anyone who honored Him in this way.\nPray for me, that I, too, may have a deep love for Christ Crucified.\nPlease also pray for (mention your intention here).\nAdvertising Disclosure: Some pages on this site or in our emails may contain advertisements or affiliate links for which we are compensated. We try to keep these relevant and few in number, but they help us to continue to provide this service.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Union Members Are Supporting Donald Trump Despite Unions Endorsing Joe Biden\nRank-and-file union members in swing states have remained steadfast in their support for President Donald Trump, according to local labor leaders in key Midwestern states.\nAlthough almost every major union has endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for president, they have been dismayed by their members' support for Trump, Politico reported. Trump won many union households in 2016, a voting block that largely hadn't supported Republican presidential nominees before.\n\"We haven't moved the needle here,\" Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mike Knisley told Politico. \"Even if given all the information that's been put out there, all the facts \u2014 just pick an issue that the president has had his hands in \u2014 it doesn't make a difference.\"\nHe added, \"The biggest argument that I have from our membership is that this isn't a blue-collar, working-class Democratic Party that my dad or mom was in. It's morphed into something different.\"\nAn internal North America's Building Trades Unions poll showed members supporting Biden slightly over Trump with a 48% to 47% lead, according to Politico. (RELATED: 'Campaign Against Working Families': Three Major Unions Sue Michigan Over New Labor Laws)\n\"He has a very, very, very solid foundation of our members,\" International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Vice President James Williams said, Politico reported.\nLarge unions who have officially endorsed Biden include the National Education Association, the Service Employees International Union and the International Brotherhood of Team\u2026 (Read more)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Moov Now is a $100 fitness wearable that is better than Apple Watch and Fitbit\nFrom smartwatches with integrated Heart Rate Monitor to exclusively devoted fitness bands like the Fitbit Charge HR or Basis Peak, it's easy to get lost in the technology of fitness tracking choices. But Moov Now, the successor to last year's first generation Moov tracker, aims to set itself apart by offering a more personal, hands-on experience.\nThe Moov Now doesn't look like anything we're seeing from the big wearable players. Indeed, what's inside the Moov platform is enough to make the Moov Now relevant in today's crazy-crowded wearables market.\nWhat's new about this band?\nSo this new band is quite smaller than its predecessor, is available in different colors, and works with third party heart rate monitors. It works with both iOS and Android, and features modes for specific sports, such as swimming, running, cycling, cardio boxing and much more. It's designed to go beyond basic activity tracking, combining magnet, angular weight and gravity sensors to provide low latency 3D motion tracking.\nIt also offers sleep tracking (Something that wasn't available in the original Moov). Its battery is supposedly good for six months on a single charge, making it one less gadget to fit into your regular charging routine. The device can be worn on the wrist or the ankle, and users can go with either a single band, or two together for more accurate tracking for certain activities, such as cardio boxing and swimming.\nBut why is it special?\nThe bigger novel feature here is the Now's ability to act as a real-time trainer. A coach, with voice much similar to Siri, instructs you while you work out and makes suggestions on how to improve your form. If you prefer listening to music while you exercise, Moov integrates with Spotify so your music fades in and out when the coach is speaking to you.\nRecommended : Microsoft Flexible Keyboard\nThe band measures speed, stride cadence and landing impact when you're doing activities such as cycling, running or swimming, and intelligently analyzes that information on the fly. It then makes real-time suggestions to help you improve your workout, with statements like \"land softer\" or \"lengthen your stride\" delivered through connected headphones.\nIf implemented well, this could point towards the next step in fitness wearables.Right now the wearable market is flooded with trackers that log your fitness data and stuff. 'An AI assistant could be a better rival to human coach' could make a fitness tracker a much more compelling buy.\nOn paper at least, Moov Now has quite the compelling feature set. Moov Now is a $100 fitness wearable that does what Apple Watch and Fitbit cannot. If you're interested in getting one, it might not be a bad idea to jump in fast, with pre-orders currently available for just $60, a significant discount off the planned $100 final retail price. The band is available with a choice of black, white blue and red accent colors. For more on the Moov Now, you can check out the video below.\nOutfit7 Starts Pre-Registration for Talking Tom Hero Dash globally and in India\nBest Movies Apps for Windows 10 (Stream Movies)\nHow 'Flipkart' May Impact India, Consumers and its Toughest Competitor Amazon","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"PSAT Scores: Prepping For College\nBy Will Roby\nThe PSAT, or Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, is also known as the Pre-SAT. It is a test given to students before they take the SAT test to give them an idea of how much they need to study and how they may perform on the real deal.\nThe PSAT has a third name \u2014 the NMSQT or National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test. Results from the PSAT can qualify a student for placement as a National Merit Scholar, and the huge amount of money available to students in this program is reason enough to take the PSAT. Scores on the PSAT can earn high school students accolades and scholarships, and more than just being a good barometer for a student's performance on the SAT and in college, their increased ability to earn admissions and scholarship money at colleges is a big draw to the PSAT.\nStudents take the PSAT \/ NMSQT in tenth or eleventh grade both to prepare them for the actual SAT and to qualifying for academic awards. Some students even use the PSAT to decide whether they should apply to college or not.\nPSAT Scoring\nPSAT scores are reported on a scale from 20 to 80, 20 being the lowest and 80 the highest. This creates a parallel to the SAT, which scores between 200 and 800 on each test part. Students can get an idea for how they'll do on the SAT by adding a 0 to their score.\nJust like the SAT, there are three test parts to the PSAT \u2014 critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills. Each part is scored from 20 \u2013 80 for a total between 60 and 240.\nAverage PSAT Scores\nIn 2008, the most recent data-year available, the average score for eleventh graders was a total of 142 \u2014 this broke down as an average of 47 in Critical Reading, 49 in Mathematics, and 46 in Writing Skills. That same year, the average score for tenth graders was 127 \u2014 this average broke down as 42 in Critical Reading, 44 in Mathematics, and 41 in Writing Skills.\nPSAT \/ NMSQT National Percentiles\nNational percentile numbers help a student compare their own scores and testing abilities with the scores and abilities of other students of their grade level who took the same test.\nIf you take the PSATin the eleventh grade, you receive what are called \"junior percentiles\". If you take the PSAT in tenth grade or younger, you will be given \"sophomore percentiles\". The percentile number reported is the percentage of students in your grade whose scores are lower than your own.\nIn other words, a student in eleventh grade with a percentile of 75 did better on the test than 74 percent of all eleventh graders taking the test.\nWill Roby writes about topics like PSAT scores for the question and answer blog at AskDeb.com.\nCategories:\tAcademics\nTags:\tacademic awards, college scholarships, college testing, NMSQT, PSAT, SAT\n5 Colleges That Have Shut Down in Recent Years\nBad Grades? You Can Get Into College.\nSafety Measures in University Laboratories\n10 Math Experiments to Have a Great Time With\n4 Automobile Technical Colleges\nNortheastern University Announces Urban Landscape Degree Program\n5 Top MBA Programs\nHow to Withdraw From College","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Ah: First Decline in the Core CPI Since 1982...\nPrice, Scarcity, and Malthus\nRobert Waldmann Smacks Down Jonathan Chait as Soft on Reihan Salam and Soft on the Causes of Reihan Salam...\nRobert's Stochastic thoughts: Jonathan Chait... misquoted Salam in order to make Salam seem more reasonable that he is. Chait wrote \"Reihan Salam at National Review objects that Leonhardt is refuting a notion that no serious person actually holds.\"... Salam didn't say that Leonhardt is refuting a notion that no serious person actually holds. Salan said that Leonhardt is refuting a claim that no person actually holds.... \"I don't thing that anyone doubts that ARRA helped perk up growth.\" Note \"anyone\" not \"any serious person.\" I fear that Salam may have written that honestly -- that is that he is completely ignorant or insane...\nAnd refers us to Matthew Yglesias:\nStraw Manned: Reihan Salam... a pretty common failing among the smarter set of conservative commentators... a tendency to dismiss as straw-man characterizations positions that are in fact the mainstream conservative orthodoxy... the assertion that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has had no positive impact... climate change is a made-up conspiracy cooked out of thin air by Al Gore and some UN guys... reducing tax rates is a surefire way to increase revenue. I wish it were the case that these were straw man views, invented by liberals to make the right-wing look bad. But if you listen to what the most powerful conservative politicians and media figure in the land say, these are the things they offer as the basis of conservative policy on macroeconomic stabilization, on climate and energy, and on the long-term fiscal challenge. Is it nuts? Well, yes it is. But there you have it. If you want to find what counts as a fringe position, you can find tea party leader Richard Mack talking about states' rights to secession.\nAnd to Kevin Drum:\nWhich Conservatives Matter?: I'm reminded of Megan McArdle's revelation a couple of years ago when she discovered that mainstream conservatives really do have a party line that insists tax cuts always raise revenues. \"A conservative publication,\" she admitted, \"just spiked a book review because I said that the Laffer Curve didn't apply at American levels of taxation....I suppose I ought to have known, but I didn't. Go ahead liberals, pile on: you told me so.\"...\nReihan is implicitly suggesting that liberals ought to be engaging with the best of conservative thinkers, many of whom hold nuanced and moderate positions. And it's true: some of them do. The problem is that in the real world, these nuanced and moderate thinkers have virtually no influence.... Reihan and Megan and others like them may hold more careful views, but the vast bulk of the conservative movement simply doesn't. And that's the reality of the world that liberals have to deal with.\nNow, whenever something like this comes up, I wonder if there's something similar on the liberal side of the aisle. Are there hot button issues on which the Kevin Drums and Jon Chaits of the world hold moderate, techno-googoo views, but on which elected politicians and bigfoot TV pundits unanimously insist on extreme, lockstep views? I can't really think of any. Taxes? Healthcare? National security? Immigration? Climate change? Education? Abortion? Gay rights? Labor law? On all of these, either liberal politicians hold a fairly broad variety of leftish views (national security, immigration, education) or else they hold pretty similar views but so does the commentariat (climate change, gay rights). No important issue comes to mind in which the liberal think tank community holds a lively and diverse set of opinions but actual liberal politicians unanimously maintain a death grip on some extreme, base-pleasing position.\nBut that doesn't mean there isn't one. It just means I can't think of it. So help me out. Can anyone come up with a few good examples?\nIn my view, there are two problems:\nReasonable conservative thinkers have absolutely no impact on the policy positions or political rhetoric of Republican lawmakers.\nReasonable conservatives shut up rather than say what they think when it is contrary to the Republican party line of the day.\nTake Obama's wage subsidy proposal. It's a small-business tax cut to boost employment in a deep recession. It gets relatively good marks from CBO (\"the largest effects on employment this year and next would probably arise from increasing aid to the unemployed, reducing employers' payroll taxes in general, and reducing employers' payroll taxes for firms that increase their payroll...\") and from serious tax analysts like those at the TPC. Its principal defects are its relative complexity (as Larry Lindsey says: \"targeted, temporary, incremental, hiring tax credit proposals... tend to be... too clever by half.... There should be a principle somewhere that only one adjective can be applied to any program that can actually work. Targeted, temporary, and incremental make for three...\"). But is there any doubt that something similar is now being put forward by President McCain and President Romney right now to fight the depression in those branches of the multiverse in which they live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? And is there any doubt that in those branches of the multiverse Republican economists are falling all over themselves to endorse it enthusiastically?\nIt would have been very nice if Republican fiscally-conservative economists had joined Alan Greenspan in arguing against the 2001 Bush tax cut as too rash, had written letters opposing the elimination of PAYGO, had formed a solid phalanx against the unfunded Medicare Part D, and were now joining us Dermocratic fiscal conservatives in opposing the extension of any portion of the Bush tax cuts. But they didn't.\nAnd here is where I am inclined to be soft on Reihan Salam. Because his declarations that \"ARRA has had no impact and the economy would be in the same shape without any fiscal stimulus program\" is \"a straw-man argument...\" and that \"I don't thing that anyone doubts that ARRA helped perk up growth. It is very hard to imagine that spending an enormous sum of money would not...\" is a double-headed axe. Reihan wants David Leonhardt to acknowledge the stronger anti-stimulus arguments--that what we have bought we have bought at too dear a long-run price. But Reihan is also trying to marginalize the mendacious and the ignorant: the Veronique de Rugys, the Conn Carrolls, the Brian Reidls, and their ilk. Call their arguments straw-man arguments and those arguments' advocates become straw men.\nThe problem is that it is not going to work: because Reihan Salam is marginal on the American right he cannot marginalize the right's mainstream, at least not without a lot of help from a lot of people who are still hiding at the bottom of their foxholes and refuse to come out to try to rescue their party.\nFebruary 19, 2010 at 10:37 in #economics, #politics, Obama Administration | Permalink | Comments (16)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Win stuff!\nLeaderboards & Scores\nSocial & Video\nGolf365 intro\nUS Tour\nGolf365 Instagram\nLa Manga Club revels in global golf spotlight as Europe's No 1\nSpain's La Manga Club celebrated its past and present after enjoying a memorable night of success at the 2018 World Golf Awards, which included being named 'Europe's Best Golf Venue' for the second year in a row.\nThe iconic sports and leisure resort was hosting the event for the second year running and was one of the big winners at the lavish prize-giving ceremony, with its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe being voted 'Spain's Best Golf Hotel' for the fourth time in the last five years.\nIn an extra special moment for La Manga Club, there was also a nod to the resort's illustrious history with nine-time Major winner Gary Player \u2013 who was La Manga Club's first director of golf in 1972 \u2013 being named as 'Golf Course Designer of the Year' and also being the recipient of the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his services to the game in a career which has spanned seven decades.\nA five-time host of the Spanish Open, La Manga Club features extensive golf facilities including three renowned 18-hole courses \u2013 the South, North and West \u2013 a nine-hole, par-47 academy course and Golf Training Centre.\nThe latest accolades help to complete another year of success for the Murcia venue, with other notable honours including being voted 'Europe's Leading Sports Resort' for the first time at the 2018 World Travel Awards and being named in a select group of global venues to receive a Golf Digest 'Editor's Choice Award for Best International Resorts 2018 for the second successive year.\nEduardo Ruiz, general director of sports at La Manga Club, said: \"It was a tremendous privilege for La Manga Club to host the World Golf Awards again.\n\"Last year's show helped to create a huge buzz around the resort, we received some outstanding feedback and it was great to see many familiar faces returning. The event was another fantastic opportunity for us to demonstrate our world-class golf, sports and lifestyle facilities to a key global audience, and to win two of the top honours capped off a memorable three days.\"\nRegarded as the most prestigious awards programme in golf tourism, this year's awards \u2013 the fifth time that they have been held \u2013 brought together some of the famous names in the game and industry leaders from all over the world, as well as local dignitaries including the development director for the Region of Murcia, Patricio Valverde, Jose Jover, president of the Murcia Golf Federation, and figures from the La Manga Club community.\nRepresentatives from 43 countries gathered at La Manga Club from November 1-4 for three days of unrivalled networking events, dinners and exclusive golf-experience activities \u2013 with the prize-giving ceremony providing a fitting finale.\nGuests had the opportunity to take full advantage of La Manga Club's outstanding facilities \u2013 the resort features three 18-hole golf courses, a nine-hole par-47 academy course and an outstanding practice area and driving range \u2013 with the event programme including golf on the West and South courses and a networking dinner.\nChris Frost, managing director of the World Golf Awards, said: \"La Manga Club has proven a world-class host on what has been a magnificent evening of triumph for the golf tourism industry. We have had the privilege of recognising the leading golf courses, hotels, resorts and tour operators from across the world and my congratulations to each of them.\"\nSet across an area of 1,400 acres in Murcia, south-east Spain, La Manga Club has set the benchmark for European sports and leisure destinations since its inception in 1972.\nThe official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the resort's other facilities include a 28-court tennis centre and 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre, while the resort also launched a new Chelsea FC Foundation Soccer School this year. In addition, La Manga Club features the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 50 bars and restaurants.\nFor more information about the 2018 World Golf Awards, visit worldgolfawards.com and for a full list of winners click here and for images here. For further details about La Manga Club, go to www.lamangaclub.com\nSergio Garcia hoping for Abu Dhabi bounce-back after admitting 2019 was 'terrible'\nSpaniard looking ahead.\nMichael Graham Share\nPaul Casey hoping short off-season can pay dividends in 2020\nEnglishman has high hopes.\nSlaley Hall has six appeal as it picks up prestigious award \u2013 again\nNorthumberland course recognised again.\nNew ranking confirms Slieve Russell among Ireland's golfing elite\nSlieve Russell impressing again.\nGualta keeps it short and sweet in Costa Brava\nCourse celebrates anniversary.\nJustin Thomas looking to push on as he hopes to continue fine Hawaii record at Sony Open\nWorld number four feeling confident.\n'It means a lot' \u2013 Louis Oosthuizen confident of defending South African Open crown\nHome favourite wants to press home advantage.\nNew joint-venture between LPGA and LET backed by R&A and European Tour\nMerger to create better opportunities.\nNoemi Jimenez commits to new role at Finca Cortesin\nSpanish ace extends sponsorship.\nCarrossa golf resort on the up with impressive 2019 figures\nMallorcan course impressing.\nThe 19th Hole\nFEATURE: What if golf had a franchise format similar to Cricket's The Hundred?\nThe Battle of Romanby Golf Club: From Father to Son\nBattle of Wike Ridge: For Putt's Sake\nOleConnect\nGolf365.com Copyright 2017 - Golf365.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"FREE EXPRESS SHIPPING FOR ALL ORDERS OVER \u20ac100\nAVG. 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS DELIVERY\nNEXT SHIPMENT TO United States:02h 26m 51s\nHIS & HERS GIFT SETS\nBag ( 0\t)\nby Tom Noble\nAutomotive \u2013 Gstaad's Rallying Cry for Classic-Car Lovers\nThis year's Gstaad Palace Challenge makes for a weekend of thrills and spills for car-racing enthusiasts, gourmands and lovers of the great outdoors. Not the worst of combinations, eh?\nThe two-day rally \u2013 part of a three-day event from Friday August 31 through to Sunday September 2 \u2013 is limited to just 30 classic or vintage cars, which will motor around the stunning Saanenland valley on a route designed by Kim Bannister of UK-based events organiser Rally Round. Much like other events he has designed \u2013 such as the Paris-Prague, Flying Scotsman, 2nd Thunder Dragon Rally and Rally Round Africa \u2013 this adventure puts seasoned racing teams through their paces.\nGuests will arrive at the Gstaad Palace hotel on the morning of August 31 ready to roll, when their vehicles will be checked and a GPS tracking device installed for timekeeping throughout the race. The first car will set off at 3pm for a \"warm-up\" to determine the starting order for the following day, and all will finish by 6pm, leaving guests to enjoy a cocktail or a cigar in the hotel's stylish surroundings.\nSaturday (September 1) starts early with breakfast followed by an all-day rally across rural Berner Oberland, Emmental and the flats of Fribourg, before returning to Gstaad. Upon arrival at the hotel, guests will enjoy a much-deserved rest (or a massage in the 1,850sq m Palace Spa) before a prize-giving dinner \u2013 hotel specialities are likely to include aubergine caviar, veal escalope and c\u00f4te du boeuf, as well as an array of regional cheeses.\n\"Our slogan is 'The rally for ambitious bon vivants',\" says Andrea Scherz, general manager of the Gstaad Palace. \"We included the phrase bon vivants as I've been to so many rallies where I've found the quality of the food and wines lacklustre. Here, guests will enjoy wine pairings, rare cigars and many culinary highlights.\n\"Unbeknown to most, the area is a major hideaway for car enthusiasts,\" Scherz adds. \"The winding valley is dotted with amazing private collections and several semi-secret underground car-storage facilities. Local car enthusiasts participate in our rally, and visiting teams are hand-picked by the organiser to ensure their cars match the rally spirit.\" Guests must apply for selection, and entry for one car with a two-person crew is SFr2,420 (about \u00a31,850).\nTo learn more, or even apply for the rally, check outrallyround.co.uk.\nWelcome to The Journal. A place where we gather and write about the things we love. You'll read about watches, art, photography, food, cars, boats or simply that special place we visited last summer.\nAutomotive \u2013 California Dreamin': The Golden Coast and The Great American Wilderness\nAutomotive \u2013 Another Tribute To Italian Road Racing: The Gran Premio del Mugello\nJoin The Corniche Family\nBy signing up, you accept the terms of Corniche's Privacy Policy and consent to receive Corniche e-mails with access to our latest collections, events and initiatives.\n\u00a9 2020 Corniche Watches \u2013 All rights reserved.\nGet notified when this product\nis back in stock.\nHear about our upcoming releases before anyone else\nGet first dibs on limited editions\nGet invited to exclusive events\nGet our travel guides, interviews and much more..\nBy entering your e-mail you agree to subscribing to our newsletter where you will get the latest news, the possibilty to be the first to purchase new releases. get invites to special events and also get exclusive travel guides.\nSign up below and\n* Not including limited edition models.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Unit History: USS New Orleans\n1 people in our Forces Reunited records\nThe first USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser.\nShe was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England, with Lieutenant Commander Arthur P. Nazro in command.\nNew Orleans sailed on 27 March 1898 to fit out at New York, New York, for service in the Spanish-American War. She left Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 May and joined the Flying Squadron off Santiago de Cuba on 30 May. The next afternoon, with Massachusetts (BB-2) and Iowa (BB-4), she reconnoitered the harbor, exchanging fire with Spanish ships and shore batteries. After joining in the bombardment of the batteries at the entrance to the harbor 6 June and 16 June, New Orleans sailed to coal at Key West, and was thus absent during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July.\nThrough the summer, New Orleans cruised on blockade between San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, capturing the French blockade runner Olinde Rodrigues on 17 July. She arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 20 October for the Peace Jubilee, then prepared at New York to launch her peacetime service with a visit to New Orleans, Louisiana, from 16 May through 29 May 1899. After summer exercises off the Atlantic seaboard, she sailed from New York on 21 October to join the Asiatic Fleet. She called at the Azores and Port Said, passed through the Suez Canal, and reached Manila on 21 December. For the next 5 years, as flagship of the Cruiser Squadron, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, she cruised the Philippines and the China coast. Relieved by Baltimore (C-3), she departed Cavite on 27 December 1904 for Mare Island Navy Yard, arriving there on 27 January 1905 to decommission on 6 February 1905.\nRecommissioning on 15 November 1909, New Orleans returned to Asiatic duty at Yokohama on 25 April 1910. She cruised the Orient until returning to Bremerton, Washington, on 14 February 1912 and going into reserve. Again in full commission on 31 December 1913, New Orleans patrolled the west coast of Mexico during the tense spring of 1914, then trained the Washington State Naval Militia through the summer, returning to Mexican waters in the fall. Upon American entry into World War I, she was overhauled at Puget Sound, and sailed for the Panama Canal and the East Coast, arriving at Hampton Roads on 27 August 1917.\nNew Orleans escorted convoys from New York City to ocean rendezvous with destroyer escorts off the British Isles and the French coast until 16 January 1918, when she cleared New York for the Asiatic Station. She reached Yokohama from Honolulu and Panama on 13 March, cruised to China, and the Philippines, and from 17 July to 20 December 1919 was station ship at Vladivostok, Russia, supporting the Allied force in Siberia.\nAfter repairs at Cavite, New Orleans returned to Vladivostok to resume her service for the Allied Expeditionary Force from 20 May to 27 September 1920. During further cruising with the Asiatic Fleet she was redesignated CL-22 on 8 August 1921, then completed her service at Vladivostok 14 February to 17 August 1922. She returned to Mare Island on 23 September, decommissioned there on 16 November 1922, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 November 1929. On 1 April 1925 the 4.7-inch gun No. 5 was presented to Kane County, Illinois by the U.S. government and is currently on display at the Kane County courthouse in Geneva Illinois. She was sold for scrapping on 11 February 1930.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Ireland Financial Intermediary Change site\nChoose your site Corporate Financial Intermediary\nMy Account Subscriptions and Settings\nNo, We Are Not About to Return to 1970s-Style Inflation\nMay 2022 \/ MARKETS & ECONOMY\nToday's central banks are willing and able to tackle the problem\nNikolaj Schmidt, Chief International Economist\nKey Insights\nInflation has made a comeback after a long period of \"lowflation\" following the global financial crisis.\nThe good news is that central banks have the tools to handle most of the causes of the inflation we see today\u2014and are willing and able to use them.\nThe bad news is that to bring inflation under control, central banks must tighten to a point where growth will slow\u202fsharply.\nThe world loves a label. The very low price increases during the decade that followed the global financial crisis (GFC) were termed, appropriately enough, \"lowflation\"\u2014in\u202fother words, inflation that fell short of central banks' targets but was positive and therefore wasn't deflation. Now, amid the current surge in inflation, have we entered the decade of \"highflation\"\u2014inflation that that is too high relative to central banks' inflation mandate but too low to qualify as hyperinflation?\nThe current inflation surge rests on a few moving pieces but is mostly cyclical...\n- Nikolaj Schmidt\nActually, let's cool it with the labels. The\u202fcurrent inflation surge rests on a few moving pieces but is mostly\u202fcyclical\u2014and central banks have both the ability and willingness to address the problem at hand. Contrary to some reports, we are not on the cusp of a return to the 1970s inflation inferno. Let me explain\u202fwhy.\nThree Primary Sources of Inflationary Pressure\nCentral bank responses are being guided by a range of dynamics acting\u202fsimultaneously\nTo understand the post\u2011COVID surge in inflation, we need to understand the post\u2011GFC period of lowflation that preceded it. The universally accepted explanation for the tepid post\u2011GFC recovery is secular stagnation, but, in my view, the true cause was deleveraging. As the U.S. financial system plunged into the abyss, the country's financial sector and households had an epiphany: We have too much debt. Assisted by the rollout of stringent regulation, banks tightened lending standards and households spent the subsequent decade paying off debts.\nThis process wasn't limited to the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone existential crisis kicked off a drive for both the public and the private sector to prioritize debt repayments, and, through the taper tantrum, most emerging markets were also roped into deleveraging. Consequently, the post\u2011GFC world was a world of deficient demand and idle resources\u2014a very noninflationary world.\nThree Reasons Why Inflation Has\u202fReturned\nI believe there are three main factors behind the return of inflation. The first is structural. In 2019, prior to the coronavirus outbreak, I\u202fargued that the deleveraging process in the developed world had run its course and that we were about to enter a period of structurally stronger demand. I\u202fstill believe this is the right paradigm and that it provides the structural underpinnings of a more inflationary world. This doesn't mean we are entering a world of runaway inflation, though; rather, it means that central banks need to raise rates to keep demand in line with supply. In central bank parlance, the R\u2011star\u2014the interest rate that keeps supply exactly in line with demand\u2014has risen.\n...the stimulus was just too large for the global economy to absorb.\nThe second factor behind the return of inflation is simple economic overheating. The crux of the issue here is the sheer size of the fiscal and monetary policy response administered during the COVID recession: Put simply, the stimulus was just too large for the global economy to absorb. The fact that we've now run out of labor tells its own story. Fortunately, cyclical demand management is another thing that central banks are well equipped for: tighten monetary policy and demand\u202ffalls.\nThird, there are some supply\u2011side issues that admittedly can't be resolved by clever monetary policies. Most of these issues are well known, such as the shortage of semiconductors and the war in Ukraine, which have led to surges in vehicle and commodity prices, respectively. Although central banks are ill\u2011equipped to address supply\u2011side problems, we shouldn't be too downbeat about this\u2014first, because the issues are temporary and supply chains will eventually normalize; and second, because central banks know they shouldn't use monetary policy to resolve temporary supply chain issues. Imagine if the Fed tightened monetary policy to bring the demand of autos to the current supply\u2011constrained output of 13mn units when the normal demand is 17mn units! It would likely plunge the economy into a very severe recession.\nIndependent Central Banks Mean We Are in a Different World\nLeaving aside these supply\u2011side issues, the good news is that central banks have the tools to control most of the causes of the inflation we see today. The question is whether they are willing to employ these tools. My answer is an unequivocal yes\u2014and this is where modern central banking bears little resemblance to the central banks of the 1970s. Inflation is a social choice, and by choosing independent central banks with clear inflation objectives and accountability, we have made the choice to keep inflation controlled. Anyone in doubt as to whether central\u202fbanks like the Fed will fall prey to political pressures should revisit the experience of the 2018 hiking cycle, when then\u2011President Donald\u202fTrump threatened to dismiss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in response to what he saw as an unwelcome tightening of monetary policy. The result? Powell kept his job, interest rates went up, and the Fed remained independent.\nFor participants in the financial markets, the bad news is that to bring inflation under control, central banks must tighten monetary policy to the point where growth slows to potential and, given our initial conditions, probably somewhat below potential. When growth slows sharply, particularly when it is accompanied by rising interest rates, financial market volatility usually ensues.\nThere's no getting around this, I'm afraid. It's the cost we incur to avoid the inflation infernos of the past, and, over the long term, it's frankly a small price to pay.\nThis material is being furnished for general informational and\/or marketing purposes only. The material does not constitute or undertake to give advice of any nature, including fiduciary investment advice, nor is it intended to serve as the primary basis for an investment decision. Prospective investors are recommended to seek independent legal, financial and tax advice before making any investment decision. T. Rowe Price group of companies including T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and\/or its affiliates receive revenue from T. Rowe Price investment products and services. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. 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+{"text":"About MWT Global Academy\nNursing Career Updates\nTag: mwt global academy\nNational Girl Child Day 2023\n\"Educating girls isn't just good for the girls, it's good for all of us. The future of our world is only as bright as the future of our girls.\" - Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the US. Education for girls encompasses more than just...\nUpdates to the OSCE \u2013 Test of Competency for Nurses and Midwives in UK\nThe NMC has introduced a number of changes to the OSCE, the second part of the Test of Competence, which is a practical test for overseas nurses seeking Nursing registration in the UK. Read on to know what they are. OSCE stands for Objective Structured...\nWhy Are Seniors Opting For In-Home Care in Australia\nMore and more people in Australia are opting for in-home care. Taking care of an older loved one with health issues may become quite difficult, even for the most devoted family member. You might wish to consider homecare possibilities if a senior family member or...\nHow to Become a Mental Health Nurse in Australia\nMental health nursing is a big career opportunity and is a diverse and rewarding profession. Almost one in two will experience a mental health condition at some point in their lifetime and one in five Australians experience a mental health condition each year. One significant...\nIELTS or OET- Which Test Should Nursing Professionals Take\nAre you looking at a nursing career abroad? Then you already are aware that establishing your English language proficiency is a must before you apply. If you're applying in the UK, you can demonstrate your English language capabilities by undertaking the Occupational English Test (OET)...\nA Career in Community Care Services: What's It Like\nAre you looking for a career where you can truly make a difference to the lives of others in the community? Australia's baby boomer population is aging, and by becoming an aged care worker, you can touch the lives of older people and help them...\nHow to Improve your IELTS Score\nThe IELTS, or International English Language Testing System, is an English language proficiency exam for overseas aspirants. If you wish to study or immigrate to an English-speaking country, you will need to prove your language capabilities. The IELTS tests your proficiency in each of the...\nWhat Is OSCE Exam in the United Kingdom\nYou must take the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) if you intend to relocate to the UK for a nursing position. The OSCE represents Part 2 of the Test of Competence for Nurses and assesses your practical skills with respect to clinical competencies and communication...\nWhat's it like to be a Disability Care Worker\nHave you ever thought of becoming a disability care worker? Read on to know what it's like! As a disability care\u202fworker, you will be providing support and assistance to physically and intellectually disabled individuals of all ages. You might be working in a care home,...\nWhy Does Pharmacovigilance Matter and What Does It Entail\nThe heart of pharmaceutical production is pharmacovigilance (PV). Without it, there would be no way to compare a drug's effectiveness to its negative effects. PV often referred to as pharmacovigilance, is intended to safeguard patients and facilitate professional knowledge sharing to lower the risk of...\n\u00a9 MWT Global Academy Pvt. Ltd. All Rights Reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"BEYOND THE KREMLIN\nRussian history and culture, from a historian in Cambridge\nSources for posts\nThe Russia Anxiety\nMay 22, 2016 May 23, 2016 beyondthekremlin\nHow Soviet maths might yet destroy capitalism\nPost-Soviet mathematicians have the world in their hands, and they know all about you. Sergei Brin was born in Moscow in 1973. Six years later, he migrated with his family to the United States. He followed a family tradition by studying maths. Barely grown up, he co-founded Google.\nSoviet maths doesn't need such an extraordinary outlier, who anyway went to school in America, to prove its significance. No academic subject is better suited to the robust and carefully evolving pedagogics of Russian schools. In the Soviet Union, where the demands of central planning and the arms race were so powerful, maths was a state priority. It was celebrated in school-age Olympiad competitions and children's magazines, feted in slogans and movies. High-level nuclear workers \u2014 not university types \u2014 were just one post-school group who received an effective grounding in mathematics. Entrance to maths courses at universities and technical institutes was bitterly competitive. In time, computer science would not be far behind.\nFrom the 1950s, cybernetics developed as a serious academic discipline thanks to leading computer scientists such as Andrei Petrovich Yershov. Although it was fenced off from many developments abroad, the men and women who worked in the field were often brilliant. Their education was highly systematic and their research networks well structured, in places such as Akademgorodok (in Siberia), Kiev, and Tblisi, as well as in Moscow and Leningrad. In the middle 1970s, for example, Soviet computer scientists established mathematical models for analysing the structure of the earth's crust, as well as numerous geological formations. They conducted pioneering meteorological investigations into climate change, including \u2014 in the 1960s \u2014 into the greenhouse effect.\nWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, the products of this academic system began to see the possibility of a more normal life abroad. The conveyor belt has kept moving over the last twenty-five years. University mathematics and physics departments in many parts of Western Europe and the United States could scarcely function without Russian imports. Russian computer programmers are globally ubiquitous. They are the analytical backbone of many a bank and investment house.\nIn his book about the (mathematically brilliant) high frequency traders who did so much to cause the financial disaster of 2008, Michael Lewis points out that many such traders were Russians. He tells the story of one of them, Constantine Sokoloff. For Sokoloff, Russians were so prominent in the high-frequency field because, back in the USSR, one needed ingenuity, flexibility, quick thinking and a brass neck to flourish in an economy of shortages and bureaucratic obstruction. Allied to fluency in high-level maths, such qualities ideally suited them to make money for their bosses out of the tiny flaws in the computer systems that run Wall Street.\nBut the intended consequences of the Soviet economy might have contributed to mathematical excellence in another way too. 'At a time of Soviet shortages,' opined one mathematician of Russian heritage to me, 'pure mathematics was a good choice. To do it well, you only need paper and a pencil.' As the global financial system, barely reformed and supremely dominant, creaks on, Soviet mathematics might yet wreak a terrible revenge.\n(Images: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_(finance)#\/media\/File:Philippine-stock-market-board.jpg; https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Student_Olympiads#\/media\/File:MathOlympics1969.jpg)\nRussia past and present\nSoviet life\nPublished by beyondthekremlin\nView all posts by beyondthekremlin\nPrevious The iron curtain first lady\nNext Stalin and Hiroshima\n1917 Alexander II Belarus books & reading Brezhnev era Britain and Russia British history and Russia British politics cinema Cold War Coronavirus Covid-19 Crimea Eastern bloc empire end of the USSR Eurasia Europe film foreign policy gender Germany Gorbachev Great Terror Gulag historians historical memory history history and memory history as a discipline housing human rights Imperial Russia Joe Biden Khrushchev law Middle East Moscow Muscovy Navalny novels peasants perestroika religion revolution Russia-and-the-West Russian politics Russian writers Russia today Second World War Siberia Sochi Olympics Soviet life sport Stalin surveillance Syria teaching theatre Tikhonovskaya Ukraine urban history US politics and Russia Vladimir Putin welfare state World Cup Yeltsin","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Tag Archives: Porsche Head of Motorsport\nPorsche aims to repeat last year's victory at Florida's sports car classic, 12 Hours of Sebring, USA\nPress Release 13\/03\/2015\nPorsche 911 RSR (#911), Porsche North America: Richard Lietz, Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy\nTudor United SportsCar Championship, round 2: 12 Hours of Sebring, USA\nPorsche aims to repeat last year's victory at Florida's sports car classic\nStuttgart. The Sebring 12 Hours is the oldest and toughest sports car race in the USA. Three Porsche 911 RSR will tackle the GTLM class at the 63rd running of the prestigious classic contested on the Sebring International Raceway on 21 March.\nFor the Porsche North America works team and the Falken Tire customer squad, eight works drivers will do their utmost to repeat Porsche's win from last year on the airfield circuit in the heart of Florida, which is notorious for its bumpy surface. With 18 overall victories and 67 class wins, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in the history of the Sebring 12 hour race.\nThe Sebring International Raceway hosted the inaugural race on 31 December 1950. Built on a former airfield, the circuit with its 17 corners is 5.954 kilometres long. Immortalised on the winners' list are racing legends like Juan Manuel Fangio, Dan Gurney, Hans Hermann, Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti. Hollywood stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, who finished second overall in 1970 with a Porsche 908, have also fulfilled their racing dreams in Sebring.\nPorsche drivers\nSix Porsche factory pilots compete for Porsche North America in Sebring. Sharing the cockpit of the #911 Porsche 911 RSR are Patrick Pilet (France), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain).\nLast year's winners J\u00f6rg Bergmeister (Germany) as well as Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki (France) share driving duties in the number 912 vehicle.\nTackling the race for the Falken Tire customer outfit are the Porsche works drivers Wolf Henzler (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA), reinforced by Bryan Sellers (USA). Porsche Junior Connor de Phillippi (USA) contests the GTD class at the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT America fielded by Muehlner Motorsports.\nPorsche 911 RSR (#17), Team Falken Tire: Wolf Henzler, Patrick Long, Bryan Sellers\nThe Porsche vehicles\nThe Porsche 911 RSR and the Porsche 911 GT America, which are run in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, are based on the seventh generation of the iconic 911 sports car. As the successor to the winning 911 GT3 RSR, the 470 hp 911 RSR last season scored victories at America's most prestigious long-distance classics in Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans. For 2015, the winning racer from Weissach has received improvements in many areas.\nPorsche 911 RSR (#912), Porsche North America: J\u00f6rg Bergmeister, Earl Bamber, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki\nThe Porsche 911 GT America, built specifically for the GTD class of the 2014-inaugurated Tudor United SportsCar Championship, features a four-litre, six-cylinder engine and also produces 470 hp. The vehicle is an improved version of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, the most successful and widely-produced race car in the world.\nPorsche's successes\nThe first outright victory for Porsche in Sebring came in 1960 courtesy of Hans Herrmann and Olivier Gendebien in the Porsche 718 RS\/60; the most recent in 2008 was clinched by Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Emmanuel Collard with the Porsche RS Spyder. Porsche's list of successes also includes no less than 67 class wins at this race. The most recent success was last year with J\u00f6rg Bergmeister, Michael Christensen and Patrick Long at the wheel of the Porsche 911 RSR.\nThe 12 Hours of Sebring takes off on Saturday, 21 March, at 10.45 hrs local time (16.45 hrs CET) and can be viewed live in the Internet on www.imsa.com as well as on the motorsport channel Motors TV.\nComments before the race\nDr.Frank-Steffen Walliser, Porsche Head of Motorsport: \"After Daytona, Sebring is the second great long distance classic on the Tudor United SportsCar Championship calendar. Although the race is only half the duration of Daytona, it is almost tougher because of the very demanding and bumpy track.\"\nDr. Frank Walliser, Overall 918 Spyder Project Manager\nPatrick Pilet (#911): \"Sebring is a very special race on a very special circuit. It's always a hard fight for victory and the avid fans give the whole event a fantastic ambience.\"\nPorsche North America: Patrick Pilet\nNick Tandy (#911): \"It's always a highlight to compete in Sebring, regardless in which series you compete for the rest of the year. On this storied track you truly breathe sports car history and that fascinates me.\"\nPorsche North America: Nick Tandy\nRichard Lietz (#911): \"Sebring is a race that throws extremes at you. You can't afford to make the slightest error \u2013 if you do you have no chance.\"\nPorsche North America: Richard Lietz\nEarl Bamber (#912): \"It didn't go so well for us at Daytona, so now I'm hoping we can make up lost ground in the championship at Sebring.\"\nPorsche North America, Earl Bamber\nJ\u00f6rg Bergmeister (#912): \"Sebring is a real classic. To drive at the limit on this bumpy track takes everything from a driver. But it's always huge fun.\"\nPorsche North America: Joerg Bergmeister\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki (#912): \"At Daytona we weren't able to really underline the potential of the 911 RSR over the whole distance. Now I'm hoping we can do this in Sebring and fight for victory.\"\nPorsche North America: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Makowiecki\nWolf Henzler (#17): \"Last year Sebring was the first race with the 911 RSR for my Falken Tire team. Since then we've won Petit Le Mans and now I reckon our chances for victory in Sebring look good as well.\"\nTeam Falken Tire: Wolf Henzler\nPatrick Long (#17): \"Even though I'm concentrating on my WEC campaign with Patrick Dempsey, I'm looking forward to the chance of supporting Wolf and Bryan in Sebring.\"\nTeam Falken Tire: PatrickLong\nThis is the Tudor United SportsCar Championship\nThe Tudor United SportsCar Championship is a new sports car race series contested in the USA and Canada which was run in 2014 for the first time.\nThe series was formed from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Series. Sports prototypes and sports cars start in four different classes: GTLM (GT Le Mans), GTD (GT Daytona), P (Prototype) and PC (Prototype Challenge). The Porsche 911 RSR runs in the GTLM class, with the Porsche 911 GT America contesting the GTD class.\nCommunication Porsche AG\nMotorsport Press\nPosted by dedeporsche on March 13, 2015 in 12 Hours of Sebring, Falken Tire, Porsche 911 GT America, Porsche 911 RSR, Tudor United Sports Car Championship\nTags: 12 Hours of Sebring, Auto racing, Bryan Sellers, Cars, Dr. Ing hc F. Porsche AG, Earl Bamber, Frank-Steffen Walliser, Frederic Makowiecki, Germany, Head of Porsche Motorsport, J\u00f6rg Bergmeister, Joerg Bergmeister, Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Nick Tandy (GB), Patrick Long (USA), Patrick Pilet, Porsche Head of Motorsport, Richard Lietz (Austria), Tudor United SportsCar Championship, Wolf Henzler\nAmerican Le Mans Series, round 3 in Lime Rock, USA- Porsche pilots hope for first podium result of the season\nStuttgart. The American Le Mans Series picks up the pace.\nAfter a break for the Le Mans 24 Hours, round three of the race series with the world's fastest sports cars now takes off on 9th July in Lime Rock in the US state of Connecticut.\nLining up on the grid is the five-time Lime Rock winner Joerg Bergmeister (Germany). At the wheel of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Bergmeister and his Porsche works driver teammate Patrick Long (USA) are hoping for their first podium result of the season.\nThe Northeast Grand Prix has been a permanent fixture on the American Le Mans Series calendar since 2004. Many fans are happy to travel the two and a half hours from New York City to witness the often very entertaining race. On one of the hills alongside the track stands a small church in which a service is held on Sundays. For this reason, races are traditionally contested on Saturdays.\nThe circuit\nThe 2.478 kilometre circuit in the picturesque countryside of Connecticut is the shortest in the American Le Mans Series.\nThe lap times are far under a minute. The surrounding grassy hills serve as grandstands, with most of the spectators bringing their own camping chairs and coolers to witness the race action.\nThe Porsche drivers\nJoerg Bergmeister and\nJoerg Bergmeister (No. 45, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports)\nPatrick Long, the reigning GT champions and Lime Rock winners of the last two years,\nPatrick Long (No. 45, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports)\ncontest the GT class at the wheel of Flying Lizard Motorsports' Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.\nTheir works driver colleague Wolf Henzler\nWolf Henzler (No. 17, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Team Faken Tire)\nshares the cockpit of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by the Falken Tire team with Bryan Sellers (USA).\nSharing driving duties in the sister Flying Lizard 911 GT3 RSR is Porsche works driver Marco Holzer (Germany)\nMarco Holzer (No. 44, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports)\nwith American Seth Neiman.\nThe 911 GT3 RSR entered by Paul Miller Racing is manned by Sascha Maassen (Germany) and Bryce Miller (USA).\nQuotes before the race\nHartmut Kristen, Porsche Head of Motorsport:\n\"The season really gets going now in USA. The last race was before the break for the Le Mans 24 Hours in April, so it's almost like a second season-opener for the teams. If they want to look good for the crucial phase of the season, they'll need to pull out all stops in Lime Rock.\"\nJoerg Bergmeister (No. 45, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports):\n\"Lime Rock seems to really suit our car. I've won on this track five times in a row \u2013 that's not such a bad track record. With 30 cars on this narrow circuit you have to concentrate totally over the whole distance, you have to use your head if you want to reach the flag in such heavy traffic without bruises. It's always worked out well in the past. Still, a little bit of luck is always part of it.\"\nPatrick Long (No. 45, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports):\n\"There are normally loads of safety car phases in Lime Rock. And no wonder with all the traffic. This is a huge challenge for our strategists. The pit stops have to be carried out quickly, the right timing can mean the difference between victory or defeat. But our boys at Flying Lizard Motorsports know how to do pit stops \u2013 they've proven that often enough.\"\nWolf Henzler (No. 17, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Team Faken Tire):\n\"The track is very short, and hence the traffic is heavy. You're constantly overtaking slower cars and you being overtaken by the faster sports prototypes. Lime Rock is not exactly a favorite of mine. But I have good memories of last year when we qualified in second in the rain. Hopefully, it'll rain again this year. We used the Le Mans break well and tested at Road America and in Mid-Ohio. The team has invested a great deal into tyre development. That makes me optimistic for the rest of the season.\"\nMarco Holzer (No. 44, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Flying Lizard Motorsports):\n\"This is my first race in Lime Rock and I'm looking forward to getting to know another race track in the USA. The team sent me a DVD of on board footage and loads of data \u2013 so at least I can prepare myself a bit.\"\nThe Porsche 911 GT3 RSR\nThe most successful GT race car of the last years takes off into the season with a raft of improvements. The output of the four-litre, six-cylinder boxer engine has increased to 455 hp (335 kW). Priority in the further development of the car was given to the newly designed aerodynamics at the front and rear. In 2010, the 911 GT3 RSR again won the environmental \"Michelin Green X Challenge\" classification as the GT vehicle with the best overall efficiency in the American Le Mans Series.\nIn the history of the American Le Mans Series, Joerg Bergmeister is the most successful driver at Lime Rock. At the last five races he claimed victory every time for Porsche in the GT and later the GT2 class.\nPatrick Long was his teammate for three of these wins, Wolf Henzler once. With the RS Spyder sports prototype, Porsche celebrated three class wins on this track as well as an overall victory in 2007.\nThe race in Lime Rock starts on Saturday, 9 July, at 14.05 hrs local time (20.05 hrs CEST). The GT qualifying on Friday will be broadcast on the internet on Friday from 21.45 hours CEST on www.porsche.com\/alms-live.\nThe American Le Mans Series\nThe American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was created in 1999 for sports prototypes and GT vehicles. The regulations correspond to those of the Le Mans 24 hour race. All classes start together but are classified separately:\nGT class: This most popular class amongst car manufacturers is traditionally extremely well supported: Slightly modified standard sports cars with 440 to 500 hp and a minimum weight of 1,125 \u2013 1,325 kilograms (e.g. Porsche 911 GT3 RSR).\nGTC class: This class is reserved for vehicles from one-make race series (e.g. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup).\nLMP1 class: Sports prototypes with up to 550 hp and a minimum weight of 900 kilograms.\nLMP2 class: Sports prototypes with ca. 440 hp and an 825 kg minimum weight.\nLMPC class: Prototype brand trophy series for the ORECA FLM 09.\nSOURCE: Porsche AG Media Database\nPublic Relations and Media\nMotor and Sports Press\nPosted by dedeporsche on July 2, 2011 in ALMS, American Le Mans Series, Automotive Art, Automotive Photography, Autos & Vehicles, Dr. Ing hc F. 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+{"text":"The Making OfThe Making Of\nNow reading: Enduring festival outfits: from Woodstock to Glastonbury\nEnduring festival outfits: from Woodstock to Glastonbury\nHow can we be sure that summer has, indeed, arrived? The signs look good. The sun is out, the days are long, the flowers are blooming. But to be absolutely certain, there's really just one question to ask: is Glastonbury around the corner?\nFor the first time since 2019, the queen of music festivals returns this weekend. And with it the need to ready your festival outfits! But it's not all glitter and wellies.\nFestival fashion has a long and storied history.\nThe very first festivals were likely quite tunic-based, because they, of course, occurred in ancient Greece. If you've got a peplos in your wardrobe, although you might stand out in the Pyramid Stage crowd, it's not going to be that practical. But looking at the slightly more recent history of festivals for inspiration, there's really only one choice: denim.\nRevellers break through a fence amidst the excitement at Woodstock grounds in August 1969. The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty.\nOver half a century ago, when 400,000 people descended on Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, an event that would define a generation, most of them were wearing jeans and denim jackets. It was the uniform of the \u200b\u200bcounterculture. As William S. Burroughs would later write: \"Kerouac opened a million coffee bars and sold a million pairs of Levi's to both sexes. Woodstock rises from his pages.\"\nFestival-goers stand about the grounds of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. The Museum at Bethel Woods via Reuters.\nThis side of the pond, the revellers at the Isle of Wight Festival\u2014actually a precursor to Glastonbury, starting in 1968; and bigger than Woodstock, attracting 700,000 people in 1970\u2014were similarly denim-clad.\nNot a huge amount has changed over the years. Different aesthetics, yes. But when looking around for festival fashion inspiration, denim has returned again and again.\nThe jeans were still there in the 1970s. But instead of bootcut they were skinnier, and now they were being worn with a leather jacket. (Think: any photo of The Ramones you've ever seen.) In the '80s, things got more colourful, the harsher edge removed, but when Freddie Mercury stole the show at Live Aid in 1985, he was rocking a pair of jeans. The '90s grungers made everything oversized, but denim was still there (check out Dave Grohl's dungarees). And into the 21st century, it remains the go-to for festival-goers. It's hardly a surprise denim endures when it comes to festival fashion. It's timeless (see above), comfortable, versatile, and perhaps most importantly, hard-wearing; it's the ultimate fabric for festival wear.\nAbove: Jane Fonda at the Isle of Wight festival, 1969, photographed by Anwar Hussein, via Alamy, Below: Sienna Miller in denim cut-offs at Glastonbury Festival, 2010, via Getty Images.\nBut how to wear your denim in 2022? Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, at Milldred we reckon it's the summer of festival dungarees. Or perhaps that should be the decade of festival dungarees. Because the 2020s have been sorely lacking in festivals so far. But they're back with a bang this summer, and you'd be a fool not to don your dungarees with your favourite oldest trainers.\nThey're the denim option that go with everything, they always look cool, they keep you comfy no matter the weather, and they won't need to be thrown away when you get back home. Even better, when you're in dungarees, you've got a pocket for everything. That makes them a festival essential. Just ask the queen of Glastonbury Emily Eavis, or as Caitlin Moran has described her, \"basically Jacinda Ardern, in dungarees.\"\nMilldred will be making a festival appearance this summer at the Park Fair in the Cotswolds from the 18th to the 21st August. Come and see us there.\nAnd to guarantee you've got the essential festival look this summer, make sure it's denim, make sure it's dungarees, and make sure it's Milldred.\nShop Milldred Batch 01 dungarees now.\nDon't be Clueless: A case for seasonless dressing\nDungaree Fail-safe: The Breton Shirt\nResponsibly made, timelessly flattering,\norganic cotton dungarees.\nBe the first to hear about new styles, events and more\n\u00a9 Milldred","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU\nJews demand right to\npray on Temple Mount\nIsraeli law forbids non-Muslim worship while\nHamas broadcasting from Judaism's holiest site\nPublished: 12\/25\/2007 at 10:50 PM\nAaron Klein About | Email | Archive\nAaron Klein is WND's senior staff writer and Jerusalem bureau chief. He also hosts \"Aaron Klein Investigative Radio\" on Salem Talk Radio. Follow Aaron on Twitter and Facebook.\nFollow Subscribe to feed\nJERUSALEM \u2013 Rabbinic leaders and Temple Mount activist groups here today demanded the Israeli government allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount \u2013 Judaism's holiest site.\nIsraeli restrictions forbid Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount and only allow Jews to ascend for certain hours on some days while the Mount is open to Muslims yearlong. Muslim prayer services take place throughout the day on the many mosques and Islamic religious schools situated on the holy site.\n\"We demand the Government of Israel allow the Jewish people to have freedom of religious expression on the Temple Mount. This will serve as a preliminary step in confirming the Jewish people's inexorable connection with the Temple Mount, location of the Holy Temple, under the sovereignty of the people of Israel,\" states a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signed by the leaders of the New Jewish Congress, the Sanhedrin and the Holy Temple and Temple Mount movements.\nThe Congress is a group of religious Zionist leaders here while the Sanhedrin consists of prominent rabbinic leaders who in 2004 reformed the ancient group of Jewish judges that previously constituted the legislative body of Israel. The reformed Sanhedrin has been a subject of debate within some Jewish communities.\nThe rabbinic leaders and activists demanded the Israeli government move toward allowing non-Muslim worship by initially establishing special days for Jewish communal prayer in fixed locations on the Temple Mount.\nThey demanded Olmert allow prayer on the Mount on important Jewish holidays, including Passover, Shavuot, Sukkoth, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first day of Hanukkah and on the Israeli national holidays of Jerusalem Day and Israeli Independence Day.\nNot all rabbinic figures allow Jewish prayer on the Mount although many schools do as long as entry and prayer is restricted to outer areas of the Mount, which can be measured by a change in the kind of foundation stone.\nAccording to Jewish law, the sanctity of the Temple Mount is structured in concentric circles. In the innermost circles, where the Holy of Holies was said to be located, the restrictions of Jewish access are the greatest. Jewish tradition and literature relates that during Temple times, only the kohen gadal, or high priest, was allowed to enter the most restricted area, and this happened once a year on Yom Kippur. The outer layers are less restricted.\nThe rabbis' and activists' letter to Olmert was prompted by an episode last week \u2013 reported exclusively by WND \u2013 in which Israeli forces closed the Mount to Jews during an important Jewish fast day mourning the First Temple's destruction while the Hamas terror organization broadcast from the Mount's Al Aqsa Mosque, which Muslims say is their third holiest site.\n\"In light of the broadcast of Hamas from the Temple Mount and the serious implications of this situation, we demand that the Government of Israel allow the Jewish people to have freedom of religious expression on the Temple Mount,\" stated the rabbis' letter to Olmert.\nWND broke the story that Hamas Wednesday exclusively broadcast Muslim prayers from the Mount's Al Aqsa Mosque on the group's official radio station, Al Aqsa Radio. The services are broadcast alongside anti-Semitic commentary, including incitement against Jews.\nThe official Hamas radio network announced last week it would continue airing exclusive daily streams of Muslim morning services from the Temple Mount, and, indeed, the broadcasts continued yesterday as scheduled. Hamas radio is heard throughout Palestinian cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.\n\"Our broadcast is a victory for the Al Aqsa Mosque, which is suffering from Judaization efforts imposed by the Zionist government. Broadcasting daily radio is a way to bring Al Aqsa to the Gaza Strip and challenge the siege imposed on us by the Zionist entity,\" said Rami Kaoud, a manager at Al Aqsa Radio.\nAll broadcasts from the Mount must be approved by the Waqf, which guard the Muslim entrances to the Temple Mount along with the Israeli police. Broadcasts in theory must also be approved by the Israeli police, but cameramen and reporters routinely enter the site from Muslim gates to broadcast without prior police approval as long as Waqf agents allow the entry.\nWhile Israel again has not yet acted to halt Hamas broadcasts, for most of last week it barred all non-Muslims from ascending the Mount, even on a Jewish holiday held last Wednesday.\nLast Wednesday marked the start of Muslim holiday of Ein ul-Adhaa, which commemorates the Islamic belief of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael for Allah. According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Abraham nearly sacrificed his son Isaac, not Ishmael.\nAlso last Wednesday, Jews commemorated the Jewish fast day of the Tenth of Tevet, mourning the First Temple's destruction and the siege placed on Jerusalem leading up to Temple's destruction during the reign of the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar.\nJewish organizations and Temple Mount activist groups here were planning visits to the Temple Mount in observance of last Wednesday's Jewish day of mourning. Rabbi Chaim Richman, director of the international department at Israel's Temple Institute, a Mount activist group which planned to lead a tour of the site this week, said Israeli police informed his group earlier this week that they had decided the Mount would be closed the rest of the week to non-Muslims for fear of offending Muslims on the Islamic holiday.\nDue to Israeli restrictions, the Temple Mount is open only to non-Muslims Sundays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and not on any Christian, Jewish or Muslim holidays or other days considered \"sensitive\" by the Waqf, the Mount's Islamic custodians.\nThe Temple Mount was opened to the general public until September 2000, when the Palestinians started their intifada by throwing stones at Jewish worshipers after then-candidate for prime minister Ariel Sharon visited the area.\nFollowing the onset of violence, the new Sharon government closed the Mount to non-Muslims, using checkpoints to control all pedestrian traffic for fear of further clashes with the Palestinians.\nThe Temple Mount was reopened to non-Muslims in August 2003, but only on select days for certain hours.\nThe First Jewish Temple was built by King Solomon in the 10th century B.C. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. The Second Temple was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after Jerusalem was freed from Babylonian captivity. That temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire in A.D. 70. Each temple stood for a period of about four centuries.\nThe Jewish Temple was the center of religious Jewish worship. It housed the Holy of Holies, which contained the Ark of the Covenant and was said to be the area upon which God's \"presence\" dwelt. The Al Aqsa Mosque now sits on the site.\nThe Temple served as the primary location for the offering of sacrifices and was the main gathering place in Israel during Jewish holidays.\nThe Temple Mount compound has remained a focal point for Jewish services over the millennia. Prayers for a return to Jerusalem have been uttered by Jews since the Second Temple was destroyed, according to Jewish tradition. Jews worldwide pray facing toward the Western Wall, a portion of an outer courtyard of the Temple left intact.\nThe Al Aqsa Mosque was constructed around A.D. 709 to serve as a shrine near another shrine, the Dome of the Rock, which was built by an Islamic caliph. Al Aqsa was meant to mark where Muslims came to believe Muhammad, the founder of Islam, ascended to heaven.\nThe letter to Olmert called the Temple Mount \"the holiest place in the world for the Jewish people, yet Jews are denied the right to pray in groups, and even as individuals \u2026 they are granted no opportunity for any religious expression whatsoever on the Temple Mount.\"\n\"However, let it be known that the Jewish people will never accept the total refusal of Jewish communal prayer on the Mountain,\" the letter states.\nTo interview Aaron Klein, contact Tim Bueler Public Relations by e-mail, or call (530) 401-3285.\n\"Schmoozing with Terrorists: From Hollywood to the Holy Land Jihadists Reveal their Global Plans \u2013 to a Jew!\"\nDefinitive work on Mideast \u2013 available only here!\n\"Everlasting Hatred: The Roots of Jihad\"\n\"The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)\"\n\"Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict\"\nPerfect gift! 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+{"text":"Women from various corners of the country intervene to prevent forest dwellers' evictions\nMAKAAM (Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch), a national alliance comprising of individuals, women farmer organisations, civil society groups, NGOs, and academics, referring to the controversial February 13 Supreme Court order which seeks to evict forest dwellers, has pleaded for environmental sanity , quoting women forest dwellers as saying, \"We are the true custodians and protectors of the forests; recognize our roles as environmental soldiers.\" Text of the statement:\nWomen forest dwellers have been organizing meetings and yatras as part of the MAKAAM campaign for protecting and asserting their forest rights. From Rajasthan and Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana and Uttarakhand across to the North East in Manipur and Nagaland, women forest dwellers have been rising in agitation and voicing their anguish at the Feb 13th Supreme Court order which threatens to evict them along with 8-10 lakh more forest dwellers from their traditional abodes and livelihoods rights. There is indignation at the statements about forest dwellers being the cause for deforestation and destruction of the forests. \"We protect the forests like own children, we would not destroy the forests. Forests are our life source, the forest and we are one! Let the courts come and see how we live\" they proclaim.\nDespite provisions of joint titles for IFR (individual forest rights) included in the FRA, women are often denied such rights. The absence of gender disaggregated data renders it impossible to ascertain and monitor progress of womens' rights as embedded in the Forest Rights Act. Nor are they encouraged to participate in the decision making process although studies have pointed to improved livelihoods as well as forest conservation when women take on decision-making roles in forest management.\nThe Urgency\nWe urge the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) to fulfil their responsibility and fully implement the Forest Rights Act 2006. The Supreme court judgment of February 13th (currently in abeyance) in a petition by a group of self-proclaimed conservationists with the Supreme Court has created an atmosphere of panic and fear for tribal and other forest dweller communities across the country.\nIn view of the immediate threat to forest dwellers' and adivasis' rights from the Supreme Court case, and to mark the World Environment Day MAKAAM Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch launched a month long campaign on 10th June2019 to draw attention to women forest dwellers contribution to forest conservation and management, and the atrocities being meted out to them by state and other agencies.\nStarted with state level meetings and a twitter campaign for #ForestRight4Women which received significant traction, the campaign has wound its way through village and district level meetings and rallies, interactions with state officials and evidence gathering on cases of wrongful rejections to its current stage sending postcards to the Prime Minister to compel him and his government to attend to womens' call for justice in the matter before the court hearing on July 24th results in mass evictions.\nWhy Women are Demanding a Hearing\nWe seek to challenge the discourse constructed by pseudo conservationists that people are themselves the destroyers of the forests, women protect and carry their legacy of knowledge and practices of living with the forests. \"The forests are where our birds nest and our food comes from, we are connected to the forests as a life giving source. Can you imagine a life without the forests? Where would we go? What would we do?\", says Gemti bai of Sirohi district Rajasthan.\n\"Tell those (foresters that) we have protected the forests all these centuries, they should come and learn from us, we are the real foresters, it is our home!\" says one of the women sitting in the dharna and commenting on the mono-plantation approach of the forest department. \"How would you feel if they came and took away your home and called you thieves in your home, would you sit silent? Would you watch while (they) chop all the trees as if it is only dead wood? These are life!\" asks Chanda ben of Dahod, Gujarat.\n\"Our goats our animals have grazed in these forests, now we can neither take the goats nor fetch grass from these forests, they (FD) dig trenches around us to prevent us from going into the forests\" the women explain while pointing to their traditional pathways across the forests. \"Our children and animals fall into the trenches they have dug around our homes to prevent us from moving about freely in our villages and forests\", women report from Telangana.\n\"These heartless people are destroying our lives and the environment by doing this digging and fencing as the species are not able to move about freely, but do they even care?\" decries activist MangeLal who works with these communities. \"We pick the berries and fruits with care to avoid destruction of new shoots, we pick the dry wood and leave the new wet branches to flourish, who will destroy an entire tree or bush?\", says Samli bai with her baby strapped on her back as she carries a bundle of dry twigs in her arms. \"By giving us a small patta they are taking away the entire forest and destroying it, for some business mans greed. It is all of us who will suffer! Your children, our children. Do they not understand?\" another older woman laments.\nThe Forest Rights Act was formulated to correct the centuries of historical injustice perpetrated against forest dwellers by denying them the rights to the forests and ignoring the environmental role they play in the protection and conservation of the forests. The Act creates titles but more importantly it restores the dignity to the forest dwellers of their knowledge and ways of life within an ecological rhythm, and recognizes their rights to livelihoods as well as to management of the forest resources. The Supreme Court judgment is a mighty blow to this tradition, and the women express anguish that those sitting in judgment are unaware of this reality.\nThousands of women are writing postcards to the prime minister to intervene on their behalf to prevent the evictions and to represent their interests from various corners of the country- from Kerala and Telangana, Manipur and Rajasthan to the courts and protect their rights to address the historical injustices of displacement denial and oppression they have been experiencing on their person and against their communities.\nWe have written to the prime minister, perhaps when we remind him with our postcards he will listen and the government will listen to our appeal to recognize our rights rather than threatening us with evictions and all sorts of schemes that displace us from our forests and the resources on which our lives have depended for centuries.\nWomen from Uttarakhand (Khatima) and Gujarat (Dahod) raise cases where they have been sexually and physically harassed by forest department officials and restrained from accessing their forest lands, and instead the forest department has falsely filed cases against them; elsewhere women are raising the issues of destruction of their crops and houses by forest department using JCBs and heavy machines despite statements by senior officials and assurances by the Forest and Environment Minister in parliament itself that FD will not threaten people with eviction.\nWomen in Telangana have won legal victories to restore their rights, but continue to be threatened by the manoeuvrings of the forest department as it seeks to adopt strategies to divert from the FRA and to invoke other means to divert forest lands and dispossess communities. \"The biggest threat today is the fact that the government itself is willing to give our lands and squander our resources for profits to the corporate and mining lobbies, exclaim people who have been displaced in Chattisgarh and face threats of eviction in Jharkhand and Odisha.\n\"We are gathering these evidences and have sought time from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and SC and ST Commissions to represent these issues again before them\" proclaim women leaders from these forest dwellers' sangathans. \"We women will not budge, for us there is no option. Our lives are woven in with these lands, the future of our children is at stake\", say women emphatically.\n\"Policy makers and the judiciary must ensure justice, that is why we are running this campaign\", explains Shubhada Tai of Gadhchiroli. \"We appeal to the courts and to the law makers to recognize women forest dwellers as the true protectors of the forests and to work on solutions beyond this impasse tooo ensure ecological wellbeing and dignity as well as restore the means of livelihood for those who live most closely with the forest\".\n\"We must ensure their rights as citizens and implement the laws meant for their protection\u2026 Instead new proposals to amend the Indian Forest Act and the CAMPA legislation only pose bigger challenges and nneed to be unequivocally rejected\", says Richa from Rajasthan, who is also a coordinator of MAKAAM\nOur collective voices must reach the government, they must see the sense and talk to us, say Kumari bai and Navlli Bai. \"We are not the encroachers, we are the protectors!\" Is anybody listening to these women's voices for ecological justice and environmental sanity? Only time and the decision in the Supreme Courts pending judgment will tell.\nThe specific demands being made by these brave women of MAKAAM are:\nAn appeal to the Supreme Court for an annulment of its February 13, 2019 eviction Orders annd recognition of women and forest dweller communities and especially the women as the riightful protectors and managers of the forests .\nMinistry of Tribal Affairs at Central and charged state departments must take full responsibility of reaching out to tribal and other forest dependent communities and ensure the implementation of FRA 2006 in its letter and spirit. They should educate tribal communities and other forest dwellers through local dialects\/languages, about their forest rights and facilitate processes for securing the same.\nIn the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, structures should be strengthened at every level and participation of women at least as envisaged by law should be ensured.\nFor community rights, federation of Gram Sabhas should be formed at block and district level and the equal and substantive participation of women in these structures should be ensured. Funds should be made available for Gram Sabha for which a trilateral agreement can be made between the government, the Gram Sabha and a credible assisting organization.\nLeadership of women should be promoted and ensured at all costs.\nThe funds from the CAMPA scheme should be given to the Gram Sabhas so that they will be able to carry out the forest conservation work, and such funds should be used keeping women's priorities to create local diversity-based forests and not monoculture plantations.\nPriority should be given to single\/differently-abled women in terms of personal rights and immediate action as Targeted Beneficiaries and Areas through the Forest Rights Committee while also ensuring participation of other women.\nThe government should ensure the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in conjunction with PESA.\nEvery possible help should be given to ensure that indigenous tribes, PVTG, Noomadic groups get their domicile rights.\nGender disaggregated data with regard to claims as well as representation in decision making bodies- Gram Sabha as well as district and block levels- should be maintained and put out.\nPrevious Previous post: Why are Uttarakhand govt, Centre not studying increasing number of cloud burst incidents?\nNext Next post: Rich corporates spend huge sums on entertainment, but don't care for ecological imbalance it causes","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"1943 Lyle 2016\nLyle Cooper\nMarch 16, 1943 \u2014 October 9, 2016\nObituary for Lyle Cooper\nLyle Cooper, age 73 went to be with his Lord on October 9, 2016 with his wife by his side.\nHe was born the son of Dale & Sylvia (Ranney) Cooper on March 16, 1943 in Stanton and is preceded in death by his parents along with his brothers, Eugene Cooper, David Cooper and his sister, Audrey Parrish.\nLyle is survived by wife of 53 years, Carole; daughters, DeeAnn (Kurt) Ruiter of Big Rapids, Allison (Shane) Stanton of Ormond Beach, Florida; sons, Lt. Col. Stephen (Marilyn) Cooper, USAF, Ret. of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Col. Wayne (Christal) Cooper, USAF Ret. Of Mascoutah, Illinois; grandchildren, Emily (Dustin) Cooper of Denver, Colorado, Nicholas Cooper and Caleb Cooper both of Mascoutah, Illinois, Danielle Ruiter, Dustin Ruiter, Jessica Ruiter, Andrew Ruiter, Braden Ruiter and Ari Ruiter all of Big Rapids, Gavin Stanton and Evin Stanton both of Ormond Beach, Florida; sisters, Avis Cooper of Stanton, Margaret Cooper of Stanton; sisters-in-law, Janet Cooper of Gowen, Lois Cooper of Stanton and several nieces and nephews.\nLyle served in the United States Air Force for four years where he learned to repair medical equipment, which he continued to do right up to his death. He enjoyed traveling the country visiting his children and grandchildren. He liked flying airplanes and helicopters and taking his family for rides. Lyle was a member of the First Baptist Church of Stanton where he served as a church deacon, song leader, AWANA Commander and children's church leader. Because of his illness, Lyle spent the last decade ministering to fellow dialysis patients.\nVisitation with Lyle's family is being held on Friday, October 14, 2016 from 5-8 PM at the Simpson Family Funeral Home in Sheridan.\nFuneral services for Lyle will be on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Stanton beginning at 11 AM with Pastor Robert Parr officiating. Lyle will be laid to rest at the Evergreen Township Cemetery in Sheridan.\nFor those wishing to make a memorial donation in Lyle's memory the family suggests donations be made to either Continental Baptist Missions or Bethany Christian Services and envelopes will be available at the funeral home and church.\nTo order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Lyle Cooper, please visit our flower store.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"THIS IS A AUTHOR TPL from module folder\nKeep Your Helmet On: ESPN's Jacked Up, In Retrospect\nIt seems like a million years ago that ESPN blithely celebrated the NFL's killshot tackles by giving them their own loud, hooting highlight show. It wasn't. In fact, it wasn't very long ago at all.\nThe Best of All Games: John Rawls, Baseball Fan\nJohn Rawls, one of the greatest American philosophers, was also a pretty serious baseball fan. Still, there are some serious holes in his recently unearthed argument for baseball as \"the best of all games.\" Also, though, there's some basic emotional truth about being a fan.\nGreat Thinkers On The NFL, Part Two\nThe second part in our occasional series finds Theodore Roosevelt opining on The Schiano Men, Thomas Nagel investigating responsibility and Tony Romo, and an actual Kierkegaard quote applied to the Jaguars, which enhances the depressing aspects of both, somehow.\nMariano Rivera is at the end of a long and consistently dazzling career. We won't be able to remember as much of it as we might want to, but that's the way baseball -- and everything else -- works.\nGreat Thinkers On The NFL\nAlbert Camus on the Jaguars. Glenn Beck on the Jets and sort of on the debt ceiling. Doctor Seuss on LeGarrette Blount. The first in an occasional series in which great thinkers provide their takes on recent NFL action, because a great and complicated game deserves great and complicated analysis.\nThe Pixel Paradox and the NFL Game Experience\nFans pay serious money and deal with the routine indignities of overbearing stadium security to go to NFL games because they love football. But who is it, exactly, that has made NFL games the way they are, and ensured that the experience is dominated by gargantuan, electricity-chugging HD screens? You already know.\nAaron Hernandez is under suspicion for some very bad things. This doesn't look good, but given that none of us really knows a thing about Aaron Hernandez, it's tough to say any more about it than that.\nCommentators like Tim McCarver make us wonder why we even need color commentators. Commentators like Sir Ian Darke remind us why we do. In between is... well, a lot.\nWhy We Watch: Brett Gardner, True Yankee\nThere are a great many things about the Yankees that are not especially admirable. Brett Gardner's greatest virtue may be that he embodies none of those.\nViva Azteca: Yakkin' About Soccer's Strangest, Scariest Stadium\nEstadio Azteca is one of the stranger, better and more terrifying places on earth to watch a soccer game. And maybe to watch anything, actually. Two Azteca veterans compare notes on one of soccer's holy, and wholly weird, sites.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Go all-out with the new Samsung Galaxy S22 Powered by Globe\nEveryone has goals they want to achieve, to maximize their potential, and a device to help in this journey. Starting February 10, that device is now within reach for Filipinos thanks to the strong partnership with leading telco provider Globe and tech giant Samsung, with the pre-order launch of its newest flagship device: the Samsung Galaxy S22 Series.\n\"Whether you're an accomplished mid-career professional who enjoys capturing and sharing moments in your day to day, be night or day, a yuppie who likes being in the outdoors traveling all over the world, or an established industry leader who wants to leave a lasting impact on others, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Series, powered by Globe's 5G Postpaid and Platinum plans, are perfect for getting more things done,\" says Coco Domingo, Vice President for Globe Postpaid and International.\nWith the Samsung Galaxy S22 Series, powered by Globe 5G, Globe Postpaid and Platinum subscribers will get connectivity that's up to 20x faster than LTE, with fiber-fast speeds of up to 100 Mbps and with close to real-time latency, allowing for faster response times that enhance the experience of using the latest S Series phone. Such connection speeds also allow users to maximize Samsung Galaxy S22 Series' brightest and improved display performance, which lets you watch your favorite shows in HD without interruptions or loading times.\nThis February, Globe looks forward to leading the launch of one of the most awaited releases from the Samsung Galaxy S Series, powered by its 5G Plans, with exclusive lower cashouts during the pre-order period of February 10 \u2013 March 3, 2022:\nSamsung Galaxy S22 \u2013 GPlan 1499 with P21,600 cashout (or +P600\/month for 36 months)\nSamsung Galaxy S22+ \u2013 GPlan 1499 with P30,000 cashout (or +P833 monthly for 36 months)\nSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G (254GB) \u2013 GPlan 1499 with P38,400cashout (or +P1,067 monthly for 36 months)\nSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G (512GB) \u2013 GPlan 1499 with P45,600 cashout (or +P1,267 monthly for 36 months).\nPlans are available for a 24-month or 36-month contract period, including a huge data allowance, and all-day calls and texts to all networks.\nEquipped with five exceptional features, the Samsung Galaxy S22, S22+ & S22 Ultra further cement Samsung's status as the No. 1 name in Android:\nCamera: There's no need to miss an important event or moment with family and friends just because of low lighting. Whether it's during the day or night, the new nightgraphy function allows capturing and sharing every moment.\nDisplay: As customers spend more and more hours on smartphones, with the S22'S brightest display, and Intelligent Outdoor Algorithm ensure a display performance that delivers bright and clear picture quality in both indoor and outdoor spaces. Better screen visibility wherever and whenever.\nDesign: Available in 4 colors for each model providing a wider range of choice for every lifestyle and personality.\nPerformance: Now with the World's 1st 4NM processor, an improved NPU, 5G Connectivity, and Wifi-6, the new S22 can handle every task from simple to mid-weight, to heavy-lifting.\nProductivity: Exclusive to the S22 Ultra is the highly anticipated S-Pen compatibility. Many of the Galaxy Note fanatics will be pleased to hear that this particular model in the S-series will now allow them to doodle, take notes, edit pictures and all of the other cool things available on the previous Note models.\n\"With the Samsung S22, powered by Globe 5G, in your hands, there's no stopping you from going all out and conquering many of life's possibilities,\" Coco Domingo says.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals Predictions, Picks and Preview \u2013 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs \u2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals Game One \u2013 April 28, 2016\nBetting Previews, NHL Betting News\nIt's finally here, the biggest and best series yet between the Pittsburgh Penguins and top-ranked Washington Capitals. Everyone had a soft spot in their hearts for the Rangers and Flyers, but this was the series the people want to see.\nThese two have met many times in the playoffs before, but this time around Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin are no longer boys; they are now men. Not to mention, both are also now their team's captains. Ovi led the league in scoring this season with 50 goals, while Crosby finished third in the NHL with 85 points.\nThis will definitely be a series for the ages and it all starts tonight in the District Capital. For more on this behemoth of a tilt, read ahead. If you'd like to first see How the NHL Playoffs Work, head here.\nCheck out these latest articles at Top Bet News\nCan Conor McGregor defy the odds and beat Floyd Mayweather?\nBest Mayweather-McGregor Press Conference Quotes\n2017 ESPY Awards Predictions, Picks and Preview\nPenguins vs. Caps \u2013 Game One Round Two Preview\nWhere: Verizon Center \u2013 Washington, DC\nWhen: Thursday, April 28, 2016, 8:00 PM ET\nLine: Pittsburgh Penguins (+115) vs. Washington Capitals (-135); Total: 5.0 \u2013 view all NHL lines\nTV Broadcast: NBCSN\nBetting on the Pittsburgh Penguins\nThe Pens didn't exactly make short work of the New York Rangers in the opening round of their playoff run. This could be due to the fact the Pens used two backup goalies to finish off the blue shirts. Jeff Zatkof started and won game one. After his game two loss though, his opportunity was no more. The team then turned to Matt Murray and never looked back. M&M went 3-0 with a shutout and .955 save percentage.\nHe'll be back for Pittsburgh in game one of their second round series with Washington. It won't be Murray's first glimpse of the Caps or the Verizon Center this season either, as he and the non-flying birds beat the Caps in OT on April 7th 4-3.\nOut of the crease, what the team has going for them is resurgent playoff form of their superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. #87 has eight points in six games, while Gino has seven through five. If the Pens want to have any chance in this series, they'll be looking to their big men more than ever to help keep their heads above water.\nWatch for the Pens to crash the net early to try and bounce Braden Holtby off his game. He can get rattled as the Flyers briefly showed in round one. The key for Pittsburgh is achieving that and riding the momentum. The Flyers never quite got that far.\nThe Pens went 21-18 ATS on the road this season. They are also +375 to take the Stanley Cup.\nBetting on the Washington Capitals\nAn extremely strong percentage of people took the Caps to win the Stanley Cup in their 2016 playoff pools. With good reason too, they absolutely tore up the league this year going 56-18 for 120 points, 11 more than the next closest Dallas Stars in the West with 109.\nBraden Holtby was on fire all year and will surely take home this years Vezina Trophy for his efforts. He had a league-best 48 wins with an insane 2.20 goals against average. The Caps have been looking to him for blue chip efforts all year and that won't change in the second round. The Pens are a highly offensive team meaning Holtby will be busy early and often.\nThe big challenge for the Caps will be countering that Penguins attack with some fire of their own. As we well know, Alex Ovechkin led the league in scoring this season, but he is struggling a little so far in these playoffs. Against arguably the weakest opponent to make it into the postseason (Philly), he only managed five points through six games and only a +1 plus-minus.\nIf the Caps want to be in this series, they can't rely on their solid season or first round. Everything resets now. Ovi and Holtby will have to once again be the backbone of this team.\nThe Caps went 29-11 ATS at home this season. They are also +350 favorites to win the Stanley Cup.\nThe Penguins storm the castle early. They take game one 3-1.\nCreate a betting account now and catch some blistering Stanley Cup Playoffs action.\nPittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers Predictions,\u2026\nFlorida Panthers vs Washington Capitals Predictions,\u2026\nNew York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins Predictions,\u2026\nNew York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes Predictions,\u2026\nTampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers Predictions,\u2026\nCarolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers Predictions,\u2026\n2016 Stanley Cup Odds\n2016 Stanley Cup Predictions\nEastern Conference Semifinals\nNHL Eastern Conference\nNHL Eastern Conference Semifinals\nPittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Game 1 Odds\nPittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Game 1 Picks\nPittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Game 1 Predictions\nPittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Odds\nPittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Picks\nPittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Predictions\nStanley Cup Playoffs Odds\nStanley Cup Playoffs Predictions\nStanley Cup Predictions","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"\\r\\nRead more at FiveMinutesOnMondays.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/rabbi-alan-lurie\"},\"creator\":{\"@context\":\"http:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Rabbi Alan Lurie\",\"jobTitle\":\"Author, 'Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected, Purpose, Peace and Fulfillment at Work'\",\"description\":\"Alan Lurie has a unique background. He has had a 30-year career as a licensed architect, and is currently Executive Vice President at DataGryd - a New York City based data center developer. He is also an ordained rabbi, teaching, leading prayer services, and writing on issues of faith and religion. This combination of meeting the demands of the business world while attending to the needs of the spirit gives Alan both insight into, and access to, a diverse community. He is also the author of Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected, Purpose, Peace and Fulfillment at Work. His wife, Shirona, is a Cantor, singer, and accomplished songwriter. They live in Rye, New York.\n\\r\\nRead more at FiveMinutesOnMondays.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/rabbi-alan-lurie\"},\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"NewsMediaOrganization\",\"name\":\"HuffPost\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s.m.huffpost.com\/assets\/hp-amp-101ecf8047b044dce5f3122c63056162580f1c26994c73ae90dbd1c5d1545a71.gif\",\"width\":600,\"height\":60}},\"description\":\"No, I don't think that there is a huge bearded guy dressed in a toga sitting in a palace on a mountain in the sky. I believe in Zeus in the same way tha...\",\"keywords\":[\"world-religions\",\"jewish-mysticism\",\"rabbi\",\"santa-claus\",\"blogs\",\"religious-tolerance\",\"religion\",\"divine\",\"judaism\",\"spirituality\",\"type: contributor\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en_US\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/default-entry.jpg?ops=200_150\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/why-all-intuitions-of-god_b_817435\",\"headline\":\"The Rabbi Who Believes in Zeus: Why All Intuitions of God Are Incomplete\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/default-entry.jpg?ops=1778_1000\",\"width\":1778,\"height\":1000},\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/why-all-intuitions-of-god_b_817435\"}}\nRabbi Alan Lurie, Contributor\nAuthor, 'Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected, Purpose, Peace and Fulfillment at Work'\nThe Rabbi Who Believes in Zeus: Why All Intuitions of God Are Incomplete\nWriting blogs for the Huffington Post's Religion section -- in which I often attempt to present a nuanced, personal understanding of God, and a defense of the inherent goodness in the impulse toward religion -- has been a challenging experience. I have discovered that for many readers the terms \"religion\", \"God\", \"faith\", and \"belief\", carry such negative images, predetermined parameters, and intricate emotions that the dialogue is stopped dead in its tracks. These are complex subjects that resist short explanations, and for which words themselves are often inadequate at best, and misleading at worst. For example, in response to a recent blog, \"Can The Existence of God Ever Be Proven\", one person wrote,\n\"Humans have worshipped thousands of gods throughout the ages. Which of these does this discussion refer to? Remember, they were convinced that they had it right too. Just as you don't believe in Zeus, I don't believe in your god.\"\nThere are two assumptions in this statement that I'd like to challenge:\nFirst, not all religious people are convinced that they have it right. That is an assumption that simply is not based on facts. Unquestioned certainty is a fundamentalist position, but is not an inherent -- or even desirable -- quality in a spiritual life, and is not the position taken by a vast number of believers or by most theologians. There is a long history of debate in all religions about the nature of the Divine, the meaning of scriptures, and the purpose of doctrines. In Judaism, for example, the Talmud records vigorous debates between the most educated and dedicated Rabbis in order to remind us that disagreements in search of truth are holy acts, that simple answers are to be questioned, and that we must resist the lure of certainty.\nSecond, I do believe in Zeus.\nNo, I don't think that there is a huge bearded guy dressed in a toga sitting in a palace on a mountain in the sky, looking to hurl his thunderbolt or abduct a beautiful human woman. Such a literal view may have been taken by some ancient Greeks, just as some today read their religion's stories literally, but this was not how the great philosophers and educated people of that time saw Zeus, and it is not the intent behind those who first described the many Greek deities. I believe in Zeus in the same way that Parmenides, Pythagoras, Plato, Heraclitus, and later, Plotinus, did -- as a poetic vision of a true aspect of the Divine. Plato makes this clear in Phaedrus, his mind-boggling treatise on the nature of the soul, where he wrote, \"But of the heaven which is above the heavens what earthly poet ever did or ever will be worthily? There abides the very essence with which true knowledge is concerned; the colorless, formless, intangible spirit, visible only to mind, the pilot of the soul.\"\nIn other words, above the constructs that humans make to describe the spiritual realm is a higher, truer realm that is beyond our ability to adequately describe or fully comprehend. Zeus, Plato knew, is a symbolic manifestation of the essence of creative power, and those who followed Zeus sought to deepen these qualities, just as followers of Athena sought to partake of the essences of wisdom and judgment. These essences, Plato taught, emanate from the same Source, and are implanted in physicality. People who intuit these essences give them form, which may be human in characteristics, but these forms are not the essences. The pantheon of gods were human attempts to describe the spiritual experience in an anthropomorphic story.\nSimilarly, in the Hindu Chandogya Upanishad, written in the first millennium BCE, we hear, \"In the beginning was only Being, One without a second. Out of himself he brought forth the cosmos and entered into everything in it. There is nothing that does not come from him.\" (Interestingly, this language is almost identical to the Medieval Jewish poem \"Adon Olam\" -- \"Master of the World\".) The myriad of Hindu deities are aspects of the infinite and indescribable One, Who imbues all creation. Ganesha, the human\/elephant deity who rides on a mouse, is obviously not an actual physical being, but a symbol of the soul's desire to remove obstacles so that we can live free of attachment to outcomes.\nJewish mysticism teaches that the true nature of God is without limit, and completely beyond human comprehension. The Jewish mystics imagined an upside-down \"Tree of Life\", with roots in the heavens and branches pointed toward the earth, composed on 10 energy emanations -- \"s'firot\" -- such as Wisdom, Understanding, Beauty, Judgment, and Mercy. It is through these emanations that we can know and connect to God, but these emanations are not God -- only the shadow that is capable of being perceived by humans. The famous first sentence of the Tao te Ching makes this same point, \"The Tao that can be named [known] is not the True Tao.\"\nThere are realms of reality for which our five senses, our frail physicality, and the current evolution of our minds are incapable of fully grasping. Access to the non-physical spiritual realm is through the gift of intuition, which is a dim remembrance of the world from which we came, and that \"speaks\" to us in images and metaphors. Like James Watson discovering the reality of the DNA double helix structure in a dream of intertwined snakes, we can access deep truths that appear as symbols and metaphors. There are those who, for a variety of reasons, will concretize these visions and insist that these images are literally true, but the initial vision that brought these visions to us, whether Zeus, a man\/elephant, or a pair of snakes, are not descriptions of actual people of objects, but are mystical poetry that contain a truth.\nIn this way I believe in Zeus, as a human intuition of a true aspect of the Divine. One could ask if I also believe in Santa Claus or the Jolly Green Giant. The difference here is that every adult knows that Santa Claus is an invention to please children, and that the Jolly Green Giant was designed to sell vegetables. Now one can then say that any image of God is also an invention to appease the childish part of our nature that is confused by the world and afraid of death, and that religion was designed to sell mind control and submission. These simple bromides, though, are not supported by the facts of history or people's real experiences. No adult has come to a belief in and develop meaningful connection with Santa Claus, while countless people have come to find truth and relationship in their tradition's interpretation of the unknowable realm of Spirit. And no one has ever struggled with the obligations to be charitable and compassionate as demanded by a can of peas, while billions are elevated by and supported in a religious community and tradition that feeds the poor, cares for the ill, and comforts the bereaved.\nThroughout our history on this planet, humans have known that there is an invisible, higher, truer realm that gave birth to our reality, and those that have caught glimpse of this realm have attempted to describe their vision. Zeus, like all the representations of the Divine that humans have intuited, including the God of monotheism, is partial, incomplete, and flawed -- perceived in clouded and flickering glimpses. I love and honor this search, in its halting steps, imaginings of powerful deities, yearning heroes, and colorful stories, because it represents our highest yearnings.\nYes, terrible things, like child sacrifice and abuse of women, were done as \"religious\" acts to appease imagined gods, but these were acts of barbaric cultures disguised as spirituality, and have been -- and are being -- eradicated as we evolve. Like the process of science, art, and culture, our spiritual intuition matures as we mature, gains intelligence as we gain intelligence, and builds on the findings of predecessors. This process has been the force driving humanity forward toward a future in which we know more fully who we are and why we have been placed here.\nOf course I could be wrong.\nJudaism Religious Tolerance World Religions Rabbi Santa Claus","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"One-step genetic correction of hemoglobin E\/beta-thalassemia patient-derived iPSCs by the CRISPR\/Cas9 system\nMethichit Wattanapanitch1,2,\nNattaya Damkham1,\nPonthip Potirat1,\nKongtana Trakarnsanga3,\nMontira Janan1,\nYaowalak U-pratya1,4,\nPakpoom Kheolamai5,\nNuttha Klincumhom6 &\nSurapol Issaragrisil1,4\nThalassemia is the most common genetic disease worldwide; those with severe disease require lifelong blood transfusion and iron chelation therapy. The definitive cure for thalassemia is allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which is limited due to lack of HLA-matched donors and the risk of post-transplant complications. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology offers prospects for autologous cell-based therapy which could avoid the immunological problems. We now report genetic correction of the beta hemoglobin (HBB) gene in iPSCs derived from a patient with a double heterozygote for hemoglobin E and \u03b2-thalassemia (HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia), the most common thalassemia syndrome in Thailand and Southeast Asia.\nWe used the CRISPR\/Cas9 system to target the hemoglobin E mutation from one allele of the HBB gene by homology-directed repair with a single-stranded DNA oligonucleotide template. DNA sequences of the corrected iPSCs were validated by Sanger sequencing. The corrected clones were differentiated into hematopoietic progenitor and erythroid cells to confirm their multilineage differentiation potential and hemoglobin expression.\nThe hemoglobin E mutation of HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia iPSCs was seamlessly corrected by the CRISPR\/Cas9 system. The corrected clones were differentiated into hematopoietic progenitor cells under feeder-free and OP9 coculture systems. These progenitor cells were further expanded in erythroid liquid culture system and developed into erythroid cells that expressed mature HBB gene and HBB protein.\nOur study provides a strategy to correct hemoglobin E mutation in one step and these corrected iPSCs can be differentiated into hematopoietic stem cells to be used for autologous transplantation in patients with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia in the future.\nHbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, a double heterozygosity of hemoglobin E (HbE) and \u03b2-thalassemia, is the most common thalassemic syndrome found in adults in Southeast Asia. The clinical manifestations are heterogeneous; at one end the mutation may be very mild, whereas at the other end it is very severe similar to homozygous \u03b2-thalassemia or thalassemia major. In HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, one allele (\u03b20) produces no \u03b2-globin chain and the other allele (\u03b2E) produces a HbE globin chain resulting from nucleotide substitution at codon 26 (GAG \u2192 AAG, glutamic acid to lysine) [1]. Previous reports have shown the success of genetic correction of a \u03b2-globin gene in \u03b2-thalassemia-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using a lentiviral vector [2, 3] or homologous recombination [4]. However, the lentiviral gene therapy results in random integration of the functional gene into the genome, leading to undesired mutations. It is therefore necessary to screen for the clones that integrate the transgene to genomic safe harbor sites. On the other hand, the classic homologous recombination is very inefficient, especially in human pluripotent stem cells [5]. The more efficient genome editing technologies using custom-engineered nucleases, zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), have been used to correct \u03b2-thalassemia iPSCs [6, 7].\nThe RNA-guided clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)\/Cas9 system has been used recently to correct HBB mutation in iPSCs derived from \u03b2-thalassemia [8,9,10,11] and sickle cell disease patients [12]. However, these studies relied on a donor plasmid containing a wild-type HBB gene and an antibiotic selection cassette for enrichment, thereby requiring subsequent excision and clonal selection steps. To overcome these limitations, a single-stranded DNA oligonucleotide (ssODN) donor template can be used to provide seamless correction [13, 14]. In this study, we used the CRISPR\/Cas9 system and the ssODN donor template to efficiently correct the HbE mutation in iPSCs derived from a patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, resulting in the corrected iPSCs, which is a \u03b2-thalassemia heterozygote. The corrected iPSCs are capable of differentiating into hematopoietic stem cells, which can be used for autologous transplantation to the patient in the future. In addition, our study further demonstrates that these cells can differentiate in vitro to reticulocytes, which can be developed for therapeutic use.\nSample collection and generation of induced pluripotent stem cells\nThe study was approved by the Siriraj Institutional Review Board (no. Si248\/2011), in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. All patients were provided with an explanation and with a participant information sheet and signed the informed consent. Skin biopsies were collected from HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia patients for further mutation analysis and isolation of fibroblasts. Briefly, the skin specimens were washed with sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing 25 U\/ml penicillin, 25 \u03bcg\/ml streptomycin, chopped into small pieces of 1 mm3 and transferred into a T-25 tissue culture flask containing DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Lonza, Switzerland), 2 mM GlutaMAX\u2122 and 25 U\/ml penicillin, 25 \u03bcg\/ml streptomycin. Fibroblasts were subcultured once every 5 days or whenever they reached 80% confluency by incubation with 0.25% Trypsin for 2 min. Generation and characterization of E\u03b2-iPSCs from a HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemic patient's HDFs were performed as described previously [15]. iPSCs were maintained in mTeSR\u21221 medium (StemCell Technologies, Canada) on Matrigel\u2122-coated (BD Bioscience, USA) plates and subcultured using 1 mg\/ml Dispase (StemCell Technologies) according to the manufacturer's instructions.\nGene expression analysis\nTotal RNA was obtained using TRIzol\u00ae reagent (Invitrogen). cDNA was prepared using 2 \u03bcg of RNA and reverse-transcribed using the SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis System and Oligo (dT) primers (Invitrogen). PCR analysis of pluripotent genes was performed on a T100\u2122 Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, USA) using Platinum Taq DNA polymerase (Invitrogen). Primer sequences are presented in Additional file 1: Table S1. For quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis, primers and probes were designed using the Universal Probe Library Assay Design Center (Roche Diagnostics). The qRT-PCR analysis was carried out on the CFX96\u2122 Real-Time PCR detection system (Bio-Rad). Data were normalized with a housekeeping gene, GAPDH, and expressions were plotted against the undifferentiated normal iPSCs. Primer sequences are presented in Additional file 1: Table S2.\nMultiplex PCR analysis for hemoglobin E\nGenomic DNA was isolated using the Gentra\u00ae Puregene\u00ae Cell Kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. HbE mutation was detected by multiplex PCR. The PCR reaction consisted of 1.5 U of DNA polymerase (Platinum Taq; Invitrogen), 1\u00d7 PCR buffer, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM dNTPs, 0.4 \u03bcM HbE-Fc primer, 0.4 \u03bcM HbE-Rc primer, 0.5 \u03bcM HbE-Rn primer, 0.5 \u03bcM HbE-Fm primer and 2 \u03bcl of DNA sample in a total volume of 30 \u03bcl. The PCR was performed after an initial denaturation at 95 \u00b0C for 15 min followed by 30 cycles of denaturation (94 \u00b0C for 45 s), annealing (68 \u00b0C for 45 s) and extension (72 \u00b0C for 1 min), and a final extension step (72 \u00b0C for 7 min). Primer sequences are presented in Additional file 1: Table S3.\nGeneration of CRISPR\/Cas plasmid, single-guide RNA and single-stranded DNA oligonucleotide template\nCRISPR\/Cas plasmids pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458) and pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) were obtained from Addgene (Cambridge, USA). Seven gRNAs targeting the HbE mutation were designed and their potential off-target sites were identified using the Crispr Design Tool (http:\/\/crispr.mit.edu\/). Top and bottom strands of each gRNA were annealed, phosphorylated and cloned into the BbsI site of the PX459 plasmid according to a protocol published previously [16]. The ssODN donor template for HbE correction was designed to have homology arms of 90 nucleotides on either side of the point mutation (a total of 181 nucleotides). The gRNA sequences and the ssODN template are presented in Additional file 1: Tables S4 and S5.\nGene targeting of the HbE mutation in E\u03b2-iPSCs\nTransfection of E\u03b2-iPSCs was performed using Amaxa 4D-nucleofector as described previously [17]. Briefly, 5 \u00d7 105 E\u03b2-iPSCs were resuspended in nucleofection mixture containing 20 \u03bcl of P3 Primary Cell Solution (Lonza) and 2 \u03bcg of DNA. The mixture was transferred to Nucleocuvette strips and nucleofection was performed using the CB-150 program according to the manufacturer's instructions. The PX459 plasmid was used for gRNA construction and the PX458 was used as a positive control. The transfected iPSCs were plated onto Matrigel\u2122-coated 24-well plates and cultured in mTESR1 medium supplemented with 10 \u03bcM Y-27632. At 24 hours post nucleofection, the PX458 transfected cells were subjected to flow cytometry analysis and the percentage of GFP+ cells was analyzed by FACSCalibur\u2122 (BD Biosciences). To determine the gRNA efficiency, the genomic DNA of PX459-gRNA transfected cells was extracted after being cultured for 5 days. The PCR product of 306 bp around the target site was amplified and digested with T7 endonuclease I (T7EI) enzyme (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer's instructions.\nTo target the HbE mutation in E\u03b2-iPSCs, 200 pmol of the ssODN template was cotransfected with 2 \u03bcg of the PX459-gRNA with the highest specificity to the HbE site, as determined by T7EI assay. At 3 days post nucleofection, we performed a clonal isolation by limiting dilution. Briefly, transfected iPSCs were pretreated with SMC4 (Corning) prior to dissociation with accutase (Merck) and plated into 96-well plates at a density of 20 cells\/96-well plate in mTESR1 medium supplemented with SMC4 for 8 days. Single colonies were picked and screened for the HbE mutation. The DNA sequence of HbE negative clones was further confirmed by direct sequencing. For off-target analysis, five potential off-target sites were amplified by PCR. In brief, genomic DNA was extracted using QuickExtract DNA Extraction Solution (Epicentric) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The PCR reaction consisted of 0.2 U of Q5 High-Fidelity DNA polymerase (New England Biolabs), 1\u00d7 Q5 PCR buffer with MgCl2, 0.2 mM dNTPs, 0.5 \u03bcM of each primer and 2 \u03bcl of DNA sample in a total volume of 50 \u03bcl. The PCR was performed with an initial denaturation at 98 \u00b0C for 30 s followed by 35 cycles of denaturation (98 \u00b0C for 10 s), annealing (68 \u00b0C for 30 s) and extension (72 \u00b0C for 30 s), followed by a final extension step (72 \u00b0C for 2 min). Primer sequences are presented in Additional file 1: Table S6. DNA sequences were validated by Sanger sequencing.\nHematopoietic differentiation of iPSCs to myeloid and erythroid lineages\nHematopoietic differentiation was performed according to the previous study [18]. Briefly, iPSCs were subcultured on Matrigel\u2122-coated six-well plates at 20\u201330% confluency in mTESR1 medium. After 24 hours of culture (day 0), the medium was replaced with differentiation medium: day 0\u20131 medium, RPMI (Gibco) supplemented with 5 ng\/ml of human bone morphogenetic protein 4 (hBMP4) (Peprotech), 50 ng\/ml of human vascular endothelial growth factor (hVEGF) (Peprotech), 25 ng\/ml of hWnt3a (R&D) and 5% Knockout serum replacement (KOSR) (Gibco); day 2 medium, RPMI supplemented with 5 ng\/ml of hBMP4, 50 ng\/ml of hVEGF, 20 ng\/ml basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) (Peprotech) and 5% KOSR; day 3 medium, StemPro-34 (Invitrogen), 5 ng\/ml of hBMP4, 50 ng\/ml of hVEGF and 20 ng\/ml bFGF; day 4\u20135 medium, StemPro-34, 15 ng\/ml of hVEGF and 5 ng\/ml bFGF; day 6 medium, 74% Iscove modified Dulbecco medium (IMDM) (Gibco), 24% Ham's F12 (Gibco), 1% B27 supplement (Gibco), 0.5% N2 supplement (Gibco), 0.5% bovine serum albumin (BSA), 50 ng\/ml of hVEGF, 100 ng\/ml of bFGF, 100 ng\/ml of human stem cell factor (SCF) (R&D) and 25 ng\/ml of hFlt3 ligand (R&D); and day 7 medium, 74% IMDM, 24% Ham's F12, 1% B27 supplement, 0.5% N2 supplement, 0.5% BSA, 50 ng\/ml of hVEGF, 100 ng\/ml of bFGF, 100 ng\/ml of hSCF, 25 ng\/ml of hFlt3 ligand, 50 ng\/ml of human thrombopoietin (TPO) (R&D), 10 ng\/ml of IL-6 (Peprotech), 0.5 U\/ml of hEPO (Eprex) and 0.2 \u03bcM of 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole (FICZ) (Abcam). After day 7, 0.5 ml of day 7 medium was added to the culture daily without removing the medium. All basal media mixes included 2 mM of GlutaMAX\u2122, 0.4 mM of monothioglycerol (MTG) (Sigma-Aldrich), 100 \u03bcg\/ml of Primocin (Invivogen) and 50 \u03bcg\/ml of ascorbic acid (Sigma-Aldrich). Differentiated cells on days 10\u201314 were collected for gene expression and flow cytometry analysis. Adherent cells were dissociated with accutase at 37 \u00b0C for 15 min, washed twice with PBS\/EDTA + 2% FBS and stained with antibodies specific to hematopoietic markers (CD34-PE, CD43-FITC, CD235a-PE and CD71-FITC; all from BioLegend) at room temperature for 15 min. The stained cells were washed twice with PBS\/EDTA+ 2% FBS before being fixed with 300 \u03bcl of 1% paraformaldehyde and analyzed by FACSCalibur and CELLQuest software (BD Biosciences, USA). The floating cells on day 12 were also collected for colony-forming unit (CFU) assay by culturing in the methylcellulose-based medium, MethoCult\u2122 H4435 Enriched (StemCell Technologies). The CFU number was analyzed after 14 days of culture.\nAlternatively, iPSCs were also differentiated on OP9 mouse stromal cells. Briefly, small clumps of iPSCs were seeded onto overgrown OP9 cells in differentiation medium containing \u03b1-MEM (Invitrogen), 10% defined FBS (Hyclone), 100 mM MTG and 25 U\/ml penicillin, 25 \u03bcg\/ml streptomycin for 5 days. A half medium change was performed on day 3. iPSCs were harvested on day 6 using type IV collagenase (Invitrogen) for 20 min, followed by 0.25% trypsin for 15 min. CD34+ cells were isolated from differentiated cells using EasySep (StemCell Technologies) according to the manufacturer's instructions. To promote erythroid maturation, the purified CD34+ cells were cultured in a three-stage culture system according to Griffiths et al. [19]. Briefly, cells were seeded in stage 1 medium containing basic medium (IMDM (Biochrom), 3% AB serum, 2% defined FBS, 10 \u03bcg\/ml insulin, 3 U\/ml heparin, 3 U\/ml EPO, 200 \u03bcg\/ml transferrin and 100 U\/ml penicillin\/streptomycin) supplemented with 10 ng\/ml SCF and 1 ng\/ml IL-3 for 8 days, stage 2 medium containing basic medium supplemented with 10 ng\/ml SCF for 3 days and stage 3 medium containing basic medium supplemented with extra transferrin to a final concentration of 500 \u03bcg\/ml for 13 days. Morphological analysis was performed by Wright's staining at the indicated time points. The differentiated cells (1.5 \u00d7 104\u20133 \u00d7 104) were spun onto glass slides at 1000 rpm for 5 min using a Cytospin\u2122 4 Cytocentrifuge (Thermo Scientific) and stained with Wright-Giemsa (Merck). Images were taken with a light microscope (Carl Zeiss, Axio Star Plus).\nWestern blotting analysis\nDifferentiated iPSCs at day 24 of erythroid liquid culture were harvested, washed with PBS and lysed in lysis buffer (Cell Signaling) for 1 hour on ice. The protein concentration was measured by the Pierce\u2122 BCA Protein Assay Kit (Thermo Scientific). Samples were loaded onto 18% SDS-PAGE and transferred to a PVDF membrane. The membrane was blocked with 10% skimmed milk in Tris-buffered saline (TBS) with 0.1% Tween-20 (TBS-T) for 1 hour at room temperature and probed with the primary antibodies, anti-hemoglobin alpha and anti-hemoglobin beta (Santa Cruz) overnight at 4 \u00b0C. Subsequently, the membrane was incubated with the HRP-conjugated secondary antibody for 1 hour at room temperature. After washing with TBS-T, the membrane was incubated with ECL substrate (Thermo Scientific) and the results were visualized by an ImageQuant LAS 4010 Biomolecular imager (GE Healthcare).\nGeneration and characterization of HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia patient-specific iPSCs\nWe obtained human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) from a patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia who had a 4-bp deletion (\u2013TCTT) at codon 41\/42 in one allele, and a point mutation (G \u2192 A) at codon 26 resulting in abnormal hemoglobin E (HbE) production in the other, and generated iPSCs from these HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia patient's HDFs. Several iPSC lines, designated E\u03b2-iPSCs, were obtained. Of these, two iPSC lines (E\u03b2-iPSC1 and E\u03b2-iPSC2) were expanded and characterized. To confirm the HbE mutation, multiplex PCR analysis was performed with the genomic DNA of the E\u03b2-iPSC1 and the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. Both E\u03b2-iPSCs had a product size of 529 bp, which represents the HbE point mutation, similar to that of fibroblasts derived from the patient's skin (E\u03b2-HDFs) but not in the wild-type HDFs or iPSCs (Fig. 1a). Further characterization showed that both E\u03b2-iPSCs expressed pluripotent markers and were able to differentiate both in vitro and in vivo into cells\/tissues of three embryonic germ layers. The E\u03b2-iPSCs exhibited a normal karyotype of 46, XY at passage 19 (Additional file 2: Figure S1). We then selected the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells for further analyses.\nStrategy to target HbE mutation in E\u03b2-iPSCs using CRISPR\/Cas9 to induce a double-stranded break at the HBB locus and a single-stranded oligo donor (ssODN) template to repair the mutation. a Multiplex PCR analysis for HbE mutation. wt-HDFs and wt-iPSCs indicate wild-type human dermal fibroblasts and iPSCs from a healthy individual. E\u03b2-HDFs, E\u03b2-iPSC1 and E\u03b2-iPSC2 are human dermal fibroblasts and two iPSC lines derived from a patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia. b Schematic of targeted region of the HBB locus of the patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia. The patient has a 4-bp deletion (\u2013TCTT) in one allele and a point mutation at codon 26 (G \u2192 A) resulting in a structural variant hemoglobin E (HbE) in the other. Seamless and efficient correction of HbE is achieved using a gRNA targeting the point mutation (A) and the ssODN template carrying the correct nucleotide (G) with the left and right homology arms of 90 bp. Orange boxes indicate exons; red lines indicate introns. Red arrowheads show mutation sites; black arrowhead shows cleavage site of Cas9 by gRNA1; purple and red arrows indicate primer pairs for T7E1 assay and multiplex PCR for HbE detection, respectively. c Sequence of seven gRNAs designed to target the HbE mutation. Red \"A\" indicates point mutation in the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and gRNAs at HBB locus. HBB beta hemoglobin\nCorrection of HbE mutation in E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells using the CRISPR\/Cas9 system\nTo correct the mutation in the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells, guide RNAs (gRNAs) were designed to target the HbE mutation at codon 26 where nucleotide substitution occurs (G \u2192 A) (Fig. 1b). We first designed seven 20-nucleotide (nt) or truncated (18-nt or 19-nt) gRNAs targeting regions close to the point mutation (Fig. 1c and Additional file 1: Table S4). Each gRNA was constructed into a PX459 plasmid, which contains the Cas9 nuclease and puromycin selection cassettes. We used PX458, which has the same backbone as PX459 except for GFP expression, instead of the puromycin selection cassette, to determine the transfection efficiency. At 24 hours post nucleofection, the PX458 transfected cells were harvested for flow cytometry analysis. We obtained approximately 30% transfection efficiency in the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells (Additional file 3: Figure S2). We then used the same conditions for transfecting PX459-gRNA into the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. We harvested the genomic DNA of the PX459-gRNA transfected pool at 5 days post nucleofection and examined for gRNA-Cas9 cleavage efficiency and specificity using T7EI assay. Of these seven gRNAs, gRNA1, which targeted DSB at two nucleotides upstream of the HbE point mutation, gave the highest efficiency and was then selected for further experiments (Fig. 2a).\nGenetic correction of HbE mutation of the HBB gene. a T7E1 assay of gRNA target sites. At 5 days post transfection, genomic DNA of PX459-gRNA transfected cells was extracted and the region spanning the gRNA target sites was PCR amplified using on-target primer pairs (arrows), giving PCR products of 306 bp (uncut) and 150 and 156 bp (cut). M indicates marker. b Multiplex PCR screening for HbE mutation of isolated clones after genetic correction by CRISPR\/Cas9 and the ssODN template. HbE-negative clone (clone 297) indicated in red. c Representative DNA sequences of PCR products of the region spanning the gRNA target site in HbE-negative clones with HDR in the corrected clones and indels in others. DSB indicates the double-stranded break site generated by gRNA1. d Chromatogram of the parental E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells at the mutation site. Red box indicates HbE mutation (G \u2192 A) at codon 26. Note the overlapped peaks in the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells, which occurred as a result of G in one allele (normal) and A in another allele (HbE). After genetic correction, both alleles contained the right nucleotide \"G\". e Representative karyotype of the corrected C46 cells, which exhibited a normal karyotype (46, XY). f Potential off-target sites for gRNA1 as identified by BLAST search. Mismatch nucleotides are indicated in red. E\u03b2-iPSC2 iPSC lines derived from a patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, HbE hemoglobin E, HBD delta hemoglobin\nFor HbE correction, we cotransfected PX459-gRNA1 and the ssODN template. At 3 days post nucleofection, the transfected pool was harvested and seeded at a density of 20 cells\/well of a 96-well plate. Eight to 10 days after plating, one to five colonies were observed in each well. Single colonies were individually picked for multiplex PCR analysis for HbE mutation. From a total of 312 individual clones screened, we estimated that 93 clones were transfected (according to 30% transfection efficiency with the GFP plasmid control). We obtained 23 HbE-negative clones from PCR screening (7.4% DSB efficiency) (Fig. 2b). Of these, 14 clones showed indels (4.5% nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ)) and nine clones showed successful seamless correction of HbE mutation (2.9% homology-directed repair (HDR)) as confirmed by direct sequencing (Fig. 2c, d). We selected five clones (C22, C46, C134, C137 and C258) for karyotyping analysis. These corrected clones exhibited a normal karyotype (Fig. 2e and Additional file 4: Figure S3) and three clones (C22, C46 and C137) were randomly expanded for off-target analysis.\nOff-target analysis\nWe selected five potential off-target sites of gRNA1 including the HBD gene and other genes that have similar homology with the gRNA1-PAM sequence using NCBI BLAST. PCR amplification of these regions was performed and DNA sequences of the PCR products were validated by direct sequencing as compared to that of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. We detected no off-target cleavage in the corrected C46 cells, whereas a point mutation in the HBD gene was observed in both of the corrected C22 and C137 cells (Fig. 2f).\nGeneration of hematopoietic cells from the corrected iPSCs\nTo evaluate whether the genetic correction in E\u03b2-iPSCs could restore the HBB expression, hematopoietic differentiation of the wild-type iPSCs (HDF-iPSCs), the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected clones (C22, C46, C134, C137 and C258) was performed in a feeder-free condition (Fig. 3a) at the following stages of hematopoietic development: mesoderm progenitor, hematovascular specification, endothelial hematopoietic transition and hematopoietic progenitor cells. At days 5\u20136 of culture, the differentiated cells appeared to be a monolayer of endothelial-like cells, which later formed three-dimensional structures, observed from day 8 onward. The nonadherent cells started to emerge from both monolayer and three-dimensional structures on days 8\u201312 (Fig. 3b). During hematopoietic differentiation, the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells showed impaired hematopoietic differentiation as indicated by a lower number of cells expressing hematopoietic progenitor and erythroid markers, CD43 and CD71, when compared to the HDF-iPSCs in the adherent cell population. In contrast to the HDF-iPSCs, which could give rise to the nonadherent cell population that highly expressed CD43, CD71 and CD235, the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells produced a very low number of nonadherent cells, which were mainly nonviable. After genetic correction, all of the five corrected clones were able to differentiate into hematopoietic progenitor cells which expressed CD34 and CD43, and erythroid markers CD71 and CD235a at comparable levels to those of the HDF-iPSCs in both adherent and nonadherent cell population (Fig. 3c, d). We also examined the gene expression profile of these corrected cells during hematopoietic specification by quantitative real-time PCR. All corrected clones expressed SOX17 and RUNX1, which play an important role in blood formation from hemogenic endothelium, and GATA1 and KLF1, which are erythroid-specific markers (Additional file 5: Figure S4a). We harvested the differentiated floating cells from the HDF-iPSCs and the corrected clones on day 12 and seeded them onto methylcellulose plates. After 2 weeks, the HDF-iPSCs and three of the corrected clones (C22, C46 and C137) gave rise to all types of colonies, mainly CFU-E and CFU-GM, confirming the functional characteristic of hematopoietic progenitor cells. However, two of the corrected clones (C134 and C258) could only give rise to CFU-GM and a small number of CFU-E (Fig. 3e, f). In contrast to the corrected cells, the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells could not produce any CFU colonies. The BFU-E obtained from the corrected clones expressed high levels of fetal gamma hemoglobin (HBG) and low levels of adult beta hemoglobin (HBB) transcripts, when examined by qRT-PCR (Additional file 5: Figure S4b).\nHematopoietic differentiation of iPSCs using the feeder-free system. a Schematic of the feeder-free hematopoietic differentiation protocol used in this study. b Morphological changes of the corrected C46 cells during hematopoietic differentiation. c, d Numbers of CD34, CD43, CD235a and CD71-expressing cells in adherent and nonadherent systems at day 12 of differentiation. e Representative images of CFU from HDF-iPSCs. Differentiated cells at day 12 were harvested and seeded in MethoCult media. f Numbers of CFU colonies counted on day 14 of culture in MethoCult media. Data obtained from two independent experiments. Scale bars = 200 \u03bcm. IMDM Iscove modified Dulbecco medium, BMP-4 bone morphogenetic protein 4, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, KOSR knockout serum replacement, bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor, BSA bovine serum albumin, SCF stem cell factor, TPO thrombopoietin, IL interleukin, FICZ 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole, HDF human dermal fibroblasts, iPSC induced pluripotent stem cell, E\u03b2-iPSC2 iPSC lines derived from a patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, CFU-E colony-forming unit erythroid, EPO erythropoietin, BFU-E burst-forming unit erythroid, GM granulocyte, macrophage, GEMM granulocyte, erythrocyte, macrophage, megakaryocyte\nSince the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells seemed to be refractory to the hematopoietic differentiation protocol under the feeder-free condition, we turned to the OP9 coculture system for hematopoietic differentiation followed by an erythroid liquid culture (Fig. 4a) [20]. The supportive OP9 stromal cells have been shown to efficiently induce hematopoietic differentiation [21]. We selected the corrected C46 cells, which differentiated well under the feeder-free condition and contained no off-target mutation, for comparison with the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. Small clumps of iPSCs were seeded onto overgrown OP9 cells and cultured for 6 days. In contrast to the feeder-free hematopoietic differentiation system, both the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells were able to differentiate into sac-like structures (Fig. 4b). We isolated CD34+ cells from the differentiated cells on day 6 of the OP9 coculture system and further expanded erythroid cells using the three-stage culture system [19]. Upon erythroid culture, both the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells gradually changed their morphology from that representing proerythroblasts\/basophilic erythroblasts on day 13 of culture to that representing polychromatic\/orthochromatic erythroblasts on day 23 and finally became orthochromatic erythroblasts\/reticulocytes on day 29 of culture. Analysis of gene expression during the erythroid liquid culture demonstrated that both differentiated E\u03b2-iPSC2 and the corrected C46 cells at day 19 of differentiation (when the morphological stages are equivalent to those of day 13 erythroid cells derived from peripheral blood progenitors) expressed lower levels of erythroid-associated transcription factors KLF1 and BCL11A as compared to the cultured erythroblasts from peripheral blood CD34+ cells (Fig. 4c). We harvested the differentiated cells at day 30 and analyzed hemoglobin protein expression. Both differentiated E\u03b2-iPSC2 and the corrected C46 cells expressed similar levels of beta hemoglobin and alpha hemoglobin proteins, indicating successful hematopoietic differentiation under the OP9 coculture system (Fig. 4d).\nHematopoietic differentiation of iPSCs using the OP9 coculture system and erythroid liquid culture. a Schematic of hematopoietic differentiation protocol used in this study. b Morphological changes of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells during hematopoietic differentiation on day 6 of OP9 coculture (scale bar = 500 \u03bcm), and Wright's staining on days 13, 23 and 29 of differentiation. c Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of erythroid-associated transcription factors at day 19 of differentiation (equivalent to day 13 of erythroid liquid culture) of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells as compared to peripheral blood CD34+ cell-derived erythroblasts at day 13 (PB). Data presented as mean \u00b1 SD of triplicate samples from a representative experiment. d Western blot analysis of alpha and beta hemoglobin expression of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells at day 30 of differentiation as compared to peripheral blood CD34+ cell-derived erythroblasts at day 24 of erythroid liquid culture. MEM minimal essential medium, IMDM Iscove modified Dulbecco medium, FBS fetal bovine serum, SCF stem cell factor, IL interleukin, EPO erythropoietin, E\u03b2-iPSC2 iPSC lines derived from a patient with HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, Hb hemoglobin\nHbE is the hallmark of Southeast Asia. Double heterozygosity of HbE and \u03b2-thalassemia, namely HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemia, can cause a severe clinical syndrome similar to homozygous \u03b2-thalassemia [22]. These severe patients manifest with anemia requiring red cell transfusion during the first year of life. The only curative therapy at present is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, unavailability of HLA-matched donors and risk of transplant-related morbidity, mortality as well as immunologic complications, especially graft failure and graft versus host disease (GVHD), have limited the use of allogeneic transplantation [23]. Recently, in vitro genetic correction of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) has been successfully reported; however, culturing and maintaining HSCs remain difficult [24].\nAdvances in iPSC technology offer promise for autologous cell-based therapy as it provides a stem cell source, which can be continuously expanded in vitro and is amendable to genetic manipulation before differentiation into functional HSCs. We performed an efficient one-step seamless genetic correction of iPSCs from a HbE\/\u03b2-thalassemic patient using the CRISPR\/Cas9 system and the ssODN template. The genetic correction of the HbE mutation in one allele is easier than correcting the \u03b2-globin gene mutation in the other allele in which the mutations are heterogeneous [25]. Our approach does not require an antibiotic selection cassette that may interfere with expression of the corrected gene [6, 9, 12].\nWe designed gRNAs to recognize only HbE mutation and used the ssODN template possessing the correct nucleotide at the center of the oligo, which provides the highest targeting efficiency especially when the mutation site is less than 10 bp away from the cutting sites [26]. The ssODN template is easy to design and synthesize. It is footprint-free after genetic correction and has a high targeting efficiency. Our results show that transfection of PX459-gRNA1 with ssODN template resulted in a gene disruption frequency (DSB) of 7.4% and homologous gene targeting frequency (HDR) of 2.9%. Our transfection efficiency varied among iPSC lines, ranging from 30 to 60%. The number of screened clones could be further reduced if the transfection efficiency increased. To improve HDR efficiency, small molecule inhibitors may be used to suppress the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway, thus facilitating the downstream screening process [27, 28].\nOff-target mutagenesis is a major safety concern since genetic modifications are permanent and will have devastating consequences if the mutations are to be at important sites [29]. We identified five potential off-target sites of gRNA1 including the HBD gene, which has similar homology to HBB gene, and confirmed them by Sanger sequencing. Of the three corrected clones screened, one had no indel mutation whereas two harbored a point mutation. Interestingly, the presence of the point mutation in the delta hemoglobin (HBD) gene did not affect the hematopoietic differentiation potential when using the feeder-free system. A previous report on the genetic correction of a beta hemoglobin gene to treat sickle cell disease in human hematopoietic stem\/progenitor cells using ZFNs showed off-target cleavage in the highly homologous, but functionally dispensable, HBD gene [30]. Measures to improve targeting specificity of Cas9 include the use of truncated gRNA with shorter regions of target complementarity [31], or modifying the Cas9 components so that two gRNA\/Cas9 complexes are required to cleave DNA. The latter can be achieved via nickases that induce single-strand breaks [32, 33] or single-guide RNA (sgRNA)-guided catalytically inactive Cas9 (dCas9) fused to the FokI nuclease [34,35,36]. Recently, an alternative CRISPR system to Cas9 nuclease called Cpf1 nuclease was used for genome editing with simpler crRNA synthesis and more effective delivery and targeting results [37]. Nevertheless, whole genome sequencing is still required before using these corrected clones in clinical applications.\nFuture therapeutic use of ex vivo genetically corrected HSCs will require efficient conversion of these stem cells to differentiated hematopoietic precursors and safety testing. We used two in vitro differentiation schemes to assess the potential of our cells for conversion to hematopoietic cells making normal hemoglobin products. We first induced hematopoietic differentiation using a chemically defined, serum and feeder cell-free protocol based on aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation [18]. This protocol has been shown to facilitate an expansion of both erythroid and megakaryocyte progenitor cells. We compared the number of hematopoietic progenitor and erythroid markers of the wild-type iPSCs (HDF-iPSCs), the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the five corrected clones. The number of adherent and nonadherent cells expressing those markers was comparable in the wild-type iPSCs and the five corrected clones; however, we noticed varying numbers of multilineage CFUs among these cell types due to clonal variability. In contrast, the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells could differentiate to some extent, as demonstrated by the presence of CD34+ and CD71+ cells in adherent cells, although these cells could not give rise to CFUs. Hematopoietic differentiation based on the OP9 coculture system seemed to be more supportive for the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. Morphological changes of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells on the OP9 feeder layer were similar to those of the corrected C46 cells. Both cells produced significant numbers of erythroblasts with occasional enucleated mature erythrocytes using the three-stage erythroid liquid culture system. The erythroblasts from both the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells expressed KLF1 and BCL11A transcripts at lower levels compared to those of the peripheral blood-derived erythroblasts. Similarly, analysis of beta and alpha hemoglobin protein expressions showed that both the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells and the corrected C46 cells expressed the proteins at similar levels; however, the beta hemoglobin levels were much lower than those of the peripheral blood-derived erythroblasts. A previous study demonstrated that the transcription factors KLF1 and BCL11A are required for the induction of beta hemoglobin levels [38]; therefore, low levels of KLF1 and BCL11A transcripts in the corrected C46 cell-derived erythroid cells could result in lower beta hemoglobin expression. In addition, the number of erythroid cells derived from iPSCs is still limited; further optimization of the differentiation protocol to increase the number of erythroid cells should be performed to further facilitate an in vitro functional assay. In this study, the anti-human beta hemoglobin antibody could not distinguish the one amino acid difference from abnormal hemoglobin E in the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. Therefore, validation with other techniques such as HPLC should be performed to confirm the result at protein levels. In addition, further development of long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem\/progenitor cells is required for successful engraftment in immunodeficient mouse models, where the clinical efficacy of corrected human hematopoietic stem cells can be more properly assessed.\nOur study provides a successful strategy to correct HbE mutation in one step and could be employed as a universal approach in the future correction of the HBB gene in iPSCs derived from other HbE\/\u03b20-thalassemia or \u03b2+-thalassemia patients. The results indicate that genetic correction of HbE mutation in one allele is sufficient to restore HBB protein expression upon hematopoietic differentiation by the OP9 coculture system followed by an erythroid liquid culture. Similarly, previous studies demonstrated that genetic correction of mutation in one allele\u2014to a heterozygous state\u2014in iPSCs derived from homozygous \u03b2-thalassemia or sickle cell disease was achieved using CRISPR\/Cas9 or TALENs [6, 8, 9, 12]. Occasionally, homozygous corrections of homozygous \u03b2-thalassemia iPSCs were observed [10, 13]. 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Cell. 2015;163(3):759\u201371.\nTrakarnsanga K, Wilson MC, Lau W, Singleton BK, Parsons SF, Sakuntanaga P, et al. Induction of adult levels of \u03b2-globin in human erythroid cells that intrinsically express embryonic or fetal globin by transduction with KLF1 and BCL11A-XL. Haematologica. 2014;99(11):1677\u201385.\nThe authors thank Kamthorn Pruksananonda from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, for providing the Chula2.hES line.\nThis study was supported by grants from the Thailand Research Fund (grant no. RTA 488\u20130007 to SI and grant no. TRG5880200 to MW) and the Commission on Higher Education (grant no. CHE-RES-RG-49 to SI). SI is a Senior Research Scholar of Thailand Research Fund. MW and KT are supported by Chalermphrakiat Grant, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.\nAll data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).\nSiriraj Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand\nMethichit Wattanapanitch, Nattaya Damkham, Ponthip Potirat, Montira Janan, Yaowalak U-pratya & Surapol Issaragrisil\nDepartment of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand\nMethichit Wattanapanitch\nDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand\nKongtana Trakarnsanga\nDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand\nYaowalak U-pratya & Surapol Issaragrisil\nDivision of Cell Biology, Department of Pre-clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand\nPakpoom Kheolamai\nDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand\nNuttha Klincumhom\nNattaya Damkham\nPonthip Potirat\nMontira Janan\nYaowalak U-pratya\nSurapol Issaragrisil\nMW designed and performed the experiments, supervised the study and wrote the manuscript. ND, PP, KT and MJ performed the experiments, analyzed data and cowrote the paper. YU and PK analyzed data. NK performed animal study. SI designed the experiments, analyzed data and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.\nCorrespondence to Surapol Issaragrisil.\nThe study was approved by the Siriraj Institutional Review Board (no. Si248\/2011), in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. All patients were provided with an explanation and with a participant information sheet and signed the informed consent.\nAdditional file 1: Tables S1\u2013S6.\nPresenting primer and oligo sequences. (DOCX 20 kb)\nShowing characterization of iPSCs derived from skin fibroblasts of a patient with hemoglobin E\/beta-thalassemia. (a) Pluripotent gene expression of wild-type human dermal fibroblasts (wt-HDFs), parental human dermal fibroblasts (E\u03b2-HDFs) and E\u03b2-iPSCs compared with hESC line Chula2.hES, analyzed by RT-PCR. (b) Immunofluorescent staining shows expression of pluripotent markers NANOG, OCT4, SSEA-4, TRA-1-60 and TRA-1-81 in the E\u03b2-iPSC1 and E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. Scale bars = 100 \u03bcm. (c) Immunofluorescent staining shows expression of lineage markers NESTIN (ectoderm), AFP (endoderm) and SMA (mesoderm) of differentiated embryoid bodies generated from the E\u03b2-iPSC1 and E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. Scale bars: for NESTIN and SMA = 100 \u03bcm; for AFP = 50 \u03bcm. (d) Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of teratomas derived from the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells at 8 weeks post implantation into nude mice. Teratomas contained tissues derived from three embryonic germ layers, sebaceous tissue (ectoderm), cartilage (mesoderm) and gut-like epithelium (endoderm). Scale bars = 100 \u03bcm. (e) Representative karyotypic analysis of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells at passage 19 shows normal karyotype (46, XY) (TIFF 9760 kb)\nShowing transfection efficiency of PX458 in the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells. (a) Phase contrast and fluorescent images of the E\u03b2-iPSC2 cells 1 day post transfection with PX458. (b) Flow cytometry analysis of GFP-expressing cells in the untransfected cells (negative control) and the PX458 transfected cells (TIFF 4645 kb)\nShowing representative karyotypes of the corrected C22, C134, C137 and C258 cells, which exhibited normal karyotypes (46, XY) (TIFF 3596 kb)\nShowing gene expression profile of the differentiated cells. (a) qRT-PCR analysis of hematopoietic and erythroid-specific markers: RUNX1, SOX17, GATA1 and KLF1. Data presented as relative expression to day 0 of each sample, N = 2. (b) qRT-PCR analysis of fetal (HBG) and adult (HBB) globin gene expressions of day 0 normal iPSCs (D0 iPSC) and BFU-E and CFU-E colonies of the corrected C22 and C46 cells on day 14 of culture in MethoCult media. Data presented as relative expression to GAPDH, N = 2 (TIFF 1576 kb)\nWattanapanitch, M., Damkham, N., Potirat, P. et al. One-step genetic correction of hemoglobin E\/beta-thalassemia patient-derived iPSCs by the CRISPR\/Cas9 system. Stem Cell Res Ther 9, 46 (2018). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13287-018-0779-3\nGenetic correction\nPluripotent Stem Cells: Research Review","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"1125 Fashion Drive\nP.F. Chang's Clarkstown Catering\n9pm-Close, Monday-Friday\nNanuet Mall\n1125 Fashion Drive Nanuet, NY 10954 US\nW Rte 59 and Middletown Rd\nKelly Blau\nAbout P.F. Chang's Clarkstown Catering\nWith roots in Chinese cooking, the culinary landscape at P.F. Chang's stretches across Asia with diverse, culturally inspired recipes. Your P.F. Chang's Clarkstown serves a variety of Asian-inspired dishes, including hand-rolled sushi, Vietnamese-style soups and bowls, traditional Chinese dim sum, wok-fired chicken and beef entr\u00e9es, and family-style noodles and rice. All made from scratch every day. P.F. Chang's honors the 2,000-year-old Asian tradition of wok cooking and believes in making food from scratch every day in every restaurant. With a Farm to Wok\u00ae food philosophy at its core, P.F. Chang's chefs hand-roll dim sum, hand chop and slice all vegetables and meats, handcraft every sauce and wok-cook each recipe, every day in every restaurant using wholesome, fresh ingredients. P.F. Chang's is known for its Chang's Lettuce Wraps, a secret Chiang family recipe that hasn't changed since the very first menu. Other signature classics include Mongolian Beef, Chang's Spicy Chicken, Crispy Honey Shrimp, and Cecilia's Dumplings. Visit P.F. Chang's Clarkstown. Order catering for pick up or delivery at catering.pfchangs.com.\nP.F. Chang's Clarkstown Services\nP.F. Chang's White Plains\nThe Westchester\n125 Westchester Ave. Spc D315 White Plains, NY 10601 US","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"New Head for the 2022-23 Academic Year\nOur Approach(opens in new window\/tab)\nThe Chartwell Way\nStudent Support & SEAD\nDistrict Partnerships\nStop Struggling, Start Learning\nWho We Serve Best\nA Message from the Director of Teaching and Learning\nLower School Faculty\nMiddle(opens in new window\/tab)\nSTEAM(opens in new window\/tab)\nTechnology(opens in new window\/tab)\nMiddle School Faculty\nOnline Program(opens in new window\/tab)\nMeet the Assistant Director\nCollege Acceptances 2013 - 2021\nHigh School Faculty\nThe Pear Fund\nBasketball Academy\nChartwell School\nChartwell's mission to provide students the skills, strategies, tools, and social-emotional mindset to grow and succeed extends to our Athletics program. Coaches and staff focus on giving students opportunities to learn and participate in any sport we offer, regardless of their experience or ability. Sportsmanship, teamwork, commitment to a goal, sacrifice of one's personal gain for that of a team, self-discipline, managing success, and coping with adversity are core lessons we instill in our athletes. Chartwell student-athletes gain confidence, learn accountability and build relationships with coaches and teammates that will help them to be successful now and in life beyond school.\nCalendars in progress. Please check back soon for complete schedule.\nTrack & Field (2023)\nCHS Athlete Brings Home First Victories for the School\nHigh school wrestler Enzo O. makes Chartwell history by bringing home the first victory for the school.\nMS Soccer Team Develops as Season Progresses\nThe Chartwell middle school soccer team began the season with many of the players new to the sport. Under the leadership of Coach Chad Miller, players started with conditioning and skill development and have worked their way up to scrimmages and position development.\nMiddle School Volleyball and Cross Country in Full Swing\nThis fall, Chartwell athletes in our middle school sports program are engaging in volleyball matches and cross country meets.\nChartwell's Inaugural High School Athletics Season\nWith the growth of the high school and an increased interest in sports, Chartwell High School is launching its first competitive athletics teams this year. We will start the year with basketball and wrestling, and offer golf in the spring. Garrett Benjamin joined Chartwell this year and will be the athletic director for the high school. Mr. Benjamin joins us from Saint Francis School in Mountain View where he coached golf, wrestling, football, and softball, in addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities.\nElectives & Clubs Introduce New Opportunities to Learn (opens in new window\/tab)\nElectives and clubs offer students engaging and different ways to learn and develop skills - many of which they might have never been exposed to. This year several new offerings have students challenging themselves and growing socially and emotionally - including judo.\n2511 Numa Watson Road\nNotice of nondiscriminatory policy as to students: Chartwell School admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The Impact of the Eton Union Sanitary Authority\nBell Farm at the edge of the Parish of Eton\nNineteenth-century reform took another turn locally in 1849 with the formation of the Eton Urban Sanitary Authority, or Local Health Board as it was also known. Eton Wick was not included and thus the village was not subject to the Authority's new by-laws or supervision by its new officials and committees the Inspector of Nuisances, the Medical Officer, Street Committee and others. Perhaps the villagers were relieved that they were outside this control, but of course they did not benefit from the steady improvements in sanitary conditions which were the aim of the Board - an increase in privies for cottages, the removal of manure heaps and pigsties from close proximity to houses and laying of new drains. For another sixty years or more the village had to manage with bucket toilets and cesspits while the Eton Sewage Farm lay at their backdoor.\nBell Farm was bought from William Goddard in 1870 for the sewage farm, and the land freed from lammas rights in the early months of the following year. Compensation for this loss of rights was negotiated by a committee appointed at a meeting of persons entitled to commonable rights and included George Lillywhite of Manor Farm. However, it was to be six years before Mr Tough took up his appointment as manager. Perhaps this was the remaining length of the lease of Mr Aldridge, farmer of Cippenham Court and tenant of Bell Farm. Not all the land was needed for the disposal of sewage, and year after year in the Minute Books of the Authority an inventory of produce, livestock and implements is given.\nIn earlier years after the initial purchase, some of the land was sold, but under the management of Mr Tough the farm prospered and more land was leased. The farm continued to give employment to workers from the village and indeed treated them well, as judged by a decision of 1881 to pay a man who broke his ankle at work the then princely sum of 8s 6d a week while he was off sick.\nPerhaps the achievement of the Board which must have given rise to the most bitter feelings in the village was the building of the Cottage Hospital. The story began with a young man of Meadow Lane who had the misfortune to catch smallpox, but who was determined to not be considered a pauper and so be sent to the Workhouse Infirmary at Slough. There was nowhere in the parish where he could be isolated and treated. Medical help could be obtained from the Windsor Dispensary, thus putting at risk other patients. The disease did spread, not in Windsor, but in Eton itself. It was not yet possible to prevent such outbreaks, but it was now understood how they could be contained by isolating the patients. The need for an Infectious Diseases Hospital was now obvious to members of the Board.\nPlans were drawn up, sites inspected and central authorities consulted; so much is clear from the Minute Books, but underneath the meagre statements is the hint of conflict between the Board and the village. Plans for converting the Bell Farm Cottages into a room for the nurses and living quarters for a caretaker were well ahead and negotiations were progressing towards the purchase of the adjoining land, when suddenly there was a change of mind and suggestions of the inadvisability of building a hospital so near the village. An alternative site was found on the Board's own land between Bell Farm and Saddocks, quite isolated from other houses. By 1883 the building was completed and its first matron, a Mrs Sarah Hopkins, was engaged at \u00a340 per annum. A brougham was bought to do duty as ambulance and the latest disinfecting apparatus in-stalled. By May, 1884 the first patients were accepted, a mother and her three children, all suffering from smallpox.- Did they recover ? We do not know.\nThis is an extract from The Story of a Village: Eton Wick 1217 to 1977 by Judith Hunter.\nLabels: 19th century, Eton, farms, Judith Hunter, Local history, School, The story of a village\nLocation: Bell Farm House, Bell Ln, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6LH, UK\nThe First Memorial Committee Meeting - January 191...\nThe Mystery of the rise of the Lillywhites\nOur Village December 2011 - The Way Things Were","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Pyongyang To Deport American Who Entered North Korea Illegally\nNorth Korea says it will deport a U.S. citizen who entered the country illegally from neighboring China last month \u2014 a move seen as a conciliatory gesture aimed at maintaining ties with Washington.\nNorth Korea's official KCNA news agency identified the American as Bruce Byron Lowrance and said that he had told his captors that he was controlled by the CIA.\nAccording to Reuters, \"An American man of the same name was deported from South Korea in November 2017 after being found wandering near the heavily fortified border with North Korea, but there was no immediate confirmation of the identity of the man held by North Korea.\"\nAs The Associated Press notes, the announcement of a quick release, \"suggests that North Korea still wants to maintain the mood for dialogue with the United States despite stalled nuclear diplomacy.\"\nThe deportation announced Friday stands in sharp contrast to North Korea's treatment of American citizens detained by authorities there in the past.\nAmerican college student Otto Warmbier, arrested in North Korea in 2016, was tried on charges of attempted theft, allegedly for trying to steal a propaganda poster from his hotel room. He was sentenced to 15 years hard labor, but was later released in a state of a coma and died days later.\nIn May, the Trump administration secured the release of three Americans, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song and Tony Kim, who had been held on espionage charges. The release of the three was seen as a good will gesture by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of a summit in Singapore with President Trump the following month.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home Science Research: Researchers plan tiny wasp counterattack \u2014\nResearch: Researchers plan tiny wasp counterattack \u2014\nUC Riverside is testing whether a sesame seed-sized wasp can control a pest that could seriously damage California crops including wine, walnuts, and avocados.\nThe pest, a sap-sucking spotted lantern fly, is originally from China and was first detected five years ago in Pennsylvania. Since then, large populations have spread rapidly to grape vines, apple trees, and other plants in New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.\nExperts believe the lantern fly is likely to make its way to California soon.\nMark Hoddle, director of the Center for Invasive Species Research at UC Riverside, explains why the lantern fly is so harmful.\n\"It secretes copious amounts of \"honeydew,\" a waste product that encourages black, sooty mold and damages a plant's ability to grow,\" he said. The honeydew also attracts undesirable insects such as ants and hornets.\nThe impacts could extend well beyond California. According to industry reports, the state is the world's fourth-largest wine producer, selling an estimated $35 billion domestically and exporting $1.5 billion annually.\nREAD Research: Gains of only 22 percent over the next six decades represent best-case scenario --\nAround 44% of nonnative insects arriving in California were first established elsewhere in the U.S. Given the speed with which the spotted lantern fly has spread, Hoddle realized the state needed a proactive approach to this predictable problem.\n\"Normally, when a bug shows up, we try to contain and eradicate it,\" Hoddle said. \"But by the time the population is found, it tends to already be widespread and hard to handle.\"\nThe state Department of Food and Agriculture recently granted Hoddle $544,000 to test whether a tiny parasitic wasp, also originally from China, could be the solution to the looming problem. Hoddle explained that the wasp has a needle-like appendage it uses to lay its own eggs inside the lantern fly's eggs. While developing, the wasp larvae eat and kill their hosts, and then emerge after chewing escape holes through the lantern fly eggs.\nREAD Research: Large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset --\nThese wasps pose no threat to plants or people, but before they can be used to control the lantern fly, Hoddle must prove they won't cause unnecessary harm to other native insects. \"We can't just release a Chinese parasite into the wild in California,\" Hoddle said. \"Chances are low it will harm the wrong targets, but we have to be sure.\"\nSafety testing will be conducted in a highly secure quarantine facility at UC Riverside. Native lantern flies, the subjects of safety testing, will be collected from natural areas in California and southern Arizona this summer.\nThough the wasp is now being evaluated as a biological control on the East Coast, populations of lantern fly there have already grown large enough to cause significant concern for the grape industry, Hoddle said.\nA spotted lantern fly's wingspan is about 1.5 inches, and at most they can fly a few hundred feet at a time if they're assisted by the wind. The lantern fly has spread so fast in part because the females lay eggs on nonbiological materials, such as train cars, motor homes, wooden pallets, and trucks that inadvertently move them into new territories.\nREAD Research: Soft multi-functional robots get really small...and spider-shaped --\n\"Anyone on the East Coast driving to California should be especially vigilant about checking their vehicle for egg masses before they make the journey,\" Hoddle warned. \"Failing to notice them could have serious consequences.\"\nHoddle's testing will take roughly three years, and he estimates that this may be around the time when the wasps will be needed in California. \"We hope to be ready to release these wasps immediately when the spotted lantern fly shows up, giving us a really strong head start on the invasion,\" he said.\nPrevious articleResearch: Meteors help Martian clouds form \u2014\nNext articleResearch: Pigeons flap faster to fly together \u2014","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Jazz Guitar Lessons \u2022 Jazz Chord Substitution Part Two \u2022 Altered Chords, Theory, Charts, Videos.\nLorne Hemmerling\nTo purchase a PDF copy, please follow this link:\nLearning Blues Guitar | Lorne K. Hemmerling - Sellfy.com\nLearning Blues Guitar\nI have been teaching guitar professionally since 1992, when Don't Fret Guitar Instruction was established. Over the years, I have taught countless students (beginners to advanced) how to play or improve their chops. Past students include four members of PROTEST THE HERO.\nWith this book, my goal is to relate the scales with chords and rhythms as opposed to just learning solos or licks and having no idea how to apply them. Good rhythm playing and knowledge is crucial to good soloing and vice versa. This comes through understanding the relationship between chords and scales. This book provides that important foundation.\nThe book is unique in the fact that each chapter is based around a different key signature and an open (contains unfretted notes), pattern of the pentatonic scale. There are five chapters covering the key signatures of E, A, D, G and C, and the five open 'box patterns' (scale patterns) of the pentatonic scale. Eventually all the box patterns are covered, from the open strings to the fifteenth fret.\nThere is no endless scale practice or useless licks to learn. Instead, each chapter begins with a chord progression, moves into various rhythm patterns derived from the chord progression, and then culminates with solos based on the scale and key covered. These solos tie in with the chord progression and rhythm patterns to form a complete lesson for each chapter.\nThe book is progressive. Upon completion, the student will have a solid foundation in blues guitar, and will understand the rhythm, lead connection.\nThe book is best studied from beginning to end, without slighting any material. All theory is explained in the simplest terms. There are fretboard diagrams for the scales, chord grids, and photos of hand positions as well as videos posted on YouTube to aid in the learning process.\nIt is best, but not necessary, to have a knowledge of barre and open chord shapes before beginning this course. All the chords have fretboard grids associated with them.\nGood luck and have fun. Music is a celebration. Enjoy!\nLorne K. Hemmerling\nJazz and blues are all about substitution. This is especially true in blues music where most tunes consist of the famous one four five, twelve bar progression. Chords, riffs, lick, etc are substituted to break up the repetition. Of course, there is nothing saying that you must do this, but with the same progression repeating over and over again, it can get quite boring for the musicians and the audience.\nWhat I have done here is the same as in Part One. I have re-harmonized the basic blues progression with more intricate chords to give it a jazzy overhaul. I have transcribed all the variations in the key of G, the same as Part One. It is good practice to transpose the progressions to other keys. Most jazz is performed in flat keys. I suggest learning all the variations in the written key, then make the first transposition to G\u266d(one fret lower). Continue to A \u266d, B\u266d, D\u266d, etc.\nPart Two introduces altered chords. These are tricky to improvise over. If in doubt about what scales to use (I will address this in future lessons), stick with chord tones.\nProgression One\nThis is a standard blues progression in the key of G. This is the famous 'One, Four, Five' progression. This version contains 'the quick change', that is, the movement in the second measure is to the 'Four' chord (C7). C7 and G7 are not actually in the key of G Major, but blues players would take liberties here and call this out as the key of G.\nI have transcribed this with a mixture of Root 5 and Root 6 barre chords.\nMany blues and jazz players work with barres as opposed to open chords for a number of reasons. They are easier to transpose by simply moving the shapes to another fret, they are easier to mute by releasing the fret hand pressure, and quite a few of the altered chords have no open shapes.\nJazz Guitar Lessons \u2022 Jazz Chord Substitution Part Two | Source\nProgression Two\nThe G Major in measure one from Progression One has been replaced by G Major Seven (GMaj7). The Major Seven chord is formed by adding a fourth note to the G Major triad. The triad is built on thirds. The root is G, a third above G is B and a third above B is D. All the notes are three Major scale steps away from each other.\nClimbing up three more scale steps in the key of G Major yields F\u266f. This the the note that forms the Major Seventh from the Major chord. GMaj7 is a common substitution for G Major in blues and especially jazz. The Ionian mode (in this case the G Major Scale played from G to G), fits perfectly across this chord, because of the Major Seventh degree.\nRoot G\nThird B\nFifth G\nG Major Seventh\nSeventh F\u266f\nhttp:\/\/lornehemmerling.hubpages.com\/hub\/Jazz-Guitar-Lessons-Jazz-Chord-Substitution-Part-Two-Charts-Altered-Chords-Videos\nIn measures two, five, six and ten Gm7 is substituted for C7. Once again, this is a normal substitution for a dominant seventh chord.\nI have been asked in a previous post to explain this. Look at the structure of the minor seventh chord. It is very close to a dominate C9. In fact, the Gm7 chord could be renamed C9sus4\/G. Lets look at the chord spellings:\nRoot C\nThird E\nSeventh B\u266d\nNinth D\nC9sus4\/G (Gm7)\nSuspended Fourth F\nThe only note that forces a change on the chord (and the related G Major scale) is the F, the suspended fourth. Also, there is no Root C in C9sus4\/G.\nProgression Three\nThis version substitutes Major and minor sixth chords for the Major and minor seventh chords in Progression Two. The minor sixth chord is actually the dominant ninth chord with the fifth in the root. There is no suspended fourth in this chord. Lets compare the dominant ninth and minor sixth in terms of chord construction:\nC9\/G (Gm6)\nAll the notes from Gm6 are the same as C9, which can replace the standard dominant seventh from the original progression (in this case, C7), anytime.\nProgression Four\nI have notated the last progressions with two measures per staff to allow for better spacing of the chords.\nMeasure one combines the Major seventh chord with the Major sixth. These chords substitute for the normal G Major chord. This is a very pleasant, consonant sound. When moving between the chords, hold the fourth finger. This will make the transition much easier.\nMeasure two moves from the minor seventh to the dominant seventh chord. Try employing different voicings for the C7. A Root 5 barre would place the root C on the fifth string, the same as it is with the open shape. In fact, you may want to try playing the notated open shape for the third beat, then moving to the Root 5 chord on the fourth beat.\nIn measure four, I have substituted the minor seventh for the first two beats. The Dm7 forms a G9sus4\/D, the same as explained above for the Gm7-C9sus4\/G. To find this substitution, play the minor seventh or minor sixth a fifth higher from the root of the dominant seventh chord. The G7 chord in beats two and three places the minor seventh degree (F) in two places in the chord, not the fourth string and an octave higher on the second string. This gives the chord more 'bite'.\nIn the turnaround, measures eleven and twelve, I have notated a very common chromatic movement. The diminished chords add that flavour with the ascending bass note from GMaj6 to G\u266fdim7, then the descending intervals on the fourth and second strings form Am7 to Adim7. This is a very cool sound!\nProgression Five\nThis version is similar to Progression Four.\nMost of the dominant chords have been substituted by the minor seventh to minor sixth change. The only exceptions are the G13 movement to G7 in measures four and eight. This voicing for the thirteenth chord is difficult to get to (with that fourth finger barre), but well worth the effort. If you play this fingerstyle by 'grabbing' the chords, you can leave the barre out. I have notated that shape in the next Progression Six.\nThe turnaround is a very common sound in jazz. In measure eleven, the minor seventh chord has been substituted for the Major seventh. This is another common use for the minor seventh chord, replacing the root chord (in this case, GMaj7), a third higher. The Bm7 can be respelled as a GMaj9\/B. Lets take a look:\nMajor Seventh F\u266f\nFifth D\nGMaj9\/B (Bm7)\nMajor Ninth A\nOnce again, there is no root in the GMaj9\/B.\nProgression Six\nI play this version fingerstyle. I have notated the chords exactly as played.\nThis is the first progression with an altered chord, the G7\u266f5. If you are jamming this with another player such as a keyboardist or another guitar player, they would have to know that this change is coming up. Obviously, you cannot have another player voicing a G7, G9 or G13 on top of this chord. The clash of the sharp fifth with the natural fifth would sound wrong.\nThe descending chromatic change on the second string from the E in G13 to the D\u266f in G7\u266f5, to the D natural in Gm7 (occurring in measures four and five) is an excellent example of voice leading within chords.\nIn measure eight, the G13 to G7\u266f5 has been substituted with the movement from Bm7 to B\u266dm7. This is a complete change and sounds great moving into the Am7 in measure nine. As far as I know, there is no real theoretical explanation for this substitution, unless you treat this measure as one bar of G Major instead of trying o associate these chords (Bm7 and B\u266dm7) with the substituted dominant chords (G13 and G7\u266f5). Even at that, it is a stretch. As stated above, the Bm7 can be respelled as GMaj9\/B, but the B\u266dm7 bears little resemblance to a G Major chord.\nIn the measure before this change, measure seven, I have notated different voicings for the Major seventh and Major sixth chords. These song great leading into measure eight.\nMeasures nine and ten would stay on the fifth (D7) in the original progression, instead of the normal movement from D7 to C7. There is much chromatic movement in jazz in both chord and melody work. The G\u266f7 leading into the turnaround is an excellent sound. Once again, the other players would have to know that this is coming up.\nCreative Chord Progressions\nby Milo40\nJazz Guitar Lessons \u2022 Misty \u2022 Chord Melody Chart, Modal Breakdown, Videos.\nby Lorne Hemmerling17\nChords of Major Keys: Major, Minor & Diminished Triads\nby chasmac0\nBlues Guitar Lesson \u2022 Gary Moore's \"I've Still Got The Blues\"\u2022 Standard Notation, Tab, Videos.\nby Lorne Hemmerling9\nRock Guitar Lessons: How to Play \"Stairway to Heaven\"\nHow to Teach Yourself Guitar in 5 Steps\nBlues Guitar for Beginners: Basic Scales and Theory\n5 years ago from Oshawa\nThanks so very much for the kind words, my friend!\nWalter Holokai\n5 years ago from Youngstown, Ohio\nMan! Thank you so much! It took some time to put that together and it came out beautiful! I am very impressed. You deserve your high rating. It is perhaps kismet that I would have seen this since I am about to embark on a guitar journey in the very near future where these exercises may become very helpful to me. Aloha!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Why Democrats Lost\nKenneth Whitley, WPA poster, 1939\nI voted for Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama was absolutely right when he said that there was no candidate better qualified to be president than Hillary Clinton. So, why did Democrats lose?\nWhen asked about raising the minimum wage\u2013while Bernie Sanders was calling for a $15.00 an hour minimum wage\u2013Hillary took the politically safe route and said we should pursue \"incremental changes.\" Holy crap. My head exploded. Talk about poor optics. Talk about being completely out of touch with your base of support. Let's do another fundraiser with Wall Street bankers in the freaking Hamptons. Can you imagine how that sounded to a single mother trying to feed her kids on a $9.00 an hour job? Incremental change? We don't need incremental change. We need someone to call 911. We're dying here.\nHillary Clinton lost one million Democratic and independent women voters in 2016. Imagine that.\nSo here's the not-so-secret answer to why Democrats lost in 2016: Bernie Sanders supporters aren't a radical fringe element. They are the Democratic Party. They are the ideological heirs of FDR, John F. Kennedy and LBJ. They are the same social democrats who created social security, medicaid, passed the civil rights acts, and protested the unnecessary wars and the military-industrial complex. They didn't abandon the Democratic Party. They were abandoned by the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party has strived to become more conservative and politically safe. And in doing so has become politically irrelevant.\nAuthor konigludwigPosted on May 21, 2017 June 13, 2017 Categories Opinion\/Editorial, Political commentary, PoliticsTags 2016 presidential race, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, income inequality2 Comments on Why Democrats Lost\nDo Trump's Murky Financial Ties to Russia Connect to Money Laundering?\nInvestigators have only begun to follow the money.\naluxum\/Getty\nBy Bill Buzenberg\nFederal investigators continue to dig into Russia's cyberattack on the US election and the Trump administration's possible involvement\u2014but as bad as that intrusion and collusion may be, Trump's opaque financial dealings could prove even more perilous for the president.\nTrump has blazed a decades-long trail of questionable financial dealings with Russian sources that could provide investigators with the grist they need for legal action. A wide array of Russian oligarchs with links to Vladimir Putin have invested tens of millions of hard-to-explain dollars in Trump properties. And Trump professes never to know who these people are or where they got the big bucks for their mostly cash deals.\nMoney laundering is the process of taking proceeds from criminal activity (dirty money) and making them appear legal (clean). Although the news didn't make much of a splash during the 2016 campaign, Trump paid a $10 million fine to the U.S. Treasury in 2015 for his bankrupt Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City because it failed to meet anti-money-laundering requirements. According to the Wall Street Journal, \"Regulators said the casino failed to establish and implement an effective anti-money-laundering program, failed to implement an adequate system of internal controls, and failed to properly file currency transaction reports or keep other required records.\"\nIt is already a matter of public record that several Trump-affiliated businesses and associates are connected to alleged Russian money-laundering operations.\nMany of Trump's business dealings involve Deutsche Bank or the Bank of Cyprus\u2014both known for their connections with Russian oligarchs. Deutsche Bank is also Trump's biggest lender; he owes the bank some $300 million, as first reported by Mother Jones' Russ Choma and David Corn. The Guardian reported that Deutsche Bank paid $630 million in fines for failing to prevent $10 billion in Russian money laundering between 2012 and 2015.\nThe Bank of Cyprus is also well known as a money-laundering haven for Russian oligarchs. Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has invested heavily in the Bank of Cyprus (some $424 million in 2014, giving him an 18% stake) and he was once vice-chairman of the bank, according to the Guardian. Ross presided over deals that raise questions about his tenure at the bank and his ties to politically connected Russian oligarchs.\nRoss shared his vice-chairman post at the bank with a deposit holder-turned-shareholder, Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, referred to in Russian media as a former KGB official and Putin ally.\nAuthor konigludwigPosted on May 13, 2017 April 20, 2018 Categories Expos\u00e9, HistoryTags Bank of Cyprus, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Deutches Bank, Donald Trump, money laundering, Paul Manafort, Russian mafia, Vladimir Putin3 Comments on Do Trump's Murky Financial Ties to Russia Connect to Money Laundering?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Neurosurgery Practice\nMazda Turel | STEM\nDr. Mazda Turel is a general practice neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of diseases of the brain and spine and advocates an approach to neurosurgery that is both balanced and aggressive. Born in 1981, Mazda was ordained a priest in the Zoroastrian faith in 1992. He completed his degree in medicine (MBBS) from Grant Medical College and Sir JJ groups of Hospitals in Mumbai, and went on to pursue a MCh degree in Neurosurgery from the prestigious Christian Medical College in Vellore, India.\nHe was awarded the Jacob Chandy Gold Medal at his graduation; a distinction that has only been conferred previously to four other recipients since its institution 35 years ago.\nHis prolific clinical research has garnered several academic accolades both nationally and internationally and has resulted in numerous publications in esteemed scientific journals.\nAfter completing his residency he visited several departments of neurosurgery across the world and earned a Diploma in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery from Beijing, China. He then went onto complete a fellowship in skull base surgery and neuro-oncology at the illustrious Toronto Western Hospital and another fellowship in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery at the Rush University in Chicago after which he crossed continents to travel to Shanghai to specialize in cerebro-vascular surgery, with an emphasis on arterial bypasses in the brain.\nLatika Nath | Environmentalist, Wildlife Photographer","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Julia Arriola Biography\nClick here to view available works by Julia Arriola\nJulia Arriola, an artist with eclectic ideas, draws on history for conceptual renderings that address past, present and future with an indigenous flair. Trained as a sculptor, she likes to look at all sides of an image whether 2d or 3d. Currently her works are drawings using colored pencils and ink on ledger paper that dates from 1859.\nBorn in Tucson, Arizona, and daughter of a career master sergeant, she has lived in other states but always returned to her beloved city. One of the favorite subjects in early schooling was art period and history in high school. \"As a child she was always drawing and trying to make things,\" her mother once said of her. During the teenage and early adult years the thoughts of art went away and did not fully return until the early 80s. After jobs in factories, a three year tour in the Navy, and more factory jobs she decided to go back to school, making her a late comer into the world of higher education and art. After graduating with a Masters in Fine Art the race was on to 'make it' in the art world, or at least try to make a living on ones art. Easier said than done, and definitely not the 9 to 5 job that the factories offered, she was recommended for a curatorial position at the Arizona Historical Society, a museum where she had been hired as a work study student during undergrad and graduate school.\nAlways grateful to the Arizona Historical Society for not only the position but throughout the career there were many creative outlets that the museum provided to bring art into the interpretation of history exhibits. After recent retirement, Arriola is now able to spend 6 to 7 hours a day in her studio once again becoming a full time artist.\nAlthough art came back at a later time in life, Arriola would not change a thing, as all experiences led her through a rich life with amazing outcomes that now are manifested through ledger drawings, sculpture.\nJulia Arriola \"Steampunk Bear\" Colored pencil and ink on c. 1859 Ledger paper\nJulia says about her art and inspiration:\n\"The ledger drawings began a little over a year ago starting with my love for Steampunk. Love the design, fashion, and technology that came from that great but horrible time period, especially for NA, the 19th century. These drawings suggest how objects\/concepts from the 19th century were not only forced on Native Americans, but was also embraced. Different tribes, traditions, and ceremonies are included because all were impacted by the overwhelming force of Manifest Destiny. Steampunk fashion is a subgenre of the steampunk movement in science fiction. It is a mixture of the Victorian era's romantic view of science in literature and elements from the Industrial Revolution in Europe during the 1800s.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Reconstruction of a Neanderthal skeleton\n( American Museum of Natural History )\ntemporal occurrence\n230,000 (130,000) to 30,000 years\nNear East ( Levant , Mesopotamia )\nCentral Kazakhstan\nHumanoids (Hominoidea)\nGreat Apes ( Hominidae )\nhomininae\nhominins\nHomo neanderthalensis\nKings , 1864\nThe Neanderthal (formerly also \"Neanderthaler\", scientifically Homo neanderthalensis ) is an extinct relative of the anatomically modern human ( Homo sapiens ). It developed in Europe , parallel to Homo sapiens in Africa , from a common African ancestor of the genus Homo - Homo erectus - and temporarily settled large parts of southern , central and eastern Europe . Apparently during the last ice agethe Neanderthals have expanded their originally exclusively European settlement area into western Asia ( Turkey , Levant , northern Iraq ), into parts of central Asia ( Uzbekistan , Tajikistan ) and even into the Altai region. DNA sequencing of the Neanderthal genome revealed evidence of multiple gene flow between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens . The Neanderthals made tools out of stone and wood and, depending on the climatic conditions, subsisted partly on prey and partly on plants. They controlled fire , could communicate in language and were capable of forming symbols.\nNeanderthal finds since the Eemian Interglacial (about 130,000 years ago) are referred to as \"classical Neanderthals\" because of their often distinct anatomical features. Due to at least isolated burials of their dead both in Europe and in western Asia and the depositing of dead people in caves, Homo neanderthalensis is the best preserved species of hominins along with Homo sapiens . There are currently different theories as to why the Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago.\n1 naming\n2 finds\n2.1 Neanderthal\n2.2 Other localities\n3 Fossil record and age of finds\n4.1 Skull Bones\n4.2 Dentition\n4.3 Torso, arms and legs\n4.4 Anatomical findings on development and social behavior\n4.5 Life Expectancy\n5 nutrition\n6.2 Language\n6.3 Tool Use\n6.3.2 Sites on the Crimean Peninsula\n6.3.3 Sites in Germany and Austria\n6.4 Possible seafaring (in Greece)\n6.5 Body adornment, symbolic thinking\n6.6 Cave Painting\n6.7 Spatially differentiated use of caves\n6.8 Burials\n6.9 Reproduction and Population Density\n7 extinction\n8 Relationship to Modern Man\n8.1 Historical\n8.2 Today's Perspectives\n8.2.1 Mixture of anatomical features\n8.2.2 Mixing of genetic material\n8.2.2.1 First Findings\n8.2.2.2 Publication of the genome\n8.2.2.3 Evidence of gene flow to Neanderthals\n8.2.2.4 Detection of gene flow to Homo sapiens\n10 Literature\n12 web links\n14 receipts\nThe indirect namesake: Joachim Neander (1650\u20131680)\nReconstruction of a Neanderthal ( Neanderthal Museum ). The skin color of the reconstruction is not true to the original.\nReconstruction of a young Neanderthal\nThe term Neanderthaler goes back to the Neandertal , a valley section of the D\u00fcssel between the towns of Erkrath and Mettmann . There, in today's state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the partial skeleton of a Neanderthal was found in 1856 , later named Neandertal 1 . The scientific term Homo neanderthalensis is derived from the Latin h\u014fm\u014d [ \u02c8h\u0254mo\u02d0 ] \"man\", the epithet neanderthalensis refers - like the more popular term Neanderthal - to the locality. Homo neanderthalensis means \"man from the Neanderthal\". The name thus goes back indirectly to Joachim Neander , after whom the \"Neandertal\" was named. The holotype of Homo neanderthalensis is the Neandertal 1 find .\nThe naming of the fossil - and thus also of the taxon as a result - as Homo neanderthalensis was made in 1864 by the Irish geologist William King . As early as 1863, in a lecture before the Geological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Sciences , King had introduced the name \"Homo Neanderthalensis King\" after discussing the skull shape and its deviations from the skull shape of modern humans . In the German-speaking world, however, Rudolf Virchow retained the upper hand with his misinterpretation of 1872 until his death in 1902. Virchow - the most important German pathologist at the time - considered the find to be a pathologically deformed skull of a modern human being and rejected the thesis of \" primitive man \".\nThe different spellings (epitheton with 'th', Neanderthals only with 't') stem from the fact that in the middle of the 19th century \"Neanderthal\" was still written with 'th' and this notation was then adopted into the epithet . According to the International Rules for Biological Nomenclature , species names recognized as valid are not subsequently changed. In contrast, the Orthographic Conference of 1901 stipulated in its specifications for the future common German orthography of all German-speaking countries that the hitherto customary 'h' after 't' should be dispensed with in native words (Tal instead of Thal, T\u00fcr instead of Th\u00fcr). For this reason, the popular spelling (\"Neanderthaler\") that had been common until then was changed to Neanderthaler .\nSupported i.a. at a suggestion published by the British paleoanthropologist Bernard G. Campbell in 1973, the Neanderthals were not regarded as a separate species until the 1990s , but as a subspecies of Homo sapiens and were therefore referred to as Homo sapiens neanderthalensis , and the anatomically modern human as Homo sapiens sapiens . However, this naming assumed that according to the biological nomenclature the last common ancestor would be described as (archaic) Homo sapiens ; in fact, however, according to a widespread view, supported by new genetic analyzes (see 2016\/17: proof of gene flow to the Neanderthals ), the Homo erectus documented in Africa is the last common ancestor. In addition, the rules of the nomenclature would mean that \u2013 as recommended by G\u00fcnter Br\u00e4uer , for example \u2013 i.a. the European ancestors of the Neanderthals classified as Homo heidelbergensis would also have to be renamed Homo sapiens . The classification of Neanderthals as a subspecies of Homo sapiens is therefore currently considered outdated; There is \"an increasing acceptance that Neanderthals are morphologically distinctive\" among paleoanthropologists , which is why the terms Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis have prevailed in the specialist literature.\nNeanderthal 1 , side view; the piece of the temporal bone and cheekbone discovered in 2000 is attached to the front\nThe oldest evidence for the presence of individuals of the genus Homo outside of Africa are fossil finds from Dmanisi in Georgia , which are approximately 1.85 million years old. The oldest evidence to date of the presence of immigrants of the genus Homo to Europe is 1.2 to 1.1 million years old and comes from the Sima del Elefante site near Atapuerca ( Spain ). Numerous bones, around 900,000 years old, were recovered from the immediately adjacent Gran Dolina site. These fossils are referred to as Homo antecessor by their Spanish discoverers and placed in close proximity to early Neanderthal ancestors. Other researchers interpret these fossils as evidence of early settlement of the Atapuerca region by a population of Homo erectus that later became extinct. Whether there was just one early immigration to Europe or several independently of each other is unclear. In the current specialist literature, it is largely assumed that Europe \u2013 long before the immigration of Homo sapiens \u2013 was settled by descendants of the African Homo erectus : \"The Neanderthals emerged from the European variant of the early humans Homo erectus \u2013 known as Homo heidelbergensis .\"\n\u2192 Main article : Neanderthal 1st\nIn mid-August 1856, Italian quarry workers discovered some bone fragments in a section of the Neander Valley that had fallen victim to limestone quarrying shortly thereafter . They were initially carelessly thrown into the overburden, but were noticed by the quarry owners Wilhelm Beckershoff and Friedrich Wilhelm Pieper, who had 16 larger pieces of bone recovered and handed them over to Johann Carl Fuhlrott for examination. The Bonn anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen , who became aware of press reports, also examined the bones and came to the same conclusion as Fuhlrott: It was a prehistoric form of modern man. Fuhlrott and Schaaffhausen presented the find in June 1857 at the general meeting of the Natural History Association of the Prussian Rhineland . However, their interpretation was not shared by the specialist audience. This find, named Neandertal 1, is the type specimen of the species Homo neanderthalensis .\nThe history of the development of anatomically modern humans and their relationship to Neanderthals is traced in the Neanderthal Museum near the site of the find .\nDuring excavations at the original site in 1997 and 2000, another 60 bone fragments and teeth were discovered that could be attributed to the Neanderthal 1 fossil and two other Neanderthals.\nIn 2006, a total of 400 Neanderthal fossils were found in Europe.\nOther localities\nFossil finds of Homo heidelbergensis or early Neanderthals\nFossil finds of \"classic\" Neanderthals\nThe Neanderthal find was not the first fossil of Homo neanderthalensis to be discovered . As early as 1833, the Dutch doctor and naturalist Philippe-Charles Schmerling described a fossil child's skull and several other bones from a cave near Engis in Belgium, which he assigned to the \"Diluvium\" (the epoch of the Deluge ) on the basis of animal fossils and stone tools that were also discovered ; however, this 1829 discovered, first scientifically described Neanderthal find ( Engis 2 ) was misjudged by colleagues as \"modern\".\nThe relatively well-preserved skull Gibraltar 1 , discovered in 1848 in the limestone quarry Forbes' Quarry in Gibraltar , was only recognized decades later as being thousands of years old and was assigned to the now established species Homo neanderthalensis . The Neanderthals were only finally recognized as an independent human form, deviating from Homo sapiens , after two almost completely preserved Neanderthal skeletons were found in 1886 in a cave in Spy (today a district of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre , Belgium).\nBy 1999, skeletons and skeletal fragments of more than 300 Neanderthal individuals were known. There are many sites in the karst regions of southern France, such as La Chapelle-aux-Saints , Le Moustier , La Ferrassie , Pech de l'Az\u00e9 , Arcy-sur-Cure and La Quina . Other significant sites include the Sima de los Huesos , the Cueva de los Aviones , the Cueva Ant\u00f3n and the Cueva de El Sidr\u00f3n in Spain, the Tabun Cave and the Kebara Cave in the Carmel Mountains in Israel, the Shanidar Cave in Iraq, the Vindija Cave in Croatia, the Karain Cave in Turkey, the Mezmaiskaya Cave in the Russian part of the Caucasus and the Okladnikov Cave in the Altai Mountains.\nOverall, the majority of Neanderthal fossils come from France, Italy and Spain, Germany, Belgium and Portugal, in that order; their core area was therefore southern and south-western Europe. From the distribution of the fossil remains known so far, it was deduced that the Neanderthals \"extended their originally exclusively European settlement area into the Near East, into parts of Central Asia and even into the Altai region\" only during the course of the last Ice Age.\nIn 2017, Science reported that traces of their mitochondrial DNA could be detected in the sediment of various proven or putative locations of Neanderthals . Neanderthal stone tools had previously been discovered in the Trou al'Wesse cave near Modave in Belgium , but no Neanderthal bones. In 2021, cell nuclear DNA was also detected from cave sediments.\nFossil record and age of finds\nThe oldest finds in the fossil record , which are classified as Neanderthals by the majority of researchers due to a sufficient number of anatomical peculiarities and are usually referred to as \"classic\" Neanderthals, come from excavation layers of the oxygen isotope level MIS 5. They come from Croatia ( Krapina ) and Italy and are about 130,000 and 120,000 years old respectively. The eponymous find from the Neandertal was dated to be 42,000 years old.\nRoughly schematic family tree of the genus Homo , without taking into account the gene flows that have been detected more recently.\nIt is difficult to differentiate between the bone finds associated with the Neanderthals and the older finds formerly referred to as pre-Neanderthals (\"Ante-Neanderthals\", \"Pre-Neanderthals\", \"Proto-Neanderthals\") and today mostly as Homo heidelbergensis , since the Neanderthals were directly and gradually emerged from the chronospecies Homo heidelbergensis . Therefore, different dates are shown in the specialist publications. Frequently, the existence of Neanderthals as a separate taxon is derived from fossils that are between 200,000 and 160,000 years old; However, some fossils that are 300,000 years old and even 500,000 years old have also been attributed to the Neanderthals.\nThe point in time at which the Neanderthals died out cannot be reliably dated. The widespread view that the Neanderthals were particularly adapted to the cold periods ( stadials ) of the last glacial period that began around 115,000 years ago seems to contradict the fact that they apparently died out during an interstadial , Interstadial 5. This was well before the glacial maximum of the last glacial period, which began around 25,000 years ago and peaked around 20,000 years ago. The distribution of the bone finds was also interpreted to mean that the Neanderthals only left their core area in south-west and south Europe \"under favorable climatic and environmental conditions\" in order to \"penetrate into areas in which they were only temporarily, until the deterioration of those there According to a study published in 2011, the fossils from the Caucasian Mezmaiskaya Cave (39,700 \u00b1 1,100 cal BP ) mark the most recent Neanderthal finds with unequivocal dating. The dating of finds from the Iberian Peninsula that are younger than 45,000 years is also considered doubtful.\nThe reliability of determining the age of other more recently dated finds is also disputed; this applies in particular to finds from the caves of Arcy-sur-Cure (34,000 years before today = BP ), from the Cueva del Boquete de Zafarraya (32,000 BP) and from the Gorham Cave (28,000 BP). These localities are also all much more southerly and therefore speak more for a cold escape. Dating of Neanderthal fossils younger than 34,000 BP ( 14 C years) is doubted either for methodological reasons or because of the transmission from an unclear layer context. The fossils found in southern Spain may have been underestimated by around 10,000 years due to contamination during sampling; Thomas Higham , a British expert in radiocarbon dating, assumes, based on various age determinations he has made, that the Neanderthals became extinct in Europe no later than 39,000 years ago (cal BP). Also controversial is the assignment of Mousterian -like stone tools to the late Neanderthals, which were discovered at 65\u00b0 01\u2032 N (i.e. almost at the Arctic Circle ) in the northern Urals in the Byzovaya site and dated to an age of 34,000 to 31,000 BP.\nIn Heinrich Event 4 of the most recent ice age (about 40,000 years ago), Homo sapiens advanced north from Africa via the Middle East and subsequently occupied the previous habitat of the Neanderthals. The culture of the Ch\u00e2telperronian is considered evidence of the cultural influence of the anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) of the Upper Paleolithic , the so-called Cro-Magnon humans , on the Neanderthals .\nThanks to the more than 300 skeletal finds, the Neanderthal is the best-studied fossil species of the genus Homo . However, Ian Tattersall pointed out that until the late 1970s there was only \"a superficial definition\" of this taxon; What was missing, however, was a compilation of those characteristics that distinguish Homo neanderthalensis from all other species of the genus Homo . Albert Santa Luca first presented this in 1978, highlighting four unique features of the Neanderthal skull:\n\"One was the occipital torus, a bony ridge that runs across the occipital bone at the back of the head. Overlying this bulge is an oval depression ( fossa suprainiaca ), another unique Neanderthal feature. Further forward at the base of the skull is the third feature, a prominent occipito-mastoid crest (now often referred to as the juxtamastoid crest) located in the mastoid process. The mastoid bone is a bony structure that projects behind and below the ear canal (small in Neanderthals compared to anatomically modern humans). Finally, Neanderthals have a distinct, rounded elevation on top of the mastoid process, the mastoid tuberosity. This elevation, which runs obliquely backwards and upwards, is developed differently in other human forms or is absent.\"\nLater, other typical Neanderthal features were found, such as special structures of the nasal cavity and the position of the semicircular canals of the inner ear . Analyzes of two well-preserved skeletons of Neanderthal newborns showed that Neanderthal bones, which were robust compared to anatomically modern humans, were present before birth.\nNeanderthal footprints are known in particular from a dune area of Le Rozel in Normandy (France, around 70,000 years old); there, a group of 10 to 13 mostly very young and juvenile Neanderthals left at least 257 footprints. 87 footprints discovered in 2020 in the Coto de Do\u00f1ana National Park in southwestern Spain (106,000 \u00b1 19,000 years old) also come from a group of mostly young Neanderthals. A single footprint has also been preserved, for example, from the V\u00e2rtop Cave in the Bihor Mountains (Romania at least 62,000, maximum 97,000 years old).\nskull bones\nTop view of the elongated skull cap of a Neanderthal from La Ferrassie\nSide view of Neanderthal skull La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1\nThe brain volume of the Neanderthals was around 1200 to 1750 cubic centimeters (on average around 1400 cm\u00b3), which is slightly larger on average than in modern humans and is interpreted as a consequence of their overall stronger physique. As a result of this range of variation, other features of the skull also show a considerable range of variation. Nevertheless, there are numerous characteristics that differ from those of the anatomically modern human being and which, moreover, did not only develop after birth, but were already present before birth; this could be proven on the skull of the Neanderthal baby from the Mesmaiskaja cave ( Caucasus ).\nThe skull is elongated from front to back and with its low forehead is also much flatter than that of modern humans, and its elongated shape means that it projects far back and forms a characteristic protrusion there. Due to its two strongly protruding ridges above the eyes, the skull shape appears more archaic than that of most people alive today. The largest skull width is at the level of the lower skull base (in anatomically modern humans: above the ears). Because of this and the relatively low, wide cranium, the outline appears semicircular when viewed from behind (in anatomically modern humans: rounded trapezoidal). The large and wide nostril opening is also noticeable on the facial skull.\nThe location of the semicircular canals of the inner ear in the petrous bone of the base of the skull is a particularly distinct feature between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens . The semicircular posterior semicircular canal (part of the spinal balance organ) is deeper in Neanderthal than in any other species of the genus Homo . The difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in this trait is about as great as that between Homo sapiens and chimpanzees.\nSide view of the facial skull , temporal bone and parietal bone of Neanderthal man discovered in 1848 in the Forbes Quarry limestone quarry in Gibraltar\nThe forehead is flat and receding, while it is mostly steep in European Homo sapiens . The region above the eyes typically shows a clear supraorbital bulge ( torus supraorbitalis ). However, the overeye bulges are not very pronounced in all individuals, also occurred in early Homo sapiens and are therefore not always a reliable criterion for distinguishing Neanderthals and Homo sapiens . This bone thickening is interpreted as a stabilizing adaptation, because the skull was exposed to strong static loads due to the powerful chewing apparatus. The trait appeared in the common ancestors of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, and can also be observed in the great apes.\nThe nostrils are large and relatively wide, the bridge of the nose very strong and also wide. In contrast to modern Europeans , the nasal floor is rounded off at the level of the face. These features indicate a large, fleshy nose, which - like some other internal nasal features - is interpreted by some researchers as an adaptation to the Ice Age cold periods: A large nose preheats the breathing air before it reaches the lungs , and thus supports this maintaining core body temperature. In addition, the olfactory mucosa was located further forward in the nose than in Homo sapiens : \"The resulting improved absorption of smells could have been an advantage when locating food in general and especially when hunting animals.\" However, it was also argued that the larger noses and the more spacious maxillary and frontal sinuses of the Neanderthals were less an adaptation to cold periods than primarily a consequence of their overall somewhat broader faces.\nSome Neanderthal skull features\nComparison between the skull of an anatomically modern human (left) and that of a Neanderthal (right)\nBased on the wear of the teeth, it was concluded that the Krapina Neanderthals did not live longer than 30 years; only marginally longer lifespans have also been reported for the fossils of Homo heidelbergensis from the Sima de los Huesos in Spain.\nThe upper and lower jaw bones are higher and also longer than in anatomically modern humans; Neanderthals also have larger incisors but narrower molars than Homo sapiens . Due to the stronger and larger jawbones , Neanderthal skulls appear prognathic , i. H. the lower half of the face protrudes clearly. The ascending mandibular rami are wider, the angle between mandibular rami and body steeper. A striking distinguishing feature from anatomically modern humans is the lack of a clearly protruding chin in most Neanderthal skulls .\nThe number of teeth and the shape of the crown correspond to those of Homo sapiens , but the upper incisors are shovel-shaped. The molars often have a hump in the middle, which does not occur in anatomically modern humans. The back molars are sometimes - not always - characterized by taurodontia . H. the roots separate into branches just before the tips. Special diagnostic features can also be found on the lower fourth premolars , the first molars and second deciduous molars, which has led to extensive comparative studies of late Middle Palaeolithic and early Upper Palaeolithic tooth finds to distinguish between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans. In addition, the so-called retromolar gap (\"Neanderthal gap\", not to be confused with the diastema ) is typical, which regularly occurs between the last molar (back tooth) and the mandibular ramus.\nOne hypothesis assumes that the shape of the skull was not only formed passively by the growing brain, but later also came about through the heavy use of the incisors. Accordingly, these were not only used for eating, but also as a \"tool\" and as a kind of \"third hand\". FH Smith 's so-called teeth -as-tool hypothesis states that the teeth were used as a vise and pliers . However, this technique is not a unique feature of the Neanderthals, but is both pathologically and ethnographically proven in modern humans. Traces of abrasion on the teeth indicate that the Neanderthals - like Homo heidelbergensis - were predominantly right-handed.\ntorso, arms and legs\nMany Neanderthal finds come from burials , which is why all parts of their bodies have been preserved multiple times and in good condition. The typical European - the so-called classical - Neanderthal skeletons \" look more or less the same as the skeletons of modern humans. The main differences are in the proportions. Neanderthals have a much broader, sturdier pelvis and leg bones than modern humans. In contrast, the arms were comparatively delicately built. From the muscle attachment marks of the hands it was deduced that Neanderthals primarily used precision grips in their manual activities .\nThe bone finds suggest a height of about 1.60 m; the Neanderthals were therefore somewhat smaller than the early anatomically modern humans , for whom a body height of approx. 1.77 m was reconstructed. Their body weight , on the other hand, roughly corresponded to that of Europeans living today: the so-called Old Man of La Chapelle , a skull with associated lower jaw and numerous other body bones found in La Chapelle-aux-Saints ( Corr\u00e8ze department , France) in 1908 has a body weight of 60 to 80 kg attributed; the female skull Gibraltar 1 discovered in Gibraltar in Forbes' Quarry in 1848 is attributed a body weight of 50 to 70 kg. The body height of Neanderthal women was about 95 percent of the average height of Neanderthal men and thus corresponds to the proportions of modern humans. The pelvic canal of Neanderthal women was built as narrow as that of anatomically modern women.\nGiven that the Neanderthals lived during an Ice Age, such differences have been interpreted as an adaptation to the cold climate of Europe. Finds from warmer regions (e.g. the Middle East) indicate larger and slimmer individuals. Since there was only a short space between the chest and hips of the Neanderthals and the chest cavity was larger than in Homo sapiens due to a deviating curvature of the ribs from the anatomically modern human , their torso appeared more compact, stockier - \"barrel-shaped\" - than the torso of today's Europeans; this is also considered to be the main reason for the smaller average body size of the Neanderthals compared to humans living today.\nComparison of three long bones of Spy Neanderthals (left) and modern humans\nThe deviations of certain features of the legs from modern man are also interpreted as an adaptation of the physique to a relatively cold climate; Friedemann Schrenk illustrated this using the example of Africans , Lapps and Neanderthals:\n\"While the length of the lower leg corresponds to 79 percent of the thigh in the 'Lapps', this value is 86 percent in Africans; these have much longer lower legs. Neanderthal lower legs were only 71 percent of thigh length, so Neanderthals had significantly shorter legs than modern Lapland humans .\"\nIn addition to these length ratios, which differed from those of Homo sapiens , the bones of the lower extremities in the Neanderthals were also able to cope with much greater loads:\n\"[ Femur and tibia ] suggest a doubling of flexural and torsional strength compared to the modern human lower extremity. The morphology of the knee area indicates considerable strength and loading capacity. After all, the foot was extremely resilient due to enlarged joints and a reinforced big toe.\"\nHowever, it was deduced from the length of his Achilles tendon that the Neanderthals were not as good endurance runners and used more energy than modern humans even when running short distances.\nFrom the surviving muscle marks (where the muscles attach to the bone) it could be deduced that the Neanderthals had unusually strong chest and back muscles compared to modern humans, so that the arms \" also allowed an extremely strong grip \"; the hand bones also indicate a \"precision grip\". From these muscle marks and the weight of the bone finds - the ribs and pelvic girdle were also more massive than in modern humans - it was possible to deduce the body weight, which at 50 to 80 kg is relatively high in relation to body size and compared to modern humans.\nThe image of the clumsy primitive that was often depicted in the past, who can hardly walk upright, has long been outdated, because the body dimensions of the Neanderthals \u2013 despite all the deviations \u2013 are still within the range of variation of modern humans.\nAnatomical findings on development and social behavior\nHead and torso of a child\nResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology used impressions of the brain on the inside of the cranial bones to show that the growth pattern of the Neanderthal brain in the first year of life - a critical phase for cognitive development - differed significantly from that of anatomically modern humans difference. Accordingly, the slightly different shape of the brain (spherical in modern humans, oblong in Neanderthals) probably had an impact on cognitive abilities. In the Neanderthal child, for example, areas of the parietal lobe and the cerebellum region developed less strongly than in the young Homo sapiens, but similarly to the chimpanzee. In modern humans, when these regions are injured or reduced in size as a result of developmental disabilities, this can lead to limitations in speech and social behavior.\nIn a laboratory experiment, cell biologists integrated the variant of the gene NOVA1 , which had been reconstructed for Neanderthals, into the stem cells of modern humans; this gene is known to regulate brain function in early stages of development . As a result, an \" organoid \" grew up with characteristics that differed significantly from an unmodified organoid: it had a different shape, and \"the way the cells spread out, how the synapses form as the junctions of the neurons, and also from which proteins the synapses are constructed\", was also different. From this, the researchers concluded that the Neanderthal brain was noticeably different from that of Homo sapiens .\nIn 2010, synchrotron radiation was used to reconstruct the period within which the teeth of Neanderthal children developed; this applies to anatomically modern humans as a benchmark for the general speed of development of a child. Accordingly, the development speed of the young Neanderthals was much faster - and the phase of childhood therefore shorter - than in humans. However, the development of the brain in early childhood was probably similar to that in anatomically modern humans, and according to a study published in 2017, the enlargement of the bones below the head was also similar to that in humans; this was interpreted as an indication of a possibly similarly long childhood as in humans.\nThe right humerus and the muscle attachments on the right side of the upper arm of Neanderthals were generally stronger than the left ones. This is often attributed to the regular use of spears; However, a study published in 2012 suggested that this pronounced asymmetry could be primarily a consequence of the frequent processing of surfaces (smoothing the floor, furs).\nNumerous skeletons of older Neanderthals show healed fractures and evidence of severe muscle atrophy as a result of injuries that severely weakened them. This has been interpreted to mean that they could only survive the aftermath of these injuries because they had the support of clan members.\nEvidence of cannibalism has been found in the Goyet Caves in Gesves ( Belgium ), as has previously been found in archaeological sites in France and Spain .\nThe age at death can be reconstructed quite accurately for individual bone finds. However, a reliable mean value for the life expectancy of the entire Neanderthal population cannot be calculated from this. Nevertheless, there are indications of life expectancy. According to Friedemann Schrenk , an examination of \"a total of 220 skeletons from the entire distribution area of \u200b\u200bthe Neanderthals from a period between 100,000 and 35,000 years ago showed [\u2026] that 80 percent of all Neanderthals died before the age of 40\"; most of them even died between the ages of 20 and 30. According to Schrenk, however, some people had an \"astonishingly high life expectancy\", especially given the harsh living conditions: it is certain, for example, that the so-called Old Man of La Chapelle was around 40 to 45 years old when he died. Nevertheless, these findings indicate that only a few people lived to see their grandchildren grow up. (Cf. also grandmother hypothesis )\nThe teeth of modern humans and macaques exhibit a characteristic that correlates closely with the timing of weaning : the ratio of barium to calcium in tooth enamel . An analysis of this ratio in a Neanderthal tooth in 2013 revealed that this Neanderthal had been weaned around the age of 14 to 15 months. However, the examination of two Neanderthal teeth from the French site of Payre (municipality of Rompon , Ard\u00e8che department ) in 2018 revealed an age of 2 \u00bd years for the time of weaning; In 1997, the age at weaning was estimated at three years. A study published in 2020 on three Neanderthal teeth from Italy, around 70,000 to 50,000 years old, showed an age of only 5 to 6 months for weaning.\nEurasia and North Africa during its last glaciation, about 20,000 to 70,000 years BC. BC; in Northern Europe the so-called Vistula glaciation occurs , in the Alpine region the W\u00fcrm glaciation .\nWhat is certain is that the Neanderthals regularly kindled fires at their dwelling places ; the oldest fireplaces in Europe that are considered certain come from Homo heidelbergensis and are around 400,000 years old. Ash deposits from a plethora of hearths discovered at Kebara Cave were particularly revealing: \"Each settlement phase left a layer of debris in the cave; dust blew in between dwellings and rock material fell from the ceiling. Sediments several meters thick have accumulated in Kebara, in which successive inspection horizons could be distinguished precisely in the central area, where the hearths were located.\" Similar finds were uncovered in Spain in the Abric Roman\u00ed , a rocky outcrop (abri) that \u2013 with interruptions \u2013 covered more than been inhabited for 20,000 years.\nFindings of hunting grounds in France, in the Caucasus and near Wallertheim in the Rhineland as well as in the Buhlen hunting station prove \"that Neanderthals were specialized hunters who repeatedly ambushed and killed bison or mammoths on their way to winter pastures in the same places. Bone remains from 86 hunted reindeer were found in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt along with thousands of stone tools , a clear testament to the excellent hunting skills of the Neanderthals.\" Isotope measurements of collagen in Neanderthal bones from the Vindija Cave in Croatia also indicated that meat was the main source for protein was; Isotope measurements on several Neanderthal finds from France have been interpreted to mean that these Neanderthals were \" apex predators \". Such findings led, among other things, to the assumption that the extinction of the Neanderthals could have been partly caused by a less flexible diet than that of Homo sapiens .\nIn 2010, however, this hypothesis was weakened when an international team of researchers from George Washington University 's Center for Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology found numerous plant microfossils in the calculus of Neanderthal teeth from Belgium and Iraq . Accordingly, among other things , dates , legumes and grass seeds were consumed. Furthermore, the calculus-embedded starch of northern Spanish Neanderthals was found to show characteristics of being altered by heating; their vegetable diet was consequently made more digestible by cooking, and consisted at least in part of species that can be interpreted as medicinal or aromatic plants. Traces of abrasion on the tooth surface of Neanderthals from different epochs (cold periods and warm periods) also show that they adapted their food intake to the available plants depending on the climatic and, at the same time, ecological conditions. Independently of these findings, it was also possible to reconstruct from around 50,000-year-old faeces of Spanish Neanderthals - based on preserved 5\u03b2-stigmasterin - that in addition to frequent meat consumption, a considerable proportion of plant-based food was consumed. An isotopic study of the skeletal remains of Spy (now a part of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre in Belgium ) revealed that around 20 percent of the protein intake was of plant origin, which also means that this population had a higher proportion of meat in their diet than the populations in Spain.\nA working group from the Senckenberg Research Institute came to similar conclusions when they analyzed the wear and tear of 73 molars from the upper jaws of Neanderthals and modern humans: the grinding of food changes the surface of the teeth depending on the type of food. The study results \"clearly show that the diet of both members of the genus Homo was varied overall.\" It was also shown that the composition of the diet \"depended on the eco-geographical conditions in each case.\" According to this study, the proportion of meat in the diet was also in the Neanderthals living in Northern Europe much higher than in the Neanderthals living in Southern Europe. The diet of the Neanderthals was therefore just as variable and varied as that of the early European Homo sapiens .\nThe oldest evidence to date of the consumption of snails and mussels comes from the Bajondillo Cave ( Torremolinos , Spain); they have been assigned to the oxygen isotope level MIS 6 and dated to be 150,000 years old. Evidence of Neanderthal adaptation to eco-geographical conditions was also discovered in the offshore Vanguard Cave and Gorham Cave in Gibraltar , also offshore, along with Mousterian stone tools: shells of Adriatic mussels ( Mytilus galloprovincialis ) and bones of seals , Dolphins and fish bear witness to the consumption of sea creatures for thousands of years. Evidence of the consumption of sea creatures dating back around 100,000 years was also discovered in the Serra da Arr\u00e1bida in Portugal. Ear canal exostoses in some of the skulls examined were interpreted as independent confirmation that Neanderthals could also obtain food under water. The oldest evidence of Neanderthals eating pigeons also comes from Gorham Cave; the surviving bones of these birds show both cut and burn marks.\nHabitat and culture of Homo neanderthalensis in Europe for about 220,000 years - transitional phase to classic Neanderthals about 120,000 years ago. Correlation of Ice Age and Stone Age periods\nHabitat and culture of Homo neanderthalensis extended - especially in the phase as \"classic Neanderthal\" since the Eemian interglacial period about 125,000 years ago - over large parts of Europe to the Levant in the Middle East and beyond the Crimean Peninsula to the edge According to archaeological findings, Siberia was probably settled in two waves. These early Europeans lived in labor groups. The Neanderthals are associated in particular with the cultural area of \u200b\u200bthe Mousterian (125,000 to 40,000 years ago) with e.g. Micoquian and Levallois techniques of working stone - until their disappearance in the early Aurignacian , when the anatomically modern Homo sapiens ( Cro-Magnon man ) had already immigrated to Europe. The hordes settled z. T. widely scattered, and it cannot be assumed that there is a uniform way of life in this huge area. A uniform appearance of the individuals is also unlikely, although isolated genetic traces for red hair and lighter pigmentation have been demonstrated.\nRegionally different conditions determined the everyday life of the Neanderthals: climate, terrain and seasons, sources of drinking water and the availability of huntable game and other food, especially places where raw materials for stone tools were found. Some groups preferred to stay in caves and grottos or under rock shelters (rock overhangs) - e.g. B. in the Dordogne ( Le Moustier , La Ferrassie ) but also in the Small Feldhofer Grotto in the Neandertal . Others lived on the plains or in forests and built shelters out of skins or shrubs and branches. There were also dwellings supported by mammoth bones and tusks, e.g. B. in Netzetal (Hesse). Shallow pits with round support holes and hearths were found in Rheindahlen near M\u00f6nchengladbach, stone artefacts from several zones were found on a forecourt: coarsely dissected stone nodules and finely worked edges through retouching. These finds date from the Eem Interglacial . In the Ukraine , too, there were outdoor stations with evidence of fireplaces.\nTraces of pyrite have been found on hand axes and flakes in France . Scientists who replicated those tools and used them to create fire (which also led to traces of pyrite on the tools) concluded that axes and other stone tools were sometimes used multifunctionally by Neanderthals.\nIn the Middle East, Neanderthals showed different migratory behavior: On the one hand, there were circular migration strategies from place to place, on the other hand, star-shaped migrations from the base camp to peripheral places with raw material deposits. In the Middle Paleolithic , the Neanderthals deliberately sought out larger deposits of flint and quartzite , in some places over ten thousand years. There are also references to woodworking and the use of wooden lances, e.g. B. a 2.45 meter long yew lance, with which forest elephants were killed 120,000 years ago. Wooden, sharpened javelins, occasionally tipped with stone, were also used.\nAnalyzes of the genomes of two Neanderthals from Germany and Belgium who were around 120,000 years old showed that the last Neanderthals who lived in Europe around 40,000 years ago descended at least in part from these European Neanderthals who were around 80,000 years older. At the same time, the analyzes revealed that the two 120,000-year-old individuals were less closely related to the Neanderthals living in Siberia at the same time, which means that the Neanderthal populations in Europe and Siberia had hardly any contact with each other as early as 120,000 years ago.\nSome sites document the hunting of individual animals, in other places there is evidence of mass hunting: at the Salzgitter-Lebenstedt site , Neanderthals had set up special hunting camps; the remains of hunted animals with slaughter marks from 86 reindeer and thousands of stone implements were found here. The hunting period can be determined by examining the teeth and the development of the antlers in the autumn. Medium-sized mammals such as horses, wild donkeys and reindeer were often killed and dismembered individually, and the parts were taken to their living quarters. Large mammals (elephant, rhinoceros) were driven over limestone cliffs on what is now the island of Jersey. Mass killings and long-term stockpiling of meat only make sense if the hunters were aware of methods of preservation.\nThe type of stone tools and weapons used depended on the availability of raw materials, tradition and individual skill. There were Neanderthals who preferred to settle near quarries; others traveled great distances to flint deposits to obtain raw material. Groups staying at the craters of the East Eifel volcanoes had tools made of flint with them, the closest occurrence of which was in the Meuse region (near Aachen and Maastricht), but also so-called Baltic flint from the Ruhr area. These sites were corner points of a home range of more than 100 km in diameter. Stone tools and weapons now associated with specific cultures or processing techniques (axes, flakes , scrapers , points ) were not always used by all Neanderthal groups, and not always at the same time. Some were predominantly found in a particular region. Towards the end of their existence, Neanderthal techniques may have been influenced by Cro-Magnon immigrant tools and ornaments.\nPlay media file\nVideo: Hyoid bone, FOXP2 gene and speech ability in Neanderthals\nIn 1983, the only hyoid bone of a Neanderthal man was discovered in the Kebara Cave in Israel 's Carmel Mountains . It corresponds to that of modern humans and is considered the most important indication that the Neanderthals had the anatomical prerequisites for the ability to speak . In October 2007, paleogenetic studies also revealed that Neanderthals had the same FOXP2 gene as modern humans. The FOXP2 gene, thought to be important for the development of language, was isolated and analyzed by DNA sequencing from Neanderthal bones found in a Spanish cave. A reconstruction of the sound transmission to the inner ear in five Neanderthal skulls also showed that the width of the frequency band of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals hardly differs; at the same time, however, considerable differences between Neanderthals and their forerunners ( Homo heidelbergensis ) were demonstrated. From this it was concluded that Neanderthals could hear spoken language just as well as humans living today. While more evidence is needed, there is no reason to believe that Neanderthals could not speak. Katarina Harvati and Maria Kirady speculate that there was probably no \"common language\" understood by all Neanderthals and that the idioms were probably structured differently than in Homo sapiens .\ntool use\nSteep retouched double scraper (Mousterian), Syria\nIn Europe, the Mousterian era and the stone tools made using the Levallois technique are associated with the Neanderthals. For the \"classic\" Neanderthals of the W\u00fcrm and Vistula glacial periods , the universal tool for cutting and scraping was the wedge knife , which was also the typological model of the Micoquien (today: \"wedge knife groups\"). A modern counterpart of this type of device, which was used both for cutting and scraping, has been handed down to the Eskimos with the ulu . The sites of tools used during the Mousterian period are often only five or six kilometers from the natural deposits of the rocks from which they were made; From this finding it was concluded that these Neanderthal groups lived in a relatively small area. Other groups traveled great distances to flint deposits to obtain the raw material. Some sites were corner points of a home range of more than 100 km in diameter.\nAs evidenced by the approximately 120,000-year-old spear found by apprentices in 1946 , Neanderthals used wooden weapons ( pikes ) to kill big game. In 2018, hunting injuries were found on two 120,000-year-old fallow deer skeletons recovered near Halle (Saale) . Using an experimental ballistics set-up, \"the use of a wooden javelin in upward motion, deployed at low speed\" was reconstructed; this indicates \"that Neanderthals approached the animals from a very short distance and used the spear as a thrusting weapon and not as a throwing weapon. Such a confrontational type of hunt required careful planning, camouflage and close cooperation between the individual hunters.\" Since 1994, eight spears from the Holstein interglacial period ( Sch\u00f6ninger Speere ), which are around 300,000 years old and were used as throwing spears , have also been found in the Sch\u00f6ningen opencast mine be interpreted. Experiments with javelins show that they can be used accurately at a distance of 20 meters or more. Experiments from a distance of 5 m resulted in average penetration depths of 23.8 cm at average impact speeds of 83 km\/h and a penetration force of 25.9 N . It is very probable that lances were reinforced with blade tips for the late Neanderthals, and the stocking of wooden weapons with Levallois tips has also been proven in several cases. At the Poggetti Vecchi site in the province of Grosseto (Italy), several dozen 171,000-year-old fire-hardened burial sticks were recovered, made mostly from boxwood ( Buxus sempervirens ), but also from oak , juniper and ash . The use of toothpicks is also considered safe.\nNeanderthals from the K\u00f6nigsaue site on the Ascherslebener See (Harz foreland) used birch pitch to glue stone artefacts into wooden shafts. Another find of birch pitch on a stone artefact around 50,000 years old was reported from the Netherlands. For the distillation of the pitch from birch bark by smoldering in the absence of air, a constant temperature of about 350 \u00b0C is necessary for a longer period of time; however, a less complex procedure (without air exclusion) could also have led to success.\nThe grinding tools ( smoothers ) made of deer bones discovered in the south-west of France in the Abri Peyrony and Pech-de-l'Az\u00e9 excavation sites , which have been dated to be up to 50,000 years old, are similar to the smoothing woods ( lissoirs ) used to this day, with which leather is processed. These so far oldest special tools in Europe served to soften the leather and increase its water resistance by scraping, grinding and polishing. According to the researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, this might be evidence that the Neanderthals already had their own technology, the emergence of which was previously attributed to modern humans, but which they could also have adopted from Neanderthals. When they immigrated to Europe, they only knew pointed bone tools, but a short time later they made lissoirs.\nNeanderthals were believed to be the first human species to make clothing, but unlike Cro-Magnon humans , no evidence of the manufacture and use of needles has yet been discovered among them. In the Abri du Maras (at the end of the Gorges de l'Ard\u00e8che , Ard\u00e8che department , France), however, plant fibers twisted into threads were discovered in the immediate vicinity of stone tools, which do not occur in nature in such a state, are 40,000 to 50,000 years old and due to of this dating were attributed to the Neanderthals. From Neumark-Nord , an approx. 200,000-year-old site on a former lake shore near Frankleben in Saxony-Anhalt , comes a stone tool with adhering residues of oak acid in a concentration that cannot occur naturally and is therefore considered an indication of the tanning of animal skins is interpreted. Numerous footprints were found at the Le Rozel beach site , some of which are believed to be from light footwear.\nIt was also derived from model calculations that the Neanderthals probably made and wore clothing. According to the calculations, a clothed Neanderthal with a body weight of 80 kg would have had to produce an additional 50 kg of subcutaneous fat tissue during the cold periods of the time in order to withstand the cold without clothing. As Ian Tattersall comments: \"Being built like a sumo wrestler is hardly what can be considered an ideal adaptation to a hunter's lifestyle.\"\nSites on the Crimean Peninsula\nCarvings on a 36,000-year-old flint from the Kiik-Koba site\nSome archaeological sites on the Crimean Peninsula show cultural layers from the Eemian Interglacial (125,000 years before today) to the extinction of the Neanderthals around 30,000 years ago. Accordingly, the tool culture remained largely unchanged for several tens of thousands of years: flat blades, which were mostly kept functional on both sides for a long time by surface retouching. They were located in side handle shafts made of wood or bone and were partly retouched in the assembled state. This culture, called \" Ak Kaya industry \", is similar to the industry of the Micoquien of Central Europe , which is also attributed to the Neanderthals . With the drop in temperature to the first maximum of the last ice age around 60,000 years ago, the culture changed: tools made of flint were now produced using cutting techniques, which were thrown away after wear and were not retouched. The culture of the late Neanderthals was therefore similar to the Aurignacian of Homo sapiens in Central Europe, although this is only documented in Crimea 30,000 years ago. The Neanderthals had therefore anticipated important innovations of modern man in the Crimea.\nThe numerous bone finds of wild donkeys at the Kabazi site make it clear that the Neanderthals were able to plan their raids. The finds were interpreted to mean that entire families or herds of donkeys with parents and young animals were captured while they were drinking from the nearby river. The prey was butchered on the spot, but substantial parts of the animals were transported away in one piece and cut up, prepared and eaten elsewhere. A division of labor across different camp sites has also been proven: There were camp sites where the game was cut up and the stone tools made, as well as others where people obviously lived longer and ate more frequently. A clear, planned division of labor and organization, a seasonal specialization in individual animal species and seasonal camp sites related to the whole group could be identified. The researchers gained the impression of Middle Palaeolithic people who had already developed certain Upper Palaeolithic achievements but were not yet familiar with others: typical Upper Palaeolithic features such as special antler and bone processing and tools such as gravers and scrapers were not found.\nAt the site of Kiik-Koba , a large cave in the Crimean Mountains (44\u00b057' N, 34\u00b021' E), a flint with scratches was recovered, the find layer of which was found to be 35,000 to 37,000 years old (35 to 37 cal kyr BP) was dated; the scratches were interpreted as possibly deliberately designed figurative engraving.\nSites in Germany and Austria\nThe Balver Cave (hand-colored, before 1900)\nThe best-known site in Germany is the Neandertal , where only a few stone tools were found, which were not directly related to the Neandertal 1 fossil that gave it its name .\nOn the other hand, an important site in Germany is the Balver Cave in Westphalia, because it was frequently visited by Neanderthals in the first half of the Vistula glaciation 100,000 to 40,000 years ago. In addition to numerous stone artefacts, many tools made of bone and mammoth ivory were identified in the finds from the Balver Cave. The sediment of the cave was also interspersed with the bones of mammoths, especially calves and young animals; it is believed that the very large number of animals around the cave were killed. In the Gudenus Cave (Kleines Kremstal , Lower Austria), the lower, 70,000-year-old cultural layer indicates hunting of mammoths , woolly rhinos , reindeer , wild horses and cave bears . Due to the frequent head and arm injuries on Neanderthal skeletons, one concludes that the big game was hunted with close-range weapons, as evidenced by the find of a wooden spearhead.\nPossible seafaring (in Greece)\nEvidence of early seafaring Neanderthals has been found in the eastern Mediterranean region, where Neanderthals and their ancestors ( Homo heidelbergensis ) had lived for around 300,000 years. However, their typical Mousterian stone tools have not only been found on mainland Greece, but - dated to be at least 110,000 years old - also on the Greek islands of Lefkada , Kefalonia and Zakynthos . With the exception of Lefkada \u2013 a peninsula on the Greek mainland during the Ice Age when the sea level was up to 120 meters lower \u2013 Kefalonia and Zakynthos including Ithaca formed a single large island during these times. It was surrounded by water at least 180 meters deep and could probably only be reached by watercraft; the distance to the mainland at that time was about 5 to 7.5 kilometers to the southern tip of the Lefkada peninsula.\nAs early as 2008 and 2009, researchers led by Thomas Strasser from Providence College found 130,000-year-old stone tools in the Megalopotamos gorge on Crete , above the palm-lined beach of Preveli ; these tools also come from an epoch in which Homo sapiens was not yet settled in Europe. Crete has been completely surrounded by water for around 5.3 million years, the nearest land was around 40 kilometers away even during the ice ages. However, Strasser does not assign the finds on Crete to Homo neanderthalensis , but to Homo heidelbergensis or Homo erectus .\nStone tools from the Middle Paleolithic have also been found on Naxos ; It is unclear whether this island was at least temporarily accessible from the mainland with dry feet during the ice ages. In 2019, the finds were reported to be around 200,000 years old.\nIn Asia, Homo erectus was only able to colonize the island of Flores after using watercraft to cross several waterways that existed between the neighboring islands around a million years ago (cf. Homo floresiensis ).\nBody jewelry, symbolic thinking\n130,000 year old white- tailed eagle - claws from Krapina ( Croatia ) interpreted as part of a piece of jewelry.\nSeveral mussel shells were discovered in two caves in south-east Spain, which (without the help of their collectors) have 5 mm holes in the area of \u200b\u200btheir vertebrae and, according to radiocarbon dating , are 45,000 to 50,000 years old; both caves are known to be the abodes of Neanderthals. The shell of a large scallop from Cueva Ant\u00f3n is painted on its outside with orange pigment , several shells from Cueva de los Aviones have red, yellow and orange pigments. Further remains of red and yellow paint were also found in their vicinity. These finds have been interpreted as evidence that the authors of the finds used the shells and pigments \"in an aesthetic and presumably symbolic\" manner - possibly attached to a necklace. According to a study published in 2018, the finds from the Cueva de los Aviones are even 115,000 to 120,000 years old according to uranium-thorium dating .\nAlso attributed to a Neanderthal is the La Roche-Cotard mask found in France . Furthermore, in France, during excavations in Pech de l'Az\u00e9 , manganese-containing pigment clumps were found, which suggest Neanderthal body painting. Most finds of color pigments date from the epoch 60,000 to 40,000 years ago; the oldest find - red ochre , whose use is unclear - comes from Maastricht -Belv\u00e9d\u00e8re and is 250,000 to 200,000 years old, about as old as pigment finds from Africa, which are attributed to early Homo sapiens .\nIn the Italian Grotta di Fumane (Fumane Cave ) , 18 km northwest of Verona, 44,000-year-old evidence of the removal of large feathers from bird species that were not eaten, such as bearded vultures or red- footed hawks , has been found . Signs of body painting were also found.\nEight claws of white- tailed eagles obtained from the Krapina excavations were evaluated as pieces of jewelery in 2015: examination with light microscopy ruled out indented and polished areas on the claws from natural origin or accidental influences and led to the conclusion that the claws were considered decorative Parts of a necklace were used. From this, the authors concluded that objects were used symbolically by Neanderthals in Europe 130,000 years ago and thus before their contact with modern humans. This interpretation was supported in 2019 by evidence of cut marks on golden eagle wing bones (on bones that hardly put on flesh) from other sites in central and western Europe, which were evaluated as evidence of careful separation of the feathers from the bones. This gave the authors reason to suspect that the feathers could have served as ornaments. Cut marks were also found on a toe bone from the Foradada Cave in Calafell (Spain), which is probably attributable to a Spanish imperial eagle .\nAlso, \"an angular pattern of six notches\" on the giant deer bone from the Einhorn Cave in the Harz Mountains was scratched by a Neanderthal at least 51,000 years ago.\ncave painting\nThe oldest known cave paintings from Europe are around 65,000 years old. An international team of researchers led by Dirk Hoffmann from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology reported in 2018 that Neanderthals in Europe created cave art more than 20,000 years before the arrival of anatomically modern humans in Europe 40,000 years ago. The researchers had analyzed, using uranium-thorium dating , 60 samples of carbonate crusts on the color pigments of paintings in three caves in Spain: from the Cueva de La Pasiega in the municipality of Puente Viesgo , the Maltravieso Cave in the municipality of C\u00e1ceres and the Cave of Ardales (in the municipality of Ardales ). \"They usually contain red, sometimes black, paintings that include groups of animals, dots, geometric signs, positive and negative handprints, and also rock carvings.\" However, another scholarly publication later suggested that the dating might be wrong, and that for some paintings a natural-geological cause cannot be ruled out. Results of a study published in 2021 disproved this theory. Using X-ray spectroscopy , micro -Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction , a natural-geological cause could be ruled out and the paint layers identified as cave paintings.\nFor a long time, science assumed that men had artistically depicted their hunting experiences in the paintings, but there was no evidence for this. Pennsylvania State University archaeologist Dean Snow analyzed handprints from eight French and Spanish Stone Age caves, including El Castillo Cave, and found that about three-fourths of all colored hands are female, and there are also numerous handprints from children and adolescents .\nSpatially differentiated use of caves\nNeanderthals apparently lived on three levels in the rock overhang Bombrini in northwestern Italy, which has been referred to as a logistical base camp. Each of these levels contained artifacts that allowed inferring a division into rooms used for slaughter, habitation, and tool-making.\nIn a cave near Bruniquel in southern France , numerous fragments of more than 400 stalagmites , which were deliberately broken off, were discovered, which are arranged in two rings of 6.70 and 4.50 meters in circumference ( stone circles in the Bruniquel cave ). These constructions were erected 176,500 \u00b1 2100 years ago, some 330 meters from the cave entrance. The function of these rings is unclear, but a thumb-sized charred piece of bone was discovered, suggesting that food may have been prepared here. However, this cannot explain why the Neanderthals went to such great lengths to equip such a remote, difficult-to-reach place.\nSketch of a buried Neanderthal from Kebara Cave\nThe child's skull from Teschik Tash Cave\nDue to at least isolated burials of their dead both in Europe and in the Middle East and the laying of dead people in caves, Homo neanderthalensis is the fossil best preserved species of hominins next to Homo sapiens . \"The deceased was usually laid in the grave on his back or in a squat position \u2013 i.e. lying on his side with his legs drawn up. Red chalk and ocher colored pigment remains have been identified in the tombs at La Ferrassie , Spy and La Chapelle-aux-Saints . The importance of colors in Neanderthal burials and the cult practices that led to the use of natural pigments are unknown. \"\n\"Upper Paleolithic tombs were often very complex, with richly decorated bodies and numerous grave goods. Objects interpreted in this way in Mousterian tombs, on the other hand, were mostly everyday objects such as stone tools and individual animal bones. These could have been intended as equipment and for provisions in later life, but it is also conceivable that they ended up in the grave more or less by accident as ubiquitous objects in the living room. There are few things in Mousterian tombs whose interpretation as 'grave goods' stands up to critical analysis.\"\nAs early as 1945, for example, the grave of a nine-year-old Neanderthal boy discovered in the Teschik-Tash Cave in Uzbekistan was described; the child's skeleton lay there for around 70,000 years, surrounded by ibex horns.\nSeveral Neanderthal burial sites in the Shanidar Cave ( Iraq ) are about the same age . An unusually high concentration of bee pollen was found in Grave IV , which has occasionally been interpreted as evidence \"of shamanism and ritualized burials\"; however, the flowers could also have been carried into the cave by the Persian gerbils , which are often found there , and buried in the burial horizon. There are also Neanderthal finds that have been controversially discussed as burials or deposits in pits in the Abri La Ferrassie (south-western France). Burial finds from the Spanish cave Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo became known in 2011. The so-called Old Man of La Chapelle was also recovered from a pit \"whose filling is clearly different in color from the surrounding sediment.\"\nBones of cave bears in the Swiss Drachenloch cave , arranged between stone slabs, were the cause of a bear cult attributed to the Neanderthals . Of course, the rocks can also have fallen from the cave ceiling without human intervention, and the \"aligned\" appearance of the finds can have been caused by the effects of water. Since there is no further evidence of a bear cult that early (e.g. ritual objects, communal burials, etc.) and existing bear cults are very complex, its existence is now considered unlikely or refuted.\nreproduction and population density\nGenetic analyzes of tooth finds in the Spanish El Sidron Cave indicate a patrilocal reproductive behavior of the Neanderthals. Carles Lalueza-Fox from the Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwho carried out these analyzes using mitochondrial DNA on a 12-member family-related Neanderthal group, interprets this as a social practice of Neanderthals, which also occurs in modern hunter-gatherer cultures. namely, that the females left their original groups while the males remained in the father's group. However , it has not yet been conclusively clarified whether this leads to the conclusion that the Neanderthals had a consistently patrilineal social practice. The lineages within the group, which were carried out on the basis of the mtDNA analysis, also make a birth frequency of the Neanderthals of about 3 years seem plausible.\nBased on the DNA of the mitochondria ( mtDNA ) of five Neanderthals, which was exclusively transferred from the mother to the children, it was calculated in 2009 that around 70,000 to 40,000 years ago, at most 3500 female Neanderthals lived at the same time. How meaningful this estimate is, however, remained controversial. On the one hand, it was derived from it that the total population at a certain point in time during this late phase of the Neanderthals was only 7000 individuals; At the same time, however, an accompanying article in the journal Science referred to model calculations for today's population in Sweden, where around nine million people live. However, a procedure comparable to that of the Neanderthals would only result in 100,000 individuals for today's Swedish Homo sapiens population; therefore the actual number of female Neanderthals in the mentioned epoch could well have been 70,000.\nJean-Jacques Hublin from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , on the other hand, came to the conclusion in 2018 that \"even at times of their greatest distribution\" there were no more \"than an estimated 10,000 'Neandertal Europeans'\" at the same time, with the size of the individual groups comprised \"a maximum of 50 to 60 women and men\".\ndie out\nThe reasons for the extinction of the Neanderthals are unknown. Archaeological evidence of acts of war between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans is just as little as evidence of a very rapid displacement of the Neanderthals by anatomically modern humans. On the contrary: in 2014 it was calculated that Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans coexisted in Europe for 2600 to 5400 years; In 2020, this period was narrowed down to 3960 \u00b1 710 years after an updated calibration of the C14 method .\nNumerous hypotheses have been put forward to explain the disappearance of the Neanderthals. In a review paper published in 2021, these hypotheses were grouped as follows:\nThe cause of the extinction was competition for limited resources . Depending on the opinion of the individual researcher, the following characteristics of the anatomically modern human being are placed in the foreground for their superiority, viz\nmorphological features\ncognitive traits\ntechnological features\nsocial characteristics\neconomic features.\nThe cause of the extinction was the internal demographic dynamics of Neanderthal populations:\nEven without competition from anatomically modern humans, the Neanderthal population was too small to survive in the long term.\nThe small size of the local sub-populations and their insufficient networking with other sub-populations made the Neanderthals susceptible to inbreeding and led to inbreeding depression due to the missing Allee effect .\nThe cause of the extinction were changes in the environment:\nthe climate became more unstable (among other things, as part of the Heinrich event , known as H4, about 40,000 years ago).\nthere were extreme climatic situations after the eruption of a volcano in the Phlegraean fields of the southern Italian region of Campania (cf. Campanian ignimbrite ).\nanatomically modern humans brought pathogens to which they were immune, but Neanderthals did not.\nSome of these hypotheses have been challenged by recent research. For example, in 2012 a team of scientists published a study that found that the gradually colder climate in Europe 40,000 to 30,000 years ago did not appear to have had a significant impact on the Neanderthal extinction, since the main glaciation in Europe only began and peaked around 25,000 years ago 20,000 years ago, when the Neanderthals were long extinct. However, according to a 2018 study, between 44,000 and 40,000 years ago there were numerous alternations of pronounced cold phases and less cold interstadials . This repeatedly led to regional Neanderthal depopulation and subsequently - possibly - to colonization of the depopulated regions by Homo sapiens .\nIt is also suggested that Cro-Magnons benefited from hunting with early \"wolf-hounds\". However, in 2014, the US archaeologist Paola Villa and her Dutch colleague Wil Roebroeks did not find any archaeological findings in the entire specialist literature that would prove a cultural superiority of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals; instead they suspect a gradual numerical superiority of Homo sapiens . Model calculations show that group size and population density can have an impact on cultural complexity. The German paleoanthropologist Friedemann Schrenk also suspects: \"The theory of Neanderthals as reproductive muffles appears most likely. So-called 'bottle-neck' situations, i.e. population bottlenecks, were not uncommon in human history and could therefore also have affected the Neanderthals.\" A survey of more than 200 paleoanthropologists that became known in 2021 showed that the vast majority of researchers today population-biological disadvantages of the Neanderthals compared to the anatomically modern humans as the main reason for their extinction. The comparison of 17,367 protein-coding genes from Neanderthals from Spain, Croatia and southern Siberia - that is, from widely separated regions of Eurasia - indeed revealed evidence of \"remarkably low\" genetic diversity. The fact that anatomically modern humans became sexually mature earlier and had more descendants could also have been decisive for the extinction.\nThere is also archaeological evidence that, for example, in the Aquitaine region - an area with the greatest density of finds of both populations - the number of individuals of Homo sapiens increased tenfold between 55,000 and 35,000 years ago. Homo sapiens could probably survive better than the Neanderthals in densely populated areas due to their culturally transmitted behavior. Statistical population models show that differences in reproductive rates of just a few percent are enough to lead to the extinction of the less favored population in a few thousand years. In a review article in 2010, Katerina Harvati named not only a higher birth rate, shorter intervals between two births and the resulting larger groups, but also other scenarios that individual researchers - in different combinations - consider possible: For example, anatomically modern people could have a have had lower mortality, a wider diet, and better clothing or shelter during the cold periods. Different customs in the exchange of goods were also considered.\nrelationship to modern man\nAfter the view that the Neanderthals were a forerunner of the anatomically modern human being had gained acceptance at the end of the 19th century, a debate about their family closeness, which continues to this day, began in specialist circles. There were initially different opinions, particularly on the question of whether the Neanderthals were merely the temporal and spatial forerunners of Homo sapiens or whether the anatomically modern human developed from them. The German anatomist Gustav Schwalbe , for example, examined the Neanderthal finds known up to 1906 (he called them Homo primigenius , \"primitive man\") and interpreted some finds as \"intermediate forms between Homo primigenius and sapiens.\" The prevailing opinion in the 1910s and 1920s was, however, mainly influenced by Arthur Keith and by Marcellin Boule , who had written the first scientific description of an almost complete Neanderthal skeleton; both were among the most influential paleoanthropologists of their era. In their opinion, the physique of the Neanderthals was so \" primitive \" that they could not be a direct ancestor of Homo sapiens . This view was partly due to an incorrect reconstruction of the Neanderthal find La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 by Marcellin Boule, who had reconstructed the fossil in a crooked posture, with a bent spine and bent legs.\nThis interpretation changed in the 1930s, when Ernst Mayr , George Gaylord Simpson , and Theodosius Dobzhansky associated the Neanderthals as Homo sapiens neanderthalensis with the anatomically modern humans of the same species, now called Homo sapiens sapiens . The seemingly complete sequence of sites of both - now - subspecies in Europe has been interpreted to mean that there was a slow, gradual evolutionary transition from Neanderthals to anatomically modern humans. For example, Ale\u0161 Hrdli\u010dka defended the hypothesis of the \"Neanderthal phase of man\" in 1927. In 1943, Franz Weidenreich again referred to the Neanderthals as an \"intermediate form\" between the Chinese Sinanthropus and Homo sapiens , so he also opted for a continuous transition, and as late as 1964 this view was defended by a large and prominent group of authors. Together with similar interpretations of finds in Asia, these considerations also led to the hypothesis of the multi-regional origin of modern humans .\nIn the four decades that followed, numerous newly discovered fossils and the subsequent reinterpretation of earlier finds in Europe ensured that the early, so-called Presapian fossils were all placed in the ancestral lineage of Neanderthals; these included the Swanscombe skull from England , the Steinheim skull in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg , and the Tautavel and Biache-Saint-Vaast skulls in France. As early as 1973, William W. Howells certified the Neanderthals in his extensive study Cranial Variation in Man that the anatomical features of their skulls are outside the range of variation of Homo sapiens and they can therefore be attributed to a separate species. Furthermore, his data gave no indication that there was a gradual transition from Neanderthals to anatomically modern humans in Europe. By the early 1980s, the doctrine in paleoanthropology gradually gained acceptance that in Europe there was only the line of development leading to the Neanderthals and that there is a separate line of development - related to Homo sapiens - that of African fossils of the early Upper Pleistocene to the Cro-Magnon people of western Eurasia and to the people of the present day. This \"Afro-European Sapiens Hypothesis\" first formulated by G\u00fcnter Br\u00e4uer at the 1st International Congress of Paleoanthropology in Nice is now known as the Out-of-Africa Theory . However, a small number of researchers continued to advocate the multiregional model, such as Milford H. Wolpoff and Alan G. Thorne - supported et al. to morphological analyzes by Weidenreich \u2013 as late as 2003, while researchers such as G\u00fcnter Br\u00e4uer assumed that Homo sapiens replaced the Neanderthals in Europe and other archaic species such as Homo erectus in Asia (\"replacement\" instead of \"continuity\"), which they believed after but did not rule out the possibility of gene flow between species. The departure from the presumed gradual evolutionary transition from Neanderthals to anatomically modern humans resulted in both being re-established the status of species ( Homo neanderthalenis and Homo sapiens ) rather than subspecies. Chris Stringer justified this in 2001 and again in 2014, for example, with the fact that Neanderthals are closely related to Homo sapiens , but have a sufficient number of anatomical features unique to them. Ian Tattersall reinforced this argument from the perspective of the morphological species concept in 2015, while Fiorenzo Facchini (2006) and some other researchers continue to prefer a classification as a subspecies.\nAccording to Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo, it is unclear whether, given the genetic data, the classification of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans into two biological species will endure, since there is no species definition \"that applies to all groups of animals or hominids.\"\nIn summary, Chris Stringer had already stated in 2012: \"Although the normal species definition is not given due to the incomplete reproductive delimitation, it is too early and, given the large morphological differences, not yet necessary for practical reasons, H. heidelbergensis , H. neanderthalensis and the Denisova- To group people with H. sapiens in one species.\" The particularly large morphological differences include, for example, the shape of the faces and the brains of both species.\nToday's Perspectives\nSkull fragments from Homo antecessor\nThe relationship between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) is considered to be largely clarified. There is a consensus among paleoanthropologists that both shared a common ancestor in African Homo erectus . Based on fossil and tool finds, it is considered proven that Homo erectus left Africa \"during the first wave of expansion about 2 million years ago\" towards the Levant , Black Sea region and Georgia and possibly via Northwest Africa towards southern Spain. This early settlement of Georgia is evidenced by the 1.8 million year old hominin fossils from Dmanisi . The oldest, highly fragmented finds in Europe come from Spain. These 1.2 million year old finds are referred to by their discoverers as Homo antecessor and identified as the ancestors of Neanderthals; however, this interpretation is highly controversial and seems to have been refuted by recent genetic findings on the relationship between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans.\nAccording to many paleoanthropologists, around 600,000 years ago a second wave of spread of African Homo erectus occurred . Skulls from that period found in Spain, for example, suggest a volume of between 1100 cm\u00b3 and 1450 cm\u00b3 for the brain; the brain volume of the fossil finds from the first wave of propagation, however, is estimated at just over 1000 cm\u00b3. After this second colonization of Europe by Homo erectus , this intermediate stage, known in Europe via Homo heidelbergensis , developed into the Neanderthal, while in Africa around 300,000 years ago - documented by fossil finds - Homo erectus became the so-called early anatomically modern human and from this today's human emerged.\nThe approximately 400,000-year -old Swanscombe skull : view from the back\/obliquely below of the occipital foramen\nWhat is more controversial, however, is when the lineage leading to Neanderthals separated from the lineage leading to modern humans. Based on the molecular clock , a time span between 440,000 and 270,000 years ago was initially calculated in 2010. However, the \"accuracy\" of the molecular clock on which such estimates are based is disputed; The dates determined with the help of geological - especially stratigraphic - methods often deviate considerably from those determined with the help of the molecular clock. In the case of the separation of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens , the dating of the Spanish finds mentioned, which are attributed to the second wave of expansion of Homo erectus , argued against the calculations using the molecular clock. A recalculation of the mutation rates in 2012 also revealed indications of a much earlier separation; it was - quite imprecisely - dated to between 800,000 and 400,000 years ago. The dating is supported, among other things, by the approximately 400,000-year -old Swanscombe skull , to which - although mostly still placed with Homo heidelbergensis - clear characteristics of the early Neanderthals were already ascribed.\nAttempts at dating using the \"molecular clock\" also differ significantly from findings derived from the analysis of 1200 hominin molars , including teeth from all species of the genus Homo and from Paranthropus . A Spanish-American group of researchers used Neanderthal teeth and teeth from anatomically modern humans to reconstruct the teeth of the last common ancestor of both populations and compared this reconstruction with the teeth of early hominid species. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , they reported in 2013 that - derived, among other things, from the change in tooth shape in the transition period from Homo heidelbergensis to Neanderthals - according to their calculations, the development lines of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans already diverged 1 million years ago parted In 2019, this argument was reinforced in another study and 800,000 years was calculated as the minimum age for the last common ancestor.\nHowever, all dating shows that the Central European populations of Homo erectus \/ Homo heidelbergensis and Neanderthals lived several hundred thousand years spatially separated from Homo sapiens until the immigration of the anatomically modern humans - coming from Africa - around 40,000 to 45,000 years ago . Two milk teeth from the Grotta del Cavallo in Puglia , attributed to Homo sapiens , have been dated to between 45,000 and 43,000 years ago ( cal BP ); they are the oldest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens in Europe and at the same time prove that Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis settled on the same continent for several thousand years.\nMixture of anatomical features\n\u2192 Main article : Gene flow from archaic humans to Homo sapiens\nThe close proximity of sites of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans in the Levant proves \" that the two groups of hominids coexisted without problems for at least 60,000 years. \" an age of 54,700 \u00b1 5,500 years (cal BP), i.e. in an epoch from which various Neanderthal finds are also known in this region. Therefore, the obvious question was whether, despite the long separation of the two groups, common fertile descendants could have been possible in Europe. This assumption was also supported by an empirical value, according to which complete reproductive isolation in medium-sized mammals generally takes at least 1.4 million years.\nIn fact, some European Neanderthal finds have been interpreted as half- breeds based on anatomical features . The representative of the \"mixing hypothesis\" was above all the American researcher Erik Trinkaus , who, contrary to the prevailing doctrine, assumes a gradual transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens not only for Africa but also for Asia. In terms of the mixture hypothesis, Trinkaus, for example, interprets a child skeleton found in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley in central Portugal (\" Child of Lagar Velho \") as a \"mixed-breed child\". The nearly complete skeleton of the approximately four-year-old child was buried about 25,000 years ago in a bed of burned pine branches and covered with red ocher, as was common for the burial rituals of anatomically modern humans and in particular the Gravettians . Most anatomical features also identify it as a modern human. For example, the location of the semicircular canals of the inner ear is similar to that of modern humans, not Neanderthals. However, the child's skeleton has three conspicuous features: its lower jaw receding backwards, certain attachments of the chest muscles and relatively short lower legs. These three traits can also appear in Neanderthals. However, the reactions to the interpretation of the fossil in the scientific field were mostly dismissive.\nA 2006 publication by Erik Trinkaus and Romanian colleagues also argued that 30,000-year-old bones discovered in 1952 in the Pe\u0219tera Muierii cave in Romania point to commonalities between Neanderthals and modern humans. Characteristic of Homo sapiens is the comparatively small jaw with the pronounced canine teeth as well as small eyebrow arches and narrow nostrils. The large distance between the eyes and the receding forehead with large bulges over the eyes are characteristic of the Neanderthals . There were also different opinions about the Romanian Pe\u0219tera-cu-Oase finds, in particular the 42,000 to 37,000 year old lower jaw Oase 1 .\nThe vast majority of paleoanthropologists, however, rejected this admixture hypothesis, since the fossils of both species can usually be clearly distinguished on the basis of numerous anatomical features:\n\"Traces of such a possible interlude would then be clearly detectable in the anatomy, considering that the stocky Neanderthals defied the Ice Age and the more graceful Homo sapiens had escaped the African sun. But all the skull and skeleton parts found were - albeit after some trial and error - classified as either clearly modern or clearly Neanderthaloid. Only the discovery of the so-called 'half-breed child' from Lagar Velho in Portugal in 1998 gave new impetus to the proponents of the mixture theory.\"\nIn addition, it was also derived from the analyzes of the Neanderthal DNA that the gene flow reported in 2010 probably took place before the colonization of Europe by anatomically modern humans. The anatomical features highlighted by Trinkaus were therefore interpreted by the vast majority of paleoanthropologists as indicating the common descent of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans from Homo erectus and not as the result of genetic mixing. This view is also supported by methods of geometric morphometry . In one study, the size of the morphological differences between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens was first determined; in the next step, the differences between 12 primate species living today were determined in pairs and the size of these differences was compared with that of the Neanderthal \/ Homo sapiens pair . As a result, it was found that the morphological distance between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens is comparable to the morphological differences between the primate species alive today. Mezzena's lower jaw , which had been associated with Neanderthals for decades, also turned out to belong to Homo sapiens .\nHowever, a DNA analysis of the around 40,000-year-old lower jaw Oase 1 from Romania carried out in 2013 showed that at least the young man from whom this jaw came was actually the descendant of a hybrid: 6 to 9 percent of his genome was interpreted as coming from Neanderthals. In fact, chromosome 12 contained an extremely long Neanderthal stretch, covering about half the base pairs of that chromosome . From this it was deduced that the pairing could not have been more than four to six generations ago, since otherwise - due to crossing-over - changes in the base pair sequence would have occurred. However, it has also been shown that the fragments of DNA derived from anatomically modern humans resemble fossil finds from Asia rather than later finds from Europe or modern humans; From this it was deduced that the population to which oasis 1 belonged represented a \"dead end\" whose genes were not included in the current population of Homo sapiens .\nAnother early Homo sapiens find , the Ust-Ishim femur in Siberia, published in 2015, also found Neanderthal DNA at a rate of 2 percent. The time of gene flow has been dated to around 7,000 to 13,000 years before the individual lived around 45,000 years ago - with genetic proximity to the people living in Eurasia.\nThese studies demonstrate that Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon (or early Eurasian Homo sapiens ) matings took place not only in the Levant , but also in Eastern Europe and Siberia.\nmixing of genetic material\nPreparing for the extraction of Neanderthal DNA in a clean room laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology\nFrom the mid-1990s, methods were developed in Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo 's working group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology to extract fossil DNA - so-called aDNA - from Neanderthal bones. The aim of this research was stated as follows: \"Comparisons of the human genome with the genomes of Neanderthals and great apes make it possible to identify distinctive features that set anatomically modern humans apart from all other hominin species.\"\nIt is not known how often joint, fertile offspring were conceived by Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans . However, a group of authors led by Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo, who in 2014 compared the frequency of Neanderthal alleles in the autosomes with their frequency in the X chromosomes of people alive today, said that this may have occurred only four times.\nFirst Findings\nExamination of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from numerous Neanderthal skeletons, early Homo sapiens finds and the suspected mosaic forms at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology provided no evidence that genes from Homo neanderthalensis were transferred to populations of Homo sapiens was. As early as 1997, 378 base pairs of mtDNA from the Neandertal 1 type specimen were compared with a large comparative series of (recent) modern humans. As a result, it was concluded at the time that the common ancestor lived about 600,000 years before today and that no recognizable genetic exchange took place later.\nParallel to the sequencing of the mitochondrial DNA, attempts were made at the same institute to reconstruct the DNA from the cell nucleus of Neanderthals. Then, in May 2006, the researchers reported that they had sequenced around a million base pairs \u2013 out of a total of more than three billion \u2013 from a 45,000-year -old male Neanderthal found in Vindija Cave in Croatia . One of the results of these preliminary analyzes was that the Neanderthal Y chromosome is more different than the other chromosomes from the Y chromosome of modern humans and chimpanzees. Overall, it was derived from these DNA analyzes - at least for the late Neanderthals - that hardly any interbreeding with anatomically modern humans had taken place. \"No Sex with Homo sapiens\" was the logical statement in a 2009 publication by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, referring to their experts in DNA sequencing of the Neanderthal genome.\nA detailed analysis caused a stir in 2007: the construction of the MC1R gene and the MC1R receptor protein it encoded gave indications that individual Neanderthals may have had very low skin pigmentation , comparable to the pigmentation of red- haired and light-skinned people alive today. MC1R regulates skin coloration not only in humans but also in many other vertebrates.\npublication of the genome\nThe first partial results of the decoding of the genome have been reported since 2009. The genomes of modern humans and Neanderthals differ by less than 0.5 percent, it said. Finally, in May 2010, a team led by Richard E. Green from Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo's group published a detailed analysis of the reconstructed 60 percent of Neanderthal aDNA (the page numbers in the following text refer to this study). An even more comprehensive reconstruction of the DNA was finally published in spring 2013.\nThe starting material was aDNA fragments of less than 200, mostly only 40 to 60 base pairs . They were taken from three fragments of tibia finds from Vindija Cave and their reconstruction was additionally compared with aDNA from three other Neanderthal finds, one of which was the Neanderthal holotype . The reconstructed Neanderthal DNA was then compared to DNA samples from modern humans from Africa, Europe and Asia.\nThe DNA analysis again showed that the genetic makeup of the Neanderthals differed only to a very small extent from the genetic makeup of modern humans. In fact, the authors of the study specifically emphasized \"the fact that Neanderthals are within the range of modern humans\" (p. 713). Nevertheless, several dozen gene variants have been identified that can be used to distinguish between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens . It is considered by some to be certain that the causative mutations occurred only after the separation of the two lineages that led to Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans: namely in anatomically modern humans, because these genes have an identical gene in Neanderthals and in modern chimpanzees - i.e. original - nucleotide sequence . Among other things, changes in the gene SPAG17, which influences the construction of the axoneme and thus the mobility of the flagella of a sperm , were highlighted, as well as in the gene PCD16, which codes for cadherin-1 in fibroblasts and possibly influences wound healing. Three other genes influence the structure and pigmentation of the skin (p. 715).\nOther mutations affect genes associated with human cognitive function; Deviations from the \"genetic norm\" become noticeable in the affected people in the form of an increased probability of occurrence of certain mental disorders.\nThe RUNX2 gene, which is modified in anatomically modern humans compared to Neanderthals, was also highlighted, in which a malfunction results in deviations in the structure of the head and trunk. The study authors hypothesized \"that this change affected features of morphology of the torso and head\" (p. 717). Evidence that certain externally recognizable features of anatomically modern humans are caused by Neanderthal genes has not been discovered.\nEvidence of gene flow to Neanderthals\nIn 2016, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology were able to identify genes from the cell nucleus of modern humans in finds from a cave in the Siberian Altai Mountains. They conclude that the mixing took place around 100,000 years ago. The mixing is thus significantly earlier than that previously detectable in Europe, which is estimated at around 60,000 years. Modern humans and Neanderthals likely first met in the Middle East , researchers say, and this process repeated itself at other times in other places.\nA 2017 study of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) provided evidence of further gene flow between 470,000 and 220,000 years ago from anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) to Neanderthals. A fundamental difference in the mtDNA of early and late Neanderthals was revealed: the mtDNA of early fossils is similar to that of Denisovan , while the mtDNA of late Neanderthals is similar to that of anatomically modern humans. The results fit the hypothesis that between 765,000 and 550,000 years ago the evolutionary lines split into Neanderthals and Denisovans on the one hand and anatomically modern humans on the other. After that, the Neanderthal and Denisovan lines separated, which explains the Denisovan-like mtDNA of the early Neanderthals. This was later - so the assumption - replaced by mtDNA of modern humans, so that young Neanderthal finds have a much more 'modern' mtDNA compared to Denisovans. Anatomically modern humans would have migrated from Africa to Europe relatively early on without surviving there, or this \"vanguard\" would have been absorbed into the then widespread Neanderthal populations.\nThe genetic diversity and thus also the distribution of the Neanderthals appears to be greater than was thought prior to the study. Only in the late Neanderthal period were their populations so thin that they had to give way to renewed migration pressure from Homo sapiens . In addition to the Denisova finds and 430,000-year-old early human fossils from the Sima de los Huesos cave in northern Spain (with the Denisova-like mtDNA), an approximately 124,000-year-old Neanderthal femur from the Swabian Alb that was found in 1937 in the Hohlenstein Stadel Cave near Ulm (and whose mtDNA carried the 'modern' features). The femur from the Ulm cave is currently the oldest Neanderthal fossil whose mtDNA shows the modern characteristics and therefore narrows the period for the genetic infiltration along with the northern Spanish find.\nThe assumption also provides an explanation for the paradox that, according to genetic analyzes of nuclear DNA, the Neanderthal's closest relative is Denisova man; however, according to analyzes of mtDNA (initially only from late Neanderthal fossils), this appeared to be modern humans. \u2013 For the ancient fossils from Sima de los Huesos, on the other hand, the mtDNA shows the same relationship as the nuclear DNA.\nIn 2020, indications were published that a transfer of the Y chromosome from Homo sapiens to the Neanderthal population could have occurred no more than 370,000 years ago, but no later than 100,000 years ago.\nEvidence of gene flow to Homo sapiens\nIn his 2012 genealogical tree hypothesis , Chris Stringer emphasized the central position he assumed of Homo heidelbergensis as the link between Neanderthals, Denisovans and Homo sapiens ; other paleoanthropologists assign the African finds identified here as heidelbergensis to Homo erectus . On the far right, Stringer suggests that some genetic abnormalities have been identified in Africa that seem to indicate a third gene flow from a previously unexplained prehuman population to anatomically modern humans. In Asiatic Homo erectus , Stringer emphasizes the Peking man\/ Javaman split , and he interprets Homo antecessor as an early European branch of Homo erectus . The origin of Homo floresiensis is unclear.\nAs early as 2010, the researchers paid particular attention to comparing the Neanderthal genome with human DNA from different continents and ethnic groups : with DNA sequences from a French, a Han Chinese , a Papuan , a Yoruba and a San . They reported that the Neanderthal genome is significantly more similar to the genome of Europeans and Asians than to the genome of Africans: the French, the Han and the Papuans are equally close to the Neanderthals, the Yoruba and the San have them genetic proximity equally not on (p. 718). The authors interpreted this as follows: \"The most parsimonious explanation for this observation is that Neanderthals exchanged genes with the ancestors of non- Africans . \" the study concludes \"that gene flow from Neanderthals to the ancestors of non-Africans occurred before the Eurasian groups separated\" (p. 710), that is, in the Near East , where Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans existed in the period from before 110,000 years up to around 50,000 years ago .\nThis assumption that gene flow was exclusively one-way is supported, among other things, by a study according to which the probability that genes are transferred from a local population to another population is generally much greater when this other population enters the settlement area of \u200b\u200bthe resident population than vice versa. In 2012, the time span of possible gene flow was narrowed down to between 65,000 and 47,000 years ago.\nAccording to the authors of the study, the extent of gene flow from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens is between one and four percent of the genome of today's non-African population (p. 721). At the same time, they expressed their astonishment that gene flow in Europe was no greater than in Asia, although some fossils had been found in Europe that were cited by proponents of the \" mixing hypothesis \" as evidence of such gene flow. They did not rule out that later migration associated with the spread of agriculture obscured earlier gene flow. However, it is also possible that \u2013 in contrast to the initial situation in the Middle East \u2013 relatively large populations of Homo sapiens encountered the Neanderthals in Europe; a gene flow that has taken place to a small extent is then no longer detectable today. According to model calculations, the \" interbreeding rate \" \u2013 based on the number of newborns who later father their own offspring \u2013 was less than two percent, probably even less than one percent.\nIn 2011, a Canadian group of researchers interpreted the matches of a section of the X chromosome in populations outside of Africa with that of Neanderthals, while there was a lack of such matches in African populations, as further evidence of gene flow from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens .\nHowever, this interpretation was contradicted in 2012 using a model calculation and a different interpretation of the genetic findings was presented: The greater similarity between the genome of the non-African populations of Homo sapiens and the genome of the Neanderthals could also be explained by the fact that a population of Homo sapiens happened to have left Africa , which still had a particularly close genetic resemblance to the common ancestor of anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals. However, another model calculation came to the opposite conclusion: its authors argued that it was very unlikely that archaic population structures in Africa could explain the genetic similarities between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans outside of Africa.\nIn early 2014, more refined analyzes of gene flow from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens were published. According to a publication by authors from Harvard Medical School , the proportion of the Neanderthal genome in the autosomes of modern Europeans is 1.15% and in those of East Asians 1.38%, but only around 0.20 in the X chromosomes of both population groups up to 0.30%, i.e. only around a fifth of the proportion in the autosomes. From this it was concluded that - comparable to other mammals - the fertility of the male hybrids was reduced. Alleles derived from Neanderthals were found particularly frequently in regions of the genome of people living today that are associated with the coding of keratin fibers ; it was speculated that these alleles may have made it easier for anatomically modern humans to adapt to their non-African environment. These findings were supported by a study by a second, independent research group from the University of Washington ; their analyzes also provided indications of a reduced fitness of the half-breeds. In addition, the influence of Neanderthal alleles on the formation of keratins was explained in this study: Accordingly, the gene BNC2 on chromosome 9 is involved in skin pigmentation and is particularly associated with the (relatively light) pigmentation of Europeans. Finally, another independent study showed that the Neanderthal (male) Y chromosome has a mutated gene that can lead to an immune response in pregnant women , which in turn increases the likelihood of miscarriage. 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+{"text":"Treatment of Malaria: Guidelines For Clinicians (United States)\nMalaria is a nationally notifiable disease. We encourage clinicians to report all cases of laboratory-confirmed malaria to their state health department to help CDC's surveillance efforts. Refer to our information on the Malaria Case Surveillance Report Form.\nEvaluation and Diagnosis\nGeneral Approach to Treatment\nTreatment of Uncomplicated Malaria\nAlternatives for Pregnant Women\nTreatment of Severe Malaria\nBecause malaria cases are relatively rare in North America, misdiagnosis by clinicians and laboratorians has been a reoccurring issue. However, malaria is a common cause of febrile illness in areas where it is transmitted; therefore, the diagnosis and management of malaria should routinely be considered for any febrile person who has traveled to an area with known malaria transmission in the several months preceding symptom onset. The CDC's Algorithm for Diagnosis and Management of Malariapdf icon provides guidance on the recommended steps to adequately assess and treat malaria patients.\nSymptoms of malaria are generally non-specific and most commonly consist of fever, headache, malaise, weakness, gastrointestinal complaints (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), neurologic complaints (dizziness, confusion, disorientation, coma), back pain, myalgia, chills, and\/or cough. The diagnosis of malaria should also be considered in any person with fever of unknown origin regardless of travel history.\nPatients suspected of having malaria infection should be urgently evaluated. Treatment for malaria should not be initiated until the diagnosis has been confirmed by laboratory testing. \"Presumptive treatment\", i.e., without the benefit of prior laboratory confirmation, should be reserved for extreme circumstances, such as strong clinical suspicion or severe disease in a setting without availability of prompt laboratory confirmation, usually by microscopy.\nLaboratory diagnosis of malaria can be made through microscopic examination of thick and thin blood smears. Thick blood smears are more sensitive in detecting malaria parasites because the blood is more concentrated allowing for a greater volume of blood to be examined; however, thick smears are more difficult to read. Thin smears aid in parasite species identification and quantification. Blood films need to be read immediately; off-hours, qualified personnel who can perform this function should always be on-call. A negative blood smear makes the diagnosis of malaria unlikely. However, because non-immune individuals may be symptomatic at very low parasite densities that initially may be undetectable by blood smear, blood smears should be repeated every 12\u201324 hours for a total of three sets before the diagnosis of malaria can be ruled out.\nAfter malaria parasites are detected on a blood smear, the parasite density should then be estimated. The parasite density can be estimated by looking at a monolayer of red blood cells (RBCs) on the thin smear using the oil immersion objective at 100x. The slide should be examined where the RBCs are more or less touching (approximately 400 RBCs per field). The parasite density can then be estimated from the percentage of infected RBCs, after counting 500 to 2,000 RBCs. Gametocytes should not be counted when determining parasitemia. More information on diagnostic procedures on malaria can be found on CDC's DPDx website.\nIn addition to microscopy, other laboratory diagnostic tests are available. Several antigen detection tests (rapid diagnostic tests or RDTs) using a \"dipstick\" or cassette format exist, but only one, BinaxNOW\u2122, is approved for general diagnostic use in the United States. RDTs can more rapidly determine that the patient is infected with malaria, but they are less sensitive than microscopy and cannot confirm the species or the parasite density. Therefore, microscopy should also be done as soon as possible to confirm RDT results, and determine both species and parasite density. Laboratories that do not provide in-house on-the-spot microscopy services should maintain a stock of malaria RDTs, so they will be able to perform malaria diagnostic testing urgently when needed.\nParasite nucleic acid detection using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is more sensitive and specific than microscopy but can be performed only in reference laboratories. Therefore, PCR results are often not available quickly enough for routine diagnosis. However, PCR is a very useful tool for confirmation of species and detecting of mutations associated with drug resistance. CDC offers malaria\u2013drug-resistance testing for all malaria diagnosed in the United States free of charge. Serologic tests, also performed in reference laboratories, are not practical for routine diagnosis of acute malaria. Your state health department or CDC can be contacted for more information on utilizing one of these tests.\nIt is preferable that treatment for malaria not be initiated until the diagnosis has been established by laboratory testing. \"Presumptive treatment\", i.e., without the benefit of prior laboratory confirmation, should be reserved for extreme circumstances, such as strong clinical suspicion or severe disease in a setting where prompt laboratory diagnosis is not available.\nOnce the diagnosis of malaria has been made, appropriate antimalarial treatment must be initiated immediately. Treatment should be guided by the following four main factors:\nInfecting Plasmodium species;\nClinical status of the patient;\nExpected drug susceptibility of the infecting parasite as determined by the geographic area where the infection was acquired; and\nPrevious use of antimalarials, including those taken for malaria chemoprophylaxis.\nInfecting Plasmodium species: Determination of the infecting Plasmodium species for treatment purposes is important for three main reasons. Firstly, P. falciparum and P. knowlesi infections can cause rapidly progressive severe illness or death, while the other species, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae, are less likely to cause severe disease. Secondly, P. vivax and P. ovale infections also require treatment for the hypnozoites, which remain dormant in the liver and can cause relapsing episodes. Thirdly, P. falciparum and P. vivax species have different drug resistance patterns in different geographic regions of the world. Finally, for P. falciparum and P. knowlesi infections, the urgent initiation of appropriate therapy is especially critical.\nClinical status of the patient: Patients diagnosed with malaria are generally categorized as having either uncomplicated or severe malaria. Patients diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria can be effectively treated with oral antimalarials. However, patients who have one or more of the following clinical criteria (impaired consciousness\/coma, severe anemia [hemoglobin <7 g\/dL], acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, circulatory collapse\/shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, spontaneous bleeding, acidosis, jaundice [along with at least one other sign of severe malaria]) and\/or parasite density of \u22655% are considered to have manifestations of severe disease and should be treated aggressively with intravenous antimalarial therapy.\nDrug susceptibility of the infecting parasites: Knowledge of the geographic area where the infection was acquired provides information on the likelihood of drug resistance of the infecting parasite and enables the treating clinician to choose an appropriate drug or drug combination. If the diagnosis of malaria is suspected and cannot be confirmed or if the diagnosis of malaria is confirmed but species determination is not possible, antimalarial treatment effective against chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum must be initiated immediately and revisited once confirmatory results become available.\nPrevious use of antimalarials: It is important to consider if a malaria infection occurred while an individual was taking a drug for malaria chemoprophylaxis. In this case, the treatment regimen should not involve the drug or drug combination used for prophylaxis.\nThe Malaria Treatment Tablepdf icon can be used as a guide for treatment of malaria in the United States. The drug or drug combination recommended for each specific situation are listed in bold on the first line of each box in the adult and pediatric dosing columns. It is important to note that the base\/salt conversions for antimalarials are a recurrent source of confusion and can contribute to treatment errors. In the treatment tablepdf icon, where appropriate, the antimalarial dose is expressed in base with the salt equivalency noted in parentheses.\nAfter initiation of treatment, the patient's clinical and parasitological status should be monitored. In infections with P. falciparum, P. knowlesi, or suspected chloroquine-resistant P. vivax, blood smears should be repeated every 12\u201324 hours to monitor parasitological response to treatment, i.e., decrease in parasite density. Gametocytes should not be counted in assessing parasite density.\nCDC clinicians are on call 24\/7 to provide advice to healthcare providers on the diagnosis and treatment of malaria and can be reached through the CDC Malaria Hotline (770) 488-7788 (toll free: (855) 856-4713) Monday\u2013Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST. Off-hours, weekends, and federal holidays, call (770) 488-7100 and ask to have the malaria clinician on call paged.\nP. falciparum or Species Not Identified \u2014 Acquired in Areas With Chloroquine Resistance\nFor P. falciparum infections acquired in areas with chloroquine resistance, four treatment options are available. These include artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem\u2122), which is the preferred option if readily available, and atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone\u2122). These are fixed-dose combination therapies that can be used for pediatric patients \u22655 kg. Quinine sulfate plus doxycycline, tetracycline, or clindamycin is the next treatment option. For the quinine sulfate combination options, quinine sulfate plus either doxycycline or tetracycline is generally preferred to quinine sulfate plus clindamycin because there are more data on the efficacy of quinine plus doxycycline or tetracycline. Quinine should be given for 3 days, except for infections acquired in Southeast Asia where 7 days of treatment is required. The fourth option, mefloquine, is associated with rare but potentially severe neuropsychiatric reactions when used at treatment dose. We recommend this fourth option only when the other options cannot be used. In addition, mefloquine is not recommended for infections acquired in certain parts of Southeast Asia due to drug resistance. Options for treatment of pregnant women is presented in the \"Alternatives for Pregnant Women\" section below. Due to the risk of progression to severe disease, uncomplicated malaria treatment should be initiated as soon as possible with the regimen that is most readily available. In addition, clinicians should hospitalize patients with P. falciparum infection to monitor clinical response and check parasitemia every 12\u201324 hours. Then, clinicians can consider outpatient completion of treatment for patients with improved clinical symptoms and decreasing parasitemia.\nFor pediatric patients, the treatment options are the same as for adults except the drug dose is adjusted by patient weight, and artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem\u2122) and atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone\u2122) can only be used in children \u22655 kg. The pediatric dose should never exceed the recommended adult dose. Pediatric dosing with quinine may be difficult due to unavailability of non-capsule forms of this antimalarial. If unable to provide pediatric doses of quinine, consider one of the other three options. If using a quinine-based regimen for children less than 8 years old, doxycycline and tetracycline are generally not indicated; therefore, quinine can be given in combination with clindamycin as recommended above. In rare instances, doxycycline or tetracycline can be used in combination with quinine in children less than 8 years old if other treatment options are not available or are not tolerated, and the benefit of adding doxycycline or tetracycline is judged to outweigh the risk.\nFor infections attributed to \"species not identified\" in areas with chloroquine resistance that are subsequently diagnosed as being due to P. vivax or P. ovale, additional treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine should be administered (see P. vivax and P. ovale, section below).\nP. falciparum or Species Not Identified \u2014 Acquired in Areas Without Chloroquine Resistance\nFor P. falciparum infections acquired in areas without chloroquine-resistant strains, which include Central America west of the Panama Canal, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, patients can be treated with oral chloroquine. Alternatively, hydroxychloroquine may be used at recommended doses.\nIn addition, any of the regimens listed for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant malaria may be used for the treatment of chloroquine-sensitive P. falciparum malaria. Prompt initiation of an effective regimen is vitally important, so using any one of the effective regimens that is readily available would be the preferred strategy. Due to the risk of progression to severe disease in patients with P. falciparum infection, patients should be hospitalized to monitor clinical response, and check parasite density every 12\u201324 hours until clinical presentation improves and a decrease in parasite density becomes apparent. Then, clinicians can consider outpatient completion of treatment for patients with improved clinical symptoms and decreasing parasitemia. If infections initially attributed to \"species not identified\" are subsequently diagnosed as being due to P. vivax or P. ovale, additional treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine should be administered (see P. vivax and P. ovale section below).\nP. malariae and P. knowlesi\nThere has been no widespread evidence of chloroquine resistance in P. malariae and P. knowlesi species; therefore, chloroquine (or hydroxychloroquine) may still be used for both of these infections. In addition, any of the regimens listed above for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum may be used for the treatment of P. malariae and P. knowlesi infections. Due to the risk of complications among patients with P. knowlesi, clinicians should consider hospitalization to monitor clinical response and check parasite density every 12\u201324 hours until clinical presentation improves and a decrease in parasite density becomes apparent.\nP. vivax and P. ovale\nChloroquine (or hydroxychloroquine), remains an effective choice for P. vivax and P. ovale infections except for P. vivax infections acquired in Papua New Guinea or Indonesia as there is high prevalence of chloroquine-resistant P. vivax in these countries. Rare cases of chloroquine-resistant P. vivax have also been documented in Burma (Myanmar), India, and Central and South America. Persons acquiring P. vivax infections from regions other than Papua New Guinea or Indonesia should initially be treated with chloroquine. Note that, if chloroquine is not available, antimalarial regimens composed of artemether-lumefantrine, atovaquone-proguanil, quinine sulfate plus doxycycline or tetracycline or clindamycin, or mefloquine are effective. While the first three regimens are equally recommended, mefloquine should be used as a last resort due to its side effect profile. If chloroquine is given and the patient has an inadequate response including persistence or worsening of clinical symptoms or no decrease in parasite density, treatment should be changed to one of the regimens recommended for chloroquine-resistant P. vivax infections (see below), and your state health department and CDC should be notified (CDC Malaria Hotline: (770) 488-7788, Monday\u2013Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST; (770) 488-7100 after hours, weekends, and holidays).\nPersons acquiring P. vivax infections in Papua New Guinea or Indonesia should initially be treated with a regimen recommended for chloroquine-resistant P. vivax infections. These include artemether-lumefantrine, atovaquone-proguanil, or quinine sulfate plus doxycycline or tetracycline or clindamycin, and are equally recommended. Mefloquine can be used if no other options are available, because of rare but potentially severe neuropsychiatric reactions when used at treatment dose.\nIn addition to requiring the acute phase treatment of blood stage parasites, P. vivax and P. ovale infections can relapse due to hypnozoites, which are dormant forms that remain in the liver. To eradicate the hypnozoites, patients should be treated with either tafenoquine (KrintafelTM) or primaquine phosphate. Tafenoquine can be used in patients 16 years old and over and is given as a single dose. If primaquine phosphate is used, CDC recommends a dose of 30 mg (base) by mouth daily for 14 days. Due to reduced efficacy of primaquine in patients \u226570 kg, the total dose of primaquine should be adjusted in these patients to 6 mg\/kg. This total dose should be given in daily doses of 30 mg for the number of days needed to complete the total dose. A daily dose >30 mg is not recommended due to safety concerns. Because both tafenoquine and primaquine can cause hemolytic anemia in persons with glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, quantitative G6PD testing must occur prior to starting treatment with these drugs.\nFor persons with intermediate G6PD deficiency, clinicians could consider giving primaquine at 45 mg (base) by mouth once per week for 8 weeks with close monitoring for hemolysis. Consultation with an expert in infectious disease and\/or tropical medicine is advised if this alternative regimen is considered in intermediate G6PD-deficient individuals. Primaquine and tafenoquine must not be used during pregnancy (see section on alternatives for pregnant women below). Tafenoquine must not be used in children less than 16 years old, or in those with a history of a psychotic disorder. Patients with G6PD deficiency who are not expected to tolerate primaquine or tafenoquine should be put on chloroquine prophylaxis (300 mg [base] po once a week) for 1 year from the acute infection, as most of the relapses resulting from hypnozoite reactivation occur within this timeframe.\nFor pediatric patients \u22655 kg, the treatment options for the acute phase are the same as for adults except the drug dose is adjusted by patient weight. The pediatric dose should never exceed the recommended adult dose. In addition, for children <8 years of age, doxycycline and tetracycline are generally not indicated; therefore, the other treatment options should be used. For pediatric patients <5 kg, either mefloquine or quinine plus clindamycin are the only options. If those are not available or tolerated and if the treatment benefits outweigh the risks, atovaquone-proguanil or artemether-lumefantrine could be used in those instances. Primaquine should be given to pediatric patients only after they have been screened for G6PD deficiency, and tafenoquine can only be used in patients 16 years or older.\nMalaria infection in pregnant women is associated with high risks of both maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. While the mechanism is poorly understood, pregnant women have a reduced immune response and, therefore, less effectively clear malaria infections. In addition, malaria parasites sequester and replicate in the placenta. Pregnant women are three times more likely to develop severe disease than non-pregnant women who acquire malaria in the same area. Malaria infection during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, premature delivery, low birth weight, congenital infection, and\/or perinatal death.\nFor pregnant women diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria caused by P. malariae, P. ovale, chloroquine-sensitive P. vivax, or chloroquine-sensitive P. falciparum infection, prompt treatment with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine (treatment schedule as for non-pregnant adult patients) is recommended. For chloroquine-resistant P. vivax infections, quinine plus clindamycin, or mefloquine should be given instead. For women in their second or third trimesters, artemether-lumefantrine is an additional option.\nFor P. vivax or P. ovale infections, primaquine phosphate and tafenoquine for radical treatment of hypnozoites should not be given during pregnancy. Pregnant patients with P. vivax or P. ovale infections should be maintained on chloroquine prophylaxis for the duration of their pregnancy. The chemoprophylactic dose of chloroquine phosphate is 300 mg base (=500 mg salt) orally once per week. After delivery, for pregnant patients with P. vivax or P. ovale infections who are not G6PD deficient, subsequent treatment with primaquine phosphate or tafenoquine is needed, but will depend on breastfeeding. If not breastfeeding, either drug can be used. For women who are breastfeeding, infants should be tested for G6PD deficiency and if found to have normal activity, oral primaquine phosphate can be given to the mother. Tafenoquine is not recommended during breastfeeding. Women who after delivery cannot take primaquine or tafenoquine should be maintained on weekly chloroquine prophylaxis for a total of 1 year after the acute malaria episode.\nPregnant women diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria caused by chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum infection in the second and third trimesters can be treated with artemether-lumefantrine. Artemether-lumefantrine may be used during the first trimester if other treatment options are not available, and if the potential benefit is judged to outweigh the potential risks. In addition, pregnant women of all gestational ages can be treated with mefloquine or a combination of quinine sulfate and clindamycin. Quinine treatment should continue for 7 days for P. falciparum infections acquired in Southeast Asia and for 3 days for infections acquired elsewhere; clindamycin treatment should continue for 7 days regardless of where the infection was acquired.\nPregnant women diagnosed with severe malaria should be treated aggressively with parenteral antimalarial therapy as described below.\nDoxycycline and tetracycline are generally not indicated for use in pregnant women. However, in rare instances, doxycycline or tetracycline can be used in combination with quinine if other treatment options are not available or are not being tolerated, and the benefit of adding doxycycline or tetracycline is judged to outweigh the risks.\nAtovaquone-proguanil is not indicated for use in pregnant women because of the paucity of data on its safety in pregnant women. However, for pregnant women diagnosed with uncomplicated malaria caused by chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum infection, atovaquone-proguanil may be used if other treatment options are not available or are not being tolerated, and if the potential benefit is judged to outweigh the potential risks.\nPatients with manifestations of severe malaria should be treated promptly and aggressively with parenteral antimalarial therapy regardless of the species of malaria seen on the blood smear. If severe malaria is strongly suspected but a laboratory diagnosis cannot be made at that time, blood should be collected for diagnostic testing to be done as soon as it becomes available and parenteral antimalarial drugs should be started.\nAll patients with severe malaria, regardless of infecting species, should be treated with intravenous (IV) artesunate. Clinicians caring for patients with suspected severe malaria should call CDC to obtain IV artesunate, which is available through CDC as part of an expanded-use investigational new drug (IND) protocol. The CDC Malaria Hotline, (770) 488-7788 or toll free (855) 856-4713, is available Monday\u2013Friday, 9 am\u20135 pm EST. Outside those hours, providers should call (770) 488-7100 and ask to speak with the CDC Malaria Branch clinician on call.\nSevere malaria can progress to a fatal outcome rapidly, so its treatment should be initiated as soon as possible. While timely delivery of IV artesunate is anticipated, healthcare providers should consider treating the patient with an oral treatment while waiting for IV artesunate to arrive. If patient is unable to tolerate oral medications, healthcare providers will need to decide the most feasible strategy to administer oral medicines while awaiting IV artesunate. For example, if this intolerance is due to nausea and vomiting, an anti-emetic preceding the antimalarial may help, and, for comatose patients, a nasogastric tube can be considered.\nThe preferred antimalarial for interim oral treatment is artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem\u2122) because of its fast onset of action. Other oral options include atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone\u2122), quinine, and mefloquine. Intravenous clindamycin and IV tetracyclines, such as doxycycline, are not recommended. These drugs are slow-acting antimalarials that would not take effect until well after 24 hours, and they are not effective antimalarials for treatment of severe malaria when used alone.\nWhen IV artesunate arrives, immediately discontinue the oral medication and start parenteral treatment. Three doses of IV artesunate should be given as follows:\nAdults and children \u226520 kg: 2.4 mg\/kg at 0, 12, and 24 hours;\nChildren <20 kg: 3.0 mg\/kg at 0, 12, and 24 hours.\nThe slightly higher dose in children <20 kg is in line with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations based on the larger volume of distribution in these children. Patients on treatment for severe malaria should have one set of blood smears (thick and thin smear) performed every 12\u201324 hours until a negative result (no Plasmodium parasites are detected) is reported.\nAfter the course of IV artesunate is completed, if parasite density is \u22641% (assessed on a blood smear collected 4 hours after the last dose of IV artesunate) and patient can tolerate oral treatment, a full treatment course with a follow-on regimen must be administered. Artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem\u2122) is the preferred follow-on treatment but adequate alternatives are atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone\u2122), quinine plus doxycycline or clindamycin, or mefloquine. Because of a risk of severe neuropsychiatric adverse events at treatment doses, mefloquine should only be used if other options are not available. If the patient received oral treatment prior to receiving IV artesunate, the same medication can be used as follow-on treatment, but a full regimen is required. As for any malaria treatment, the regimen selection should not include the medication used for chemoprophylaxis.\nIf, after the 3rd IV artesunate dose, the patient's parasite density is >1%, IV artesunate treatment should be continued with the recommended daily dose until parasite density \u22641% for a maximum 7 days. Doses given at 0, 12, and 24 hours count as 1 day, which means up to 6 additional days. Clinicians should proceed with full-dose oral follow-on treatment as above as soon as parasite density \u22641% and the patient is able to tolerate oral medications. Clinicians can consider placement of nasogastric tube or use of antiemetics to facilitate administration of oral treatment. Call CDC Malaria Hotline if additional artesunate is needed and\/or advice on treatment\nFor those patients with parasite density \u22641% but who still cannot tolerate oral medications after completing IV artesunate treatment, clinicians can (1) continue IV artesunate, 1 dose daily not to exceed a total course of 7 days, or (2) switch to treatment with IV doxycycline (up to 7 days) or IV clindamycin (up to 7 days) and give quinine via nasogastric tube or with antiemetic. Placement of nasogastric tube or use of antiemetics should be considered to facilitate administration of oral treatment. Patients should then receive a full course of the oral follow-on treatment as above. Call CDC Malaria Hotline if additional artesunate is needed and\/or advice on treatment.\nIntravenous artesunate is safe in infants, children, and pregnant women in the second and third trimesters. There are limited clinical data on women taking IV artesunate in the first trimester of pregnancy, but no harmful effects have been observed. Given that severe malaria is especially life threatening for pregnant women and their fetuses, and the lack of other treatment options for severe malaria in the United States, the benefits of treatment with IV artesunate outweigh the risks and IV artesunate should not be withheld. The only formal contraindication to IV artesunate treatment is known allergy to IV artemisinins.\nIn addition, IV artesunate is well tolerated. While rare, delayed post-artemisinin hemolytic anemia has been noted in published case reports following treatment of severe malaria with IV artesunate. Persons with higher parasite density seem to have a higher likelihood of delayed hemolytic anemia after treatment with IV artesunate. All persons treated for severe malaria with IV artesunate should be monitored weekly for up to four weeks after that treatment for evidence of hemolytic anemia. Weekly laboratory evaluation should include hemoglobin, reticulocyte count, haptoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and total bilirubin. Depending on the intensity of hemolysis, blood transfusion may be needed.\nPreviously, CDC recommended exchange transfusion be considered for certain severely ill persons. However, exchange transfusion has not been proven beneficial in an adequately powered randomized controlled trial. In 2013, CDC conducted an analysis of cases of severe malaria treated with exchange transfusion and was unable to demonstrate a survival benefit of the procedure. Considering this evidence, CDC no longer recommends the use of exchange transfusion as an adjunct procedure for the treatment of severe malaria.\nHealthcare providers can report serious side effects to antimalarials to FDA via MedWatchexternal icon , FDA's Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program, or by phone at (800) FDA-1088 (800-332-1088) or fax at (800) FDA-0178 (800-332-0178).\nPage last reviewed: December 11, 2019\nContent source: Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria\nhome Malaria\nAbout Malariaplus icon\nMalaria Transmission in the United States\nWhere Malaria Occurs\nMalaria's Impact Worldwide\nHow to Reduce Malaria's Impactplus icon\nInsecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs)\nIntermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnant Women (IPTp)\nIndoor Residual Spraying (IRS)\nAntimalarials to Reduce Transmission\nRapid Diagnostic Tests\nCounterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs\nDiagnosis & Treatment in the United Statesplus icon\nDiagnosis (U.S.)plus icon\nTreatmentplus icon\nTreatment Guidelines for Clinicians\nTreatment with Artesunate\nDrug Resistance Testing\nMalaria and Travelersplus icon\nMalaria Information by Country\nTraveler Risk Assessment\nHow to Choose a Drug to Prevent Malaria\nCounterfeit and Poor Quality Drugs\nVisiting Friends and Relative\nCDC and Malariaplus icon\nThe History of Malaria\nCDC's Origins and Malaria\nResearch Contributionsplus icon\nTools Developed by CDC\nCDC's Global Activitiesplus icon\nPresident's Malaria Initiative (PMI)\nAmazon Region\nMekong Delta Subregion\nFaces of Malariaplus icon\nAn Unwanted Souvenir\nOne young man's experience with Malaria\nA Family's Ordeal with Malaria\nThe Risks of Unproven \"Antimalarials\"\nA Visit Home\nReferences and Resourcesplus icon\nMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report\nTest Your Knowledgeplus icon\nClinical Case Study #1\nPublic Health Case Study #1\nParasitic Disease A \u2013 Z Index\nParasitic Disease and Malaria Strategic Priorities: 2015\u20142020\nSocial_govdSocial_govd govD Get Email Updates\nMalaria Hotline\nClick Here for Malaria Contact Information\nPDF file_external","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Halt to palm oil investments welcomed\nJakarta, Indonesia, September 11, 2009 -- Friends of the Earth International welcomed the announcement by the IFC, the World Bank's private sector arm, that it will stop all palm oil investments.\n\"Investments in large-scale oil palm plantations lead to deforestation and human rights violations\", said Torry Kuswardono of Friends of the Earth Indonesia\/WALHI. \"We are encouraged that the World Bank Group is finally recognizing the problems, and we hope that other banks will follow suit.\"\nThe World Bank Group statement was unveiled in a letter from its president Robert Zoellick, responding to an appeal from Indonesian and international NGOs. [1]\nThe 28th August letter announces suspension of all World Bank private sector arm funding for palm oil until a revised strategy for the financing of this troubled sector is in place.\nA coalition of local and international NGOs, spearheaded by the UK organization Forest Peoples Program, [2] had previously filed a complaint at the IFC's internal watchdog, the Compliance Advisory Ombudsman office (CAO) about a series of loans to palm oil giant Wilmar International.\nA joint report by three NGOs (Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Kontak Rakyat Borneo and Gemawan), which examined Wilmar's plantations in Sambas, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, found that the company is working with dubious licenses, and is entangled in land rights conflicts and illegal logging activities. [3]\nThe complaint triggered an audit by the CAO, which concluded that the IFC had violated its own procedures, and that commercial interests had overruled the IFC's environmental and social standards. [4]\nIn his letter, World Bank Group President Zoellick states that \"until we have a new strategy in place, IFC will not approve any new investments in palm oil. I have also asked IFC to review the environmental and social performance of all portfolio investments in palm oil.\" [5]\n\"This assessment should be applied to other monoculture agrofuels plantations. We encourage other banks to follow the World Bank's step and review such investments,\" said Friends of the Earth International's Torry Kuswardono.\nThis was the second blow to the agrofuels sector this week. On Wednesday, Friends of the Earth International welcomed the banning by the UK Advertising Standards Authority of an advert by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council claiming palm oil is \"sustainable\". This was the result of an earlier complaint filed by Friends of the Earth International. [6]\nA note on agrofuels\nFriends of the Earth groups from Indonesia to Colombia have fought for years for an end to destructive large- scale palm oil plantations and their financing. The large- scale expansion of palm oil plantations is responsible for the destruction of forests and peatlands, high carbon dioxide emissions, and land grabs from indigenous peoples.\nPalm oil is prominent not only in the food and cosmetics industry, but is increasingly used as a biodiesel, despite its substandard environmental record. European and US mandatory targets for the use of biofuels are a major driver behind the unsustainable expansion of oil palm plantations.\nFriends of the Earth International strongly opposes the use of edible oils for energy purposes, and denounces agrofuels such as palm oil as a false solution to climate change.\nTorry Kuswardono, Friends of the Earth International Agrofuels Campaign Coordinator and Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI); +62- 811383270 or torry@walhi.or.id\n[1] The news and the letter are online at: http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2009\/0909-palm_oil_ifc.html\n[2] See http:\/\/www.forestpeoples.org\n[3] The July 2007 report 'Policy, Practice, Pride and Prejudice: Review of Legal, Environmental and Social Practices of Oil Palm Plantation Companies of the Wilmar Group in Sambas District, West Kalimantan, Indonesia', by FoE Netherlands\/Milieudefensie, Lembaga Gemawan en Kontak Rakyat Borneo, is available at: http:\/\/www.milieudefensie.nl\/globalisering\/publicaties\/rapporten\/policy-practice-pride-and-prejudice.pdf\n[4] See http:\/\/www.cao-ombudsman.org\/uploads\/case_documents\/Combined%20Document%201_2_3_4_5_6_7.pdf\n[5] See http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2009\/0909- palm_oil_ifc.html\n[6] See http:\/\/www.foe.co.uk\/resource\/press_releases\/sustainable_palm_oil_adver_09012008\n> A Just Recovery Renewable Energy Plan for Africa","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"'God particle' reveals universe's secrets\nPostedby Ryan S. Cunningham\nThe international scientific community had a unique cause for celebration in March. The European Organization for Nuclear Research\u2014known by its French acronym, CERN\u2014announced in March that the 125-giga electron-volt particle recorded by researchers at Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider during an experiment last summer was in fact the elusive Higgs boson.\nPhoto by Kayla Nguyen\nThe discovery of this \"god particle,\" the constituent element of the proposed \"Higgs field\" that gives mass to all matter, confirms the predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics. This gives new weight to a theory that reduces every force\u2014with the glaring exception of gravity\u2014to the interactions of subatomic particles.\nYou've unlocked the mysteries of the universe, eggheads\u2014it's time to celebrate! Roll up the starched sleeves of your lab coats, snort some lines off your pocket protectors and hit up the strip clubs.\nThis breakthrough is important for a number of reasons. The addition of the Higgs boson completes the Standard Model's 61-piece particle puzzle, and unless evidence surfaces to support competing models like string theory or supersymmetry, this means that humans, for the first time, have drawn a more-or-less complete picture of the universe's mechanics.\nThe Higgs field may also be responsible for splitting the electroweak force into its lower-energy electromagnetic and weak nuclear constituents. Electroweak unification is another step toward combining each of the four fundamental forces under an overarching \"theory of everything.\"\nThe 1960s dream of a dazzling techno-future wasn't just tripped-out hubris after all. We stand at the end of history: Soon everything, from the tiniest oscillation of visible light to the orbit of an extrasolar gas giant, will be quantified and projected years in advance. Bring on the superconductors, flying cars and robot sex slaves!\nHumanity's scientific elite holds the secrets of the universe at its fingertips. Which socially relevant line of inquiry should it pursue first?\nScientists should get off their esoteric, subatomic high horse and get down to ascertaining the fundamental law behind the inexorable increase in the cost of higher education.\nAccording to a reputable source, when this columnist graduated from high school in 2005 the total average yearly tuition for a resident undergraduate student at Portland State was a mere $4,761. This figure is chump change compared to the total cost of education\u2014$6,764\u2014at this same university in 2011, the year he received his bachelor's degree.\nThis is a whopping 70 percent increase in university tuition cost. And, puzzlingly, during this six-year period inflation remained at historically moderate levels. Tuition costs at private universities and other state higher education systems have increased commensurably.\nThe reader may observe that the conundrum of the skyrocketing cost of education in the U.S. may be better left to economists, public policy experts and other varieties of candy-ass social scientists. But there is no pseudo-magic invisible hand of self-interest at work behind the curtains here\u2014only the stone-cold reality of tiny particles bumping into each other in such a way as to cause a general rise in the already dear price of a university education.\nWhy are universities shafting students so hard and so fast?\nStudents, university professors, money, textbooks, brand-new student-housing complexes that incorporate mixed retail outlets and, yes, even state legislators are each fundamentally composed of the same matter and governed by the same physical forces that are purportedly determined by the now-affirmed Standard Model. So it should be no stretch for scientists to work out what weird stew of combinations among these constituent elements of the closed system of higher education is resulting in this unsustainable climb.\nThis columnist's largely uninformed opinion on the subject is that the system's surplus of state legislators is increasing its general level of entropy, which in turn necessitates that an ever-increasing amount of additional energy (in the form of student dollars) be injected into the system. Which brings him again to his cure-all solution to every social ill: Kill the politicians.\nIt's simple science, guys.\nDeeply Thought Thoughts\nFood Inc.\nThe road to red-state serfdom\nThe Great Official Oregon State Microbe Debate of 2013\nPapal conclave should elect a gay black Muslim woman","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Steve Brosky, Jimmy Meyer, 8 p.m. Aug. 11, Musikfest, ArtsQuest Center, Bethlehem.\nSteve Brosky 'Grateful' for his world\nWednesday, July 31, 2013 by REBEKAH HAWK Special to The Press in Focus\nSteve Brosky, having won 21 Lehigh Valley Music Awards, is one of the Lehigh Valley's best-known singer-songwriters.\nThis year, at Musikfest, Brosky and his duo partner, Jimmy Meyer, are part of the Martin Guitar Lyrikplatz series, 8 p.m. Aug. 11, Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema, ArtsQuest Center, SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.\nBrosky, a Whitehall Township resident, and Meyer are expected to perform some of the 11 songs from \"Grateful,\" Brosky's CD released last month, which includes those he wrote, \"Buck-A-Man Blues,\" \"Ugly N Personal,\" \"What Do You Mean by That,\" \"It's Not The End Of The World,\" \"My Coupe DeVille,\" \"Fred,\" \"Jimi On Guitar,\" \"Vietnam Blues\" and the title cut, plus \"It's Only Money,\" written by singer-songwriter J.D. Hawk of Salisbury Township.\nBrosky's style ranges from rock, R&B, country, garage band to Americana, with a bit of funk.\n\"I was influenced by artists such as the Beatles and Bob Dylan,\" says Brosky in a recent interview. \"It's inside of me so when I write I'm influenced by these artists.\"\nBrosky, who occasionally is backed by his Big Lil Band, mostly gigs with Meyer, who, according to Brosky, has \"an interesting, fanatical way of entertaining people with the guitar.\" They met in 2005. Brosky has been performing since 1980.\n\"I needed a guitar player. We began to talk. One thing led to another and we started doing gigs together,\" Brosky says.\n\"Grateful\" was produced at Dan's House Studio, Center Valley, by Brosky and Dan McKinney, who also plays keyboards on the CD.\nOther musicians on the CD include Meyer, guitar; Darlene Brotztman and Doug Ashby, vocals; Suavek Zanieskienko, bass; Jim Ruffi, drums; Wayne Dillon, trumpet, flugelhorn, and Joe Vitale, saxophone.\nA drawing by Lillie, the daughter of Steve and his wife, Renate, is the artwork for the CD cover. Lillie did the drawing when she was around six- or seven-years-old and she's now 33-years-old.\nThe CD's title song is dedicated to his wife. Brosky wrote another song for her, \"You Mean The World To Me,\" recorded on a previous CD.\nBrosky's CDs include \"Steve Brosky Chronicles\" (2007), \"Trouble\" (2005), \"Limestone & James\" (2000), \"Hey Now! Hits From Allentown\" (2000) and \"Any Minute Now\" (1995).\nWhen Brosky returned to Allentown in 1969, from having served in the Army during the Vietnam War, he didn't know that writing songs and playing music would become his career. Success with \"Do the Dutch (Hey Now, Let's Get Down To Allentown,\" an \"answer song\" to Billy Joel's \"Allentown,\" brought him regional radio airplay and national publicity.\n\"From there, I realized I can write songs that people really like,\" Brosky says.\nBrosky writes about what he knows and that's what his latest CD contains. He said it took him a long time to write \"Vietnam Blues,\" which tells of his experiences as a returning Vietnam vet.\n\"Not The End Of The World\" is about the region's economy and its residents. \"It's about how unemployment is so high, and the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer,\" Brosky says.\nOn average, Brosky and Meyer play four nights a week at venues in the Lehigh Valley, Schuylkill County and New Jersey.\n\"My favorite thing about these gigs is that I'm able to play and people know me. The Lehigh Valley has been very good to me. People keep coming back to see me and that's what I like the best about being a local performer,\" says Brosky.\nOf his performance attire -- usually a fedora and sunglasses -- Brosky jokes, \"I believe that fashion is temporary and style is forever.\"\nIn addition to his Musikfest concert and gigs at area restaurants, Brosky performs at noon Aug. 6, Allentown Arts Park, adjacent to the Baum School of Art along Fifth Street between Hamilton and Linden streets.\n\"In the future, I would like to release another CD. There's another CD inside of me just asking to come out,\" Brosky says.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"For those of you who don't check my Twitter feed with religious regularity, the dearth of posting lately has been caused by the fact that I spilled a bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper on the keyboard of my laptop. The good news is that I was able to salvage the old hard drive with no problems, and currently have it installed in an external drive kit I can plug into any available Mac machine. The bad news is that, yes, I am sans computer, save for Violet's laptop of which she so very graciously allows me the use for basic tasks such as the checking of e-mail and schoolwork. So, all the awesome posting I had planned for Christmas break - ka-blooey!\nAnyway, one of the unfortunate effects of the accident is that I have had to put together my year-end top-ten list for the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop as something of an afterthought. Usually in December I have plenty of time to catch up on all the music I missed over the previous eleven months, a process that involves discovering stuff I hadn't known about as well as reconsidering stuff I had dismissed. This year, because I didn't have a computer available for regular use, I had to put this together in a few spare minutes based almost solely on memory, my Last.fm charts and a quick look over the Pitchfork and SPIN lists to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything obvious. This is hardly the most adventurous list you'll read this year, and it's fairly predictable in many respects, but I've got a deadline and this is what stuck out at me.\nI should point out, once I sat down to compose the list my #1 and #2 were obvious, but the rest was a bloodbath.\nThere's a lot of stuff I haven't heard that could conceivably have made the list but of which I can't in good conscience be any judge: the Field, the Roots, Zomby, Tom Waits, SBTRKT all spring to mind, all albums on my shopping list for the next time I go record shopping. And of course when I have the time, I need to do the usual go-through of all the other year-end lists to see the stuff I didn't know I was missing.\nAlbums that disappointed: Bon Iver (how the hell is such a mediocre album Pitchfork's #1?), St. Vincent, Hercules & Love Affair, Panda Bear.\nAlbums that didn't necessarily disappoint but didn't set the world on fire: Stephen Malkmus, REM, GaGa, Wild Flag (I'm as shocked as you), Wilco (better than Sky Blue Sky, some signs of life, but no home run), Mirah & Thao, Nicholas Jaar, Tim Hecker, Tyler the Creator (and wow am I surprised to see this left off so many Best-Of lists - or am I?), .\nAlbums that were shit: Fleet Foxes, Girls (considering how much I loved his debut it pains me to say that this new albums was a sleeping pill), Fleet Foxes, James Blake (this is supposed to be \"good\"?), Fleet Foxes. Did I mention Fleet Foxes?\nHonorable mention: Boston Spaceships (nice appetizer for new GBV!), Gang Gang Dance (if the whole album had been as good as \"Glass Jar\" they would have been a shoe-in), Mates of State (don't judge me!), Fucked Up (kind of obvious, but still good), Atlas Sound.\nTop Ten of 2011 as of 12\/22\/12 -\n10. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse\n9. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake\n8. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong\n7. The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love\n6. They Might Be Giants - Join Us\n5. Low - C'mon\n4. Cut Copy - Zonoscope\n3. Yacht - Shangri-La\n2. Destroyer - Kaputt\n1. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l\nIf I can find some time over the next couple days I would like to write at least a few words on each of these albums. In the meantime, tell me your ideas of anything you think I missed or underrated.\nPosted by Tegan O'Neil at 9:51 PM 1 comment :\nHe ended up really, really, really sad.\nWithin the first few seconds of the first song (\"Ana Ng\") the listener is aware that something is different. Everything that had been present on They Might Be Giants can still be accounted for, but perhaps it would be better to say that everything which was present had been amplified and strengthened. Whereas their first album had been occasionally sparse, intentionally discordant in places, and doggedly lo-fi, everything on Lincoln was arranged with absolute precision. The jagged guitar riff and stomping kick drum that open the album are perfectly compressed for maximum impact: the song hits like a hammer and never lets up for the space of three-and-a-half minutes. To say that \"Ana Ng\" is one of the duo's best songs is something of an understatement: the development and maturation of their songwriting and recording skills in the two years between their debut and their sophomore album - even 23 years later - is simply astounding.\nThey had a lot to prove with this record. They were a novelty act who had probably already outlived the most generous career expectations: a song on MTV and heavy rotation on college radio, all riding atop an album of strange synthesizer noises and a few classically formalist pop songs. They obviously had an idea of what kind of sound they wanted to produce but their first album was too scattered to fully realize this ambition. Lincoln was a bolt from the clear blue sky, a mature and disciplined statement dedicated to (seemingly) immature thoughts and random ideas. In the space between their first and second albums, They Might Be Giants discovered focus, and this was the key: you can get away with doing anything you so desire as long as you have the chops and the discipline. Lincoln is a forty-minute long laser beam, 18 songs in 40 minutes, a murderers' row of one catchy, complex, and deceptively melancholy ditty after another, marching in perfect military time. They Might Be Giants were essentially a hardcore group with a drum machine, and song-for-song I'd put Lincoln toe-to-toe with Double Nickles on the Dime any day of the week.\nThe problem with Lincoln is that all the copious skill on display only made it that much easier to underplay and undersell the actual content of the songs themselves. Because, yeah, the album is partially defined by a handful of purely silly nonsense songs, tracks like \"Cowtown\" and \"Pencil Rain\" that resist all but the most annoyingly abstruse allegorical reading. They're goofy songs built around tongue-twisters. If anyone wanted an example of They Might Be Giants as a joke band, a gimmick band of no real consequence who produce stupid ditties for the clever kids in the back of math class, well, those are the tracks to which one would go first.\nBut if there's one thing about which I am convinced after having lived with this album as a fixture of my life for over twenty years, it's that there's something real and haunting behind the glib facade. If you listen to the album without really listening to the album you might hear a procession of clever tunes built around puns and wry humor. You might think that some of the jokes are corny and some of the jokes are witty, and you might think that some of the attempts at pathos feel strangely hollow. But it would be a terrible mistake to hear the album as anything other than a holistic unit. It hangs together remarkably well as a unit because on Lincoln the Johns mastered the trick that would essentially make their careers: making deceptively happy songs that were, in fact and on closer examination, remarkably sad.\nListen to the album the first time and you might hear a remarkable assortment of tongue-in-cheek ditties, some great sarcastic pastiches and high-energy larks. Listen again in a different frame of mind and the whole thing takes on a decidedly darker pallor that becomes altogether harder to shake. You could dismiss one sad song, you could dismiss two sad songs, but a whole album comprised of (with only a few exceptions) unremittingly depressing, anxious, heartbroken, jaded, exhausted, and downright bleak songs? That's something that not everyone seems to get. There's real panic behind the mania.\nTake a look for yourself:\nEverything sticks until it goes away \/\nAnd the truth is, we don't know anything.\nSomebody's reading your mind \/\nDamned if you know who it is \/\nthey're digging through all of your files \/\nStealing back your best ideas.\nShould you worry when the skullhead is in front of you \/\nOr is it worse because it's always waiting where your eyes don't go?\nA woman's voice on the radio can convince you you're in love \/\nA woman's voice on the telephone can convince you you're alone.\nI know you deceived me, couldn't sleep last night \/\nNow my tear stains on the wall reflect an ugly sight.\nI'm going to die if you touch me one more time \/\nWell I guess that I'm going to die no matter what.\nIt must be raining because a man ain't supposed to cry \/\nBut I look up and I don't see a cloud.\nDon't call me at work again no no the boss still hates me \/\nI'm just tired and I don't love you anymore.\nWhat's the sense in ever thinking about the tomb \/\nWhen you're much too busy returning to the womb?\nI love the world and if I have to sue for custody \/\nI will sue for custody.\nIf it wasn't for disappointment \/\nI wouldn't have any appointments.\nNow you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true \/\nThat you love me and I love me.\nThe reason Lincoln is their masterpiece, why this is the one They Might Be Giants album more than any other that exemplifies why they are such great and gifted songwriters, is that this is the album on which the line between energy and anxiety was most neatly effaced. They're not singing jerky, fast jingles because they're having a great time: no, they're actually quite miserable, desperately unhappy, and it's only by going so fast that they lose their breath that they can actually begin to express the deep discontent lying underneath the happy exterior.\nThe last third of the album (from the final breather of \"You'll Miss Me\") is one long sled ride down the hill from paranoia through despair right on to delusion. The album's climactic track, \"Kiss Me, Son of God,\" is perhaps the single most demented kiss-off ever written by someone who wasn't actually in a padded room. It's They Might Be Giants's version of slamming the mic on the ground and walking offstage after delivering a ferocious \"fuck you\" to everyone who ever kicked their shins in gym class. The only ways you could possibly follow-up the end of Lincoln would be to hang yourself from the rafters or sign a major-label deal. You know the score, but anyone coming to Lincoln fresh might legitimately worry for the mental health of the men who wrote it.\nSome \"scamp\" took down the album version, so here's an OK live version.\nAll of which might well be summed up as supremely conceited and self-satisfied . . . and you'd be 100% correct in doing so. That's the point: one of the reasons - perhaps the main reason - why They Might Be Giants took off the way they did was that the spoke to the dramatic self-absorption and feigned martyrdom of the American teenage nerd in a way that no other musical group or cultural phenomenon had ever quite done before. This is something that no one under a certain age - say, 25 at the youngest - can really understand without having to be told: until very recently, nerd media was mass media, and it only stuck with nerds because they were too stupid to realize that sci-fi TV shows and fantasy books were not things that grown men (and women, but let's be frank, the Android's Dungeon was a boys club for decades) should care about. It was all well and good for normal people to love Star Wars, but to keep caring about it long after you left the theater - and to obsess about it long past grade school - that took a special kind of willful suspension of disbelief in the way life was \"supposed\" to be lived. And the people who went to sci-fi conventions and traded VHS tapes of dubbed anime and played AD&D and listened to Tarkus long after anyone else cared about ELP - they did so because they needed something else to fill the void in their lives, because all the things that \"normal\" people were supposed to care about in the industrialized west just weren't cutting it.\nIs the image of the self-hating nerd a cliche? Is there any truth to the stereotype of the basement-dwelling troll with Cheeto-stained fingers and a soiled \"I GROK SPOCK\" T-shirt, awkwardly fumbling through gym class and desperately ashamed of the fact that he can't really complete any aspects of the President's Physical Fitness Test to satisfaction? Perhaps in its most extreme forms this is an exaggeration, but there's no doubt whatsoever that until very recently - as in, within the last decade and change - nerds were decidedly off the mainstream. And they - hell, who am I kidding? we - were self-righteous about the fact that we had been excluded from the mainstream. Even if the only people who had excluded us were us. We had our reasons, or at least we believed that we did.\nAnd this is what They Might Be Giants got. Being young and brilliant also sometimes means being a self-absorbed asshole. Sometimes, being stuck on a loop in your own head can be a fate worse than death. When I was younger I thought that the best track on Lincoln was \"They'll Need A Crane,\" and while I still think that's a fantastic song, as I get older I see that the album's real masterstroke is \"Snowball in Hell.\" It's a great song about growing up and being desperately unhappy with your life, a sentiment that can best be summed up in the phrase \"money's all broke, and food's going hungry.\" It's a song about unhappy adulthood that somehow sounds wistful without seeming maudlin, and defiantly chipper despite increasingly dire circumstances. It's a better song than it has any right to be, considering just how unlikely They Might Be Giants ever were.\nAnyone who cared to pay attention past the goofs and the weirdness was rewarded with a shimmering gem of a pop song: but in order to pay attention you had to have the patience, and in order to have the patience you had to care. Being able to care about something as nerdy and unimportant as a weird indie rock album was definitely a sign of deep commitment, and once They Might Be Giants found a way to broadcast directly to those fans with a heavy investment in being deeply committed . . . well, the rest was history.\n(out of five)\nNot Dead Yet For those of you who don't check my ...\nHe ended up really, really, really sad. Lincoln...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Florida Keys Residents Celebrate Gay Marriage Ruling\nFiled Under:Aaron Huntsman, Aqua Nightclub, Circuit Judge Luis Garcia, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gay Marriage, Judge Garcia, Key West, Monroe County, Same Sex Marriage, William Lee Jones\nAaron Huntsman, left, and William Lee Jones, right, embrace during a celebration Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Key West, Fla. Jones and Hunstman and about 100 other people marked a Florida Keys judge's ruling overturning Florida's ban on same-sex marriage on Thursday after a legal challenge. But an appeal by the Florida Attorney General's office changed the couple's plans to get married. (Andy Newman\/Florida Keys News Bureau\/HO)\nKEY WEST (CBSMiami\/Florida Keys News Bureau) \u2013 Nearly 100 people gathered in a Key West nightclub Thursday night to celebrate as a Florida Keys judge legalized same-sex marriage in Monroe County. The county encompasses the entire island chain.\nThe ruling came Thursday as Circuit Judge Luis Garcia decided Florida's 2008 ban on same-sex marriage was discriminatory and unconstitutional.\nKey West residents Aaron Huntsman and William Lee Jones, a couple for 11 years, filed a lawsuit protesting the ban.\n\"I actually dropped my phone when I got the call,\" said Jones during the celebration at Key West's Aqua nightclub. \"I was so excited, so proud and happy, so glad that we made it this far so far.\"\nFlorida's attorney general, Pam Bondi, filed an appeal Thursday afternoon that changed the couple's plans to wed. But that didn't seem to dampen the spirits of those celebrating in Key West, recognized for decades for its openness and accepting gay-friendly attitude.\nJudge Garcia, whose ruling applies only to Monroe County, initially said same-sex couples in the Keys could get marriage licenses as early as Tuesday. However, the appeal will likely delay their issuance for an undetermined time.\nHuntsman said the appeal was expected, but the ban is hurtful and wrong.\n\"We did this to change the laws for everybody in the state of Florida \u2014 not just for us, but for all the people that have been hurting over this undue law that is not right,\" said Huntsman. \"We thought that just two average guys could be able to maybe make a difference, especially here in Monroe County.\"\nKey West elected an openly gay mayor in 1983, and many other high-profile elected and appointed civic positions have been and are held by gays. The city and surrounding Monroe County adopted the motto One Human Family more than a dozen years ago, proclaiming equality and acceptance for everyone.\nThe Florida Keys News Bureau contributed to this report.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Podcast Review: TED Society & Culture- How I climbed a 3,000 foot vertical cliff\u2013without ropes by Alex Honnold\nFor this week's podcast review, I'm reviewing a episode of the TED Society & Culture podcast called How I Climbed a 3,000 foot vertical cliff\u2013without ropes by Alex Honnold.\nThis episode is about how Alex Honnold free soloed (climbing without ropes) Half Dome and El Capitan. Both of these mountains are located at Yosemite National Park.\nAlex Honnold begins the episode talking about his passion for climbing and when he began to free solo. He describes taking on the challenge of climbing a cliff at Half Home, which is 2,000 ft high. Though he thought he was ready to free solo it, he panicked on a part of the cliff where there was only a small groove to place his right foot. Luckily, he had strength to overcome this obstacle and successfully free soloed it. None the less, my palms and feet began to sweat listening to this part of the story.\nYou would think Alex would be elated at such a feat but he was not. His struggle on that part of Half Dome haunted him. He remembered this as took on the challenge of climbing El Capitan.\nAs described in the podcast, Honnold thought about climbing El Capitan for 7 years but each time he looked up at he said \"No fricking way.\" When he finally committed to making the climb, he was methodical in his preparation. He even removed rocks from its face via backpack. He mentally prepared himself, too. He recalls visualizing each step of the way and memorizing each foot and hand movement to make the climb.\nOn the day of the climb, his focus and preparation paid off. He talked about scaling the cliff with rapid determination. At a part of the mountain called the Boulder Problem that involves a karate kick to put one's foot in the right position, Honnold's preparation enabled him to overcome this obstacle without hesitation. El Capitan usually takes a rock climber 3 or 4 days to climb. It took Honnold 3 hours and 56 minutes.\nAfter Honnold struggled at at Half Dome, he strove to master the climbing of El Capitan. I found this to be inspirational. I do not plan on ever free soloing a cliff but Alex set an example to me for mastering an obstacle or difficult situation. What he articulated in this podcast is how necessary it is to methodically prepare oneself for a certain situation and have the mental strength to overcome it. For Alex it was El Capitan, but it can be different for anyone- it can be a giving a business presentation or running a marathon. There are tips in this podcast for everyone to achieve their dreams and goals. Besides hearing about Alex Honnold's amazing climbing accomplishments, there is a motivational competent to this podcast that is worthwhile to hear.\nTo listen to this podcast, download TED Society & Culture on Apple Podcats, the TED Android app, Spotify, or other podcast apps. You can also watch it on YouTube.\nMaterials about Alex Honnold's ascension of El Capitan and Yosemite National Park are available at the Yonkers Public Library or through the Westchester Library System. To reserve an item, see the display below.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Gorilla, Manchester. Saturday 09 December 2023\nGorilla, Manchester\nSaturday 09 December 2023 at 19:00 .\nGENERAL ADMISSION \u00a325.95 (\u00a322.50) Quantity selection for ticket type GENERAL ADMISSION 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10\nView venue accessibility information for Gorilla, Manchester","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"\/ High Court \/ Karnataka High Court \/ New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Hanumakka And Others on 20 March, 1991\nNew India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Hanumakka And Others on 20 March, 1991\nMarch 20, 1991 \/ January 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a comment\nEquivalent citations: I (1992) ACC 183, 1992 ACJ 687, 1992 75 CompCas 764 Kar, ILR 1991 KAR 2387, 1991 (2) KarLJ 277\nBench: K J Shetty, M R Jois\n1. In this appeal presented under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (\"the Act\" for short), by the New India Assurance Company Limited, the following question of law arises for consideration.\n\"Whether section 147(2) of the Act which provides for continuance of the liability of an insurance company as it existed prior to the coming into force of the Act or four months, does not apply to the liability of the insurance company to answer the no fault liability of the owner of the vehicle under section 140 of the Act and, therefore, the no fault liability of the insurance company on and after July 1, 1989, in case of death is Rs. 25,000 ?\"\n2. The brief facts of the case are these :- A claim petition under section 166 of the Act was presented before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Tumkur, claiming compensation for the death of Ramaiah, husband of the first respondent in a motor accident which occurred on July 17, 1987. In the claim petition, a compensation of Rs. 25,000 was also claimed under section 140 of the Act. The Tribunal having found that the vehicle in question was involved in the accident, proceeded to award compensation on the ground of no fault at Rs. 25,000 as fixed under section 140 of the Act and fixed the said liability on the insurance company. Aggrieved by the said order, the appellant has presented this appeal.\n3. Under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, as it originally stood, compensation for injury or death caused by a motor accident was payable on proof of negligence on the part of the driver of the vehicle concerned. Subsequently, Chapter VII-A was introduced into the Act for the first time creating \"no fault\" liability. According to section 92A of the Act, in respect of death, a compensation of Rs. 15,000 was made payable without going into the question of fault. In other words, the said amount of compensation was payable irrespective of the question of negligence. The question under what circumstances was the compensation fixed under section 92A was payable by the insurer and the insurance company came up for consideration before the Full Bench of this court in United India Insurance Co. v. Immam Aminasab Nadaf [1990] 67 Comp Cas 287; [1990] ILR Kar 16. The Full Bench held the \"no fault\" liability under section 92A of the 1939 Act was independent of the liability to pay compensation in a claim petition under section 110A of the Act on the basis of fault. It was further held that a sum of Rs. 15,000 as fixed under section 92A was payable in the case of death, by the owner, the moment it is proved that the vehicle was involved in the accident. Further, it was held that though the liability under section 92A of the Act is fixed only on the owner of the vehicle and there was no reference to the insurance company, in view of section 93(b-a) of the Act, the insurance company was liable to pay the compensation awarded under section 92A of the Act, subject to the condition that the risk was covered by the insurance policy.\n4. The 1939 Act was repealed by the Act which came into force on July 1, 1989. The provision corresponding to section 92A of the 1939 Act in the 1988 Act is section 140. It reads :\n\"140. Liability to pay compensation in certain cases on the principle of no fault. \u2013 (1) Where death or permanent disablement of any person has resulted from an accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle or motor vehicles, the owner of the vehicle shall, or, as the case may be, the owners of the vehicles shall, jointly and severally, be liable to pay compensation in respect of such death or disablement in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n(2) The amount of compensation which shall be payable under sub-section (1) in respect of the death of any person shall be a fixed sum of twenty-five thousand rupees and the amount of compensation payable under that sub-section in respect of the permanent disablement of any person shall be a fixed sum of twelve thousand rupees.\n(3) In any claim for compensation under sub-section (1), the claimant shall not be required to plead and establish that the death or permanent disablement in respect of which the claim has been made was due to any wrongful act, neglect or default of the owner or owners of the vehicle or vehicles concerned or of any other person.\n(4) A claim for compensation under sub-section (1) shall not be defeated by reason of any wrongful act, neglect or default of the person in respect of whose death or permanent disablement the claim has been made nor shall the quantum of compensation recoverable in respect of such death or permanent disablement be reduced on the basis of the share of such person in the responsibility for such death or permanent disablement.\"\n5. The only difference between section 92A of the 1939 Act and section 140 of the 1988 Act is the enhancement of rate of compensation payable, i.e. in the case of death, it is Rs. 25,000 and, in the case of permanent disability, it is Rs. 12,500. The provision corresponding to section 93(b-a) is section 145(c), which expressly provides that the liability wherever used in relation to the death of, or bodily injury to, any person, includes liability in respect thereof under section 140. In view of section 145(c), there is no doubt that the amount payable under section 140, on the ground of no fault by the owner or a vehicle, is also the liability of the insurance company, subject of course to the condition that the risk was covered by the insurance policy which was in force on the date of accident.\n6. After the 1988 Act came into force, in the case of Rukmaniyamma v. A. M. Venkata Swamy [1991] ILR Kar 778, the question whether the higher rate of no fault liability at Rs. 25,000 fixed in the case of death in section 140 applied even in respect of accidents which occurred prior to July 1, 1989, the date on which the Act came into force, arose for consideration. In the said decision, it was held, following the ratio of the decision of the Supreme Court in Padma Srinivasan v. Premier Insurance Co., to the effect that the extent of liability to pay compensation stands determined by the law which was in force on the date of accident and not the law which was in force on the date of filing of the claim petition or on the date on which the claim petition was decided. Accordingly, it was held that, in respect of death caused by a motor accident which took place prior to July 1, 1989, \"no fault\" liability was Rs. 15,000 and, in the case of death caused by an accident which took place after July 1, 1989, the \"no fault\" liability was Rs. 25,000 in view of section 140 of the Act.\n7. Learned counsel for the appellant contends that, even after July 1, 1989, up to a period of four months, the liability of the insurance company continues to be the same liability which was in force prior to the commencement of the Act and, therefore, in the present case, \"no fault\" liability that could have been fixed on the appellant-insurance company was only Rs. 15,000 and not Rs. 25,000. Section 147(2) of the Act on which learned counsel relies reads :-\n\"147(2) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (1), a policy of insurance referred to in sub-section (1), shall cover any liability incurred in respect of any accident, up to the following limits, namely :-\n(a) save as provided in clause (b), the amount of liability incurred;\n(b) in respect of damage to any property of a third party, a limit of rupees six thousand :\nProvided that any policy of insurance issued with any limited liability and in force, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to be effective for a period of four months after such commencement or till the date of expiry of such policy whichever is earlier.\"\n8. Learned counsel pointed out that, in view of the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 147, the liability of the insurance company has been limited by the insurance policy which was in force immediately prior to the date of commencement of the Act and continues to be effective for a period of four months thereafter. Relying on the above provision, learned counsel submitted that the accident in the present case had taken place on July 17, 1989, i.e., within a period of four months after the commencement of the Act on July 1, 1989, and hence the liability of the insurance company even under section 140 of the Act was limited to Rs. 15,000.\n9. The argument addressed by learned counsel, though at first sight is very attractive, on a closer examination, is devoid of any merit. As held by the Supreme Court in the case of Padma Srinivasan, , the liability of the insurance company stands determined by the law which was in force on the date of the accident irrespective of the liability undertaken under the policy. Therefore, applying the ratio of the decision of the Supreme Court in Padma Srinivasan, , even if the risk covered by the insurance policy which was in force prior to the date of coming into force of the Act on July 1, 1989 was only Rs. 15,000, the liability of the insurance company stands determined by the provisions of section 140 read with section 145(c) of the Act. In other words, if there is any conflict between the quantum of compensation payable by the insurance company under the policy and under the provisions of the Act, it is the latter which prevails.\n10. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that, that would have been the position but for sub-section (2) of section 147 of the Act. Whatever may be the position of the saving clause incorporated in section 147(2) of the Act regarding the fault liability incurred in respect of any accident, as far as \"no fault\" liability fixed under section 140 of the Act is concerned, section 144 of the Act gives overriding effect to section 140. That section reads :\n\"144. Overriding effect. \u2013 The provisions of this Chapter shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force.\"\n11. As can be seen from the wording of the above provision, notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the provisions contained in Chapter X prevail. Therefore, in so far as it relates to \"no fault\" liability fixed under section 140 of the Act that section prevails over the provisions of section 147(2) of the Act.\n12. For the aforesaid reasons, we answer the question first set out as follows :\n\"Section 147(2) of the Act which provides for continuance of the liability on an insurance company as it existed prior to the coming into force of the Act on July 1, 1989, for four months thereafter, has no application to the liability of the insurance company to answer the 'no fault' liability of the owner of the vehicle fixed under section 140 of the Act and, therefore, the no fault liability of the insurance company on and after July 1, 1989, in case of death is Rs. 25,000.\nBefore concluding, we make it clear that the question we have decided is in respect of interpretation of sections 140, 144 and 147(2) of the Act only in so far they relate to the \"no fault\" liability prescribed under section 140 of the Act and not in respect of any other liability.\nIn the result, we make the following order :\n13. The appeal is dismissed.\nRampur Finance Corporation \u2026 vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 19 March, 1991\nState Of U.P. And Ors. vs Shanti Devi And Ors. on 21 March, 1991","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home \u00bb History \u00bb The AMAZING Story: The Forties \u2014 \"Gimme Bang-Bang\"\nThe AMAZING Story: The Forties \u2014 \"Gimme Bang-Bang\"\nFeb 25, 2016 by Mike Ashley\nRay Palmer and the AMAZING Shaver Mystery\nTo many who recall it, the AMAZING STORIES of the 1940s represented the era of the Shaver Mystery. It is probably fair to say that the Shaver phenomenon colored the judgment of many who dismiss the contents of AMAZING during this time as sensationalistic rubbish because of the so-called \"crackpot\" element that was attracted to the magazine. And crackpots there were, but that is not the whole story.\nRaymond A. Palmer, the young new editor of AMAZING at the start of this decade, has been damned by history far more than he deserves \u2014 though it must be admitted that in later years he did more or less encourage his isolation. A succession of illnesses and accidents left Palmer a lonely child. One accident left him malformed from a curvature of the spine. In adult life he was only a little more than four feet tall. But what he lacked in height, he made up for in dynamism and showmanship.\nOne of the factors that led to Palmer's later isolation was that he started his tenure as editor at the same time that John W. Campbell came on the scene at ASTOUNDING STORIES. Campbell instigated a policy of publishing serious, mature, and above all believable science fiction. He developed a coterie of new writers \u2014 including Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Lester del Rey, and, believe it or not, L. Ron Hubbard \u2014 who could feed off his ideas, as he could feed off theirs. Partly because of these interchanges, the work of these authors ushered in the so-called Golden Age of science fiction.\nPalmer, on the other hand, went for fun and games, treating science fiction lightheartedly and aiming at a younger, less sophisticated readership. As a consequence, science fiction polarized between Campbell's science-forecasters at one extreme and Palmer's laboratory playpit at the other. That's not to say that Palmer published only puerile trivia. But because he was science fiction's renegade, many are ready to dismiss too easily the fiction that he did publish. From today's vantage point, though, one might argue that under Palmer, AMAZING published a 1940s' version of \"pop\" or \"punk\" science fiction, and its pages during that decade hold some surprises.\nAt the outset, it must be recalled that Palmer was trying to rebuild AMAZING's circulation and rectify years of damage caused by T. O'Conor Sloane's handling of the magazine. By 1938 AMAZING had stagnated, and Palmer's first move was to enliven it with bold, gaudy, action-packed covers reflecting the fast-paced, thrill-a-minute contents. When his writers asked what type of fiction he wanted, Palmer's simple answer was \"Gimme bang-bang.\" Palmer had little time for the cerebral style of sf that was emerging in ASTOUNDING. He wanted superficial, escapist enjoyment, similar to the scientific romances that the pulp magazines had published before Hugo Gernsback launched AMAZING STORIES in 1926, but less sophisticated.\nPalmer wanted to recapture the fun of the early pulps. He was fortunate in being able to secure three groups of stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, set respectively in his worlds of Mars, Venus, and Pellucidar. These ran through 1941 and 1942. Although Burroughs's fortunes had declined in recent years, his name still captured the imagination of old and young alike. The first appearance of an original Burroughs story in AMAZING, however, caused a controversy. The January 1941 issue carried the novelette \"John Carter and the Giant of Mars,\" but many readers, who were dedicated Burroughs fans, felt this story did not read as if the master had written it. The letters flooded in. The truth was not revealed at the time, but Irwin Porges, in his massive biography of Burroughs, THE MAN WHO CREATED TARZAN, asserts that the story had been written jointly with Burroughs's son, John Coleman.\nPalmer didn't mind controversy \u2014 it helped sell issues. Moreover, ever the Burroughs fan, he favored fiction written in the Burroughs style, and both AMAZING and its companion FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (which Ziff-Davis began to publish with its May 1939 issue) had a strong Burroughsian flavor during the early 1940s. This is especially evident in the work of Ralph Milne Farley and Robert Moore Williams.\nFarley had apparently been approached to edit AMAZING STORIES when Ziff-Davis first acquired it in 1938, and had recommended Palmer instead. In the twenties he had written his own Burroughsian-style \"Radio Man\" series for ARGOSY, set on Venus. The scientist-adventurer of those stories, Miles Cabot, was resurrected in Amazing in \"The Radio Man Returns\" (June 1939). Stories by Farley, some of them serialized over more than one issue, appeared in eight issues of the magazine during 1939 and 1940.\nWilliams, who became one of AMAZING's most prolific contributors, was a skillful adventure writer, and it is rumored that his Tarzan-like novella \"Jongor of Lost Land\" changed the fortunes of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (for the better) after it appeared in that magazine's October 1940 issue. His initial appearance in AMAZING was with \"The Man Who Ruled the World\" in June 1938 \u2014 the first issue that carried Palmer's name as editor.\nPalmer also used the artistic skills of J. Allen St. John to illustrate the Burroughs stories, as well as several covers, and there is little doubt that all these factors contributed to the continuing growth in AMAZING's circulation during the early part of the decade.\nAnother echo from the past was \"Anthony Gilmore,\" the pseudonym under which Harry Bates and Desmond Hall had written their Hawk Carse stories when they were editors of ASTOUNDING. The Hawk Carse stories were space opera at its worst, but they remained sentimentally entrenched in the minds of some fans. Palmer commissioned Bates to write a short novel, \"The Return of Hawk Carse\" (July 1942). The fact that the story was not well received is at least some measure of the degree by which science fiction had advanced, even at AMAZING's juvenile level.\nPalmer brought together other writers from the early days of magazine sf, and allowed them free rein with unabashed scientific adventures. Primary among them were Edmond Hamilton, Ross Rocklynne, Manly Wade Wellman, Raymond Z. Gallun, Ed Earl Repp, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Eando Binder. Although they were capable of more serious science fiction (and occasionally proved it in other magazines), they used AMAZING as their knockabout backyard. Stories followed simple plots: they were either gangster stories transposed into space, with villains chasing and being chased around the solar system; or they were war stories in space; or they were tales about bizarre inventions, often with madcap results.\nTypical stories of the period by members of this group, which can be generally categorized by their titles alone, include \"Treasure on Thunder Moon\" by Hamilton (April 1942); \"Warrior Queen of Lolarth\" by Rocklynne (May 1943); \"Suicide-Rocket\" by Wellman (March 1942); \"Terror out of the Past\" by Gallun (March 1940); \"The Secret of Planetoid 88\" by Repp (December 1941); and \"The Cosmic Deflector\" by Coblentz (January 1943).\nOccasionally, Palmer would acquire fiction from more serious or aspiring writers, including Isaac Asimov, John Beynon (full legal name John Beynon Harris; later known as John Wyndham), and Eric Frank Russell.\n\"Marooned Off Vesta\" (March 1939) was Asimov's first published story. \"The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use\" followed in the May 1939 magazine, but Asimov soon became a member of Campbell's stable at ASTOUNDING and only had one more story in AMAZING during the 1940s (\"Robot AL 76 Goes Astray\" February 1942).\nBeynon's stories in AMAZING during the early years of Palmer's tenure were \"Judson's Annihilator\" (October 1939, a standard sf war story, and \"Phoney Meteor\" (March 1941), a clever tale about alien invasion.\nRussell's first appearance in the magazine, and his only one during the decade, was with \"Mr. Wisel's Secret\" in February 1942, the same issue that contained the aforementioned Asimov story.\nThose were, and are, noteworthy writers, and there were others, but of greatest significance were the stories by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury had an unbridled talent for giving his stories an offbeat originality, something that appealed more to Palmer than to Campbell. His \"I, Rocket\" (May 1944) is an adventure story from the viewpoint of a sentient rocket, published more than fifteen years before Anne McCaffrey would write \"The Ship Who Sang.\" Ten years after the appearance of the work, Campbell was still referring to Bradbury's rocket as his \"fairy ship,\" since the story was devoid of the hardware for which Campbell yearned. Bradbury was also represented in the magazine by \"Undersea Guardians\" (December 1944), \"Final Victim\" (co-credited with Henry Hasse, February 1946), and \"Chrysalis\" (July 1946).\nUnfortunately, challenging stories were the exception rather than the rule in AMAZING STORIES at this point in time. By the early 1940s, Palmer had developed a stable of local (Chicago-based) writers who could write to order, often producing stories around cover paintings by Harold McCauley, Robert Gibson Jones, or Malcolm Smith. The mainstays were Don Wilcox, Robert Moore Williams, David Wright O'Brien, William P. McGivern, Leroy Yerxa, and David Vem, plus (later in the decade) Chester S. Geier, Berkeley Livingston, and William L. Hamling.\nOf these, Wilcox was the oldest. He approached his writing more seriously than the others, and scored early with a memorable story, \"The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years\" (October 1940), based on his sociological studies. It was a pioneer work on the subject of the first generation starship.\nO'Brien was regarded as the most talented of these writers. A nephew of Farnsworth Wright, editor of WEIRD TALES, he was 22 years old when his first story (\"Truth Is a Plague!\") appeared in AMAZING in the February 1940 issue. O'Brien had a fertile mind, an abundance of youthful exuberance, and an infectious sense of humor. He shared an office with McGivern, who was only 16 years old when he made his debut in May 1940 with \"John Brown's Body,\" co-written with O'Brien.\nThe two of them were able to write just about any story to Palmer's order. Sometimes the stories were serious, sometimes spooky, but usually they were madcap, designed for nothing but entertainment. Palmer often endowed these stories with his own zany titles, so that the pages of AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES contained stories such as \"The Quandary of Quintus Quaggle\" (by McGivern, AS June 1941); \"Mr. Muddle Does as He Pleases\" (McGivern and O'Brien, AS August 1941); \"Ferdinand Finknodle's Perfect Day\" (O'Brien, AS September 1941); \"The Strange Voyage of Hector Squinch\" (O'Brien, FA August 1940); \"Sidney, the Screwloose Robot\" (McGivern, FA June 1941), and \"Rewbarb's Remarkable Radio\" (McGivern, FA December 1941). In many ways the stories of this sort read like P. G. Wodehouse meets AMAZING STORIES, and certainly the readers appreciated this lighthearted fare, which was unavailable elsewhere. Robert Bloch made the best of the situation with a whole series of stories in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES about Lefty Feep, a rather lovable layabout who manages to fall into and out of trouble.\nAlthough forgotten today, Leroy Yerxa was among the most prolific contributors to the Ziff-Davis magazines. He was twenty-seven years old when his first story, \"Death Rides at Night\" appeared under his own name in the August 1942 AMAZING. In the next four years, till his untimely death in 1946, he sold more than seventy stories to Palmer for AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, with many of those published pseudonymously. He is rumored to have written an entire issue of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (possibly the one for December 1943). While other writers wrote more, their output was not concentrated in such a short, intense period. Possibly Yerxa's only rival in this regard was David Wright O'Brien, who in the five years from 1940 through 1944 sold more than a hundred stories to Palmer, not counting his collaborations with McGivern.\nPalmer's core of writers were so prolific that they could fill every issue. To avoid the frequent recurrence of names, the authors used various personal pseudonyms, some of which were later adopted by other authors. For instance, \"Lee Francis\" began as a pen name of Leroy Yerxa's, but after his death in 1946 it was used by others, including Hamling. In addition, a practice began of creating a number of house names. These nom de plumes were originally used to hide the identities of the various editorial personnel working on the magazine, especially David Vern.\nVern was a precocious, hyperactive young editorial assistant who came from New York to the Chicago office to help Palmer with the work arising from the expansion of the magazine line. (In addition to AMAZING STORIES and its new companion FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, Palmer was also editing RED STAR ADVENTURES and SOUTH SEA STORIES.)\nVern was also a passable writer, and his work started to appear in both magazines under the names of \"Peter Horn,\" \"David V. Reed,\" and \"Alexander Blade.\" (His first contribution to AMAZING was \"Where Is Roger Davis?\" in the May 1939 issue under the \"Reed\" pseudonym.) However, when Vern returned to New York after a few years these names, particularly \"Alexander Blade,\" were assigned to a variety of other writers.\nOther house names emerged, including \"P. F. Costello,\" \"Gerald Vance,\" \"E. K. Jarvis,\" and \"S. M. Tenneshaw\" \u2014 originally used by McGivern, O'Brien, Williams, and Hamling, respectively. O'Brien also wrote as \"John York Cabot\" and (perhaps in homage to his uncle) \"Duncan Farnsworth.\" Palmer himself produced more than a dozen pieces of writing for AMAZING during the 1940s, using a variety of pseudonyms including \"A. R. Steber,\" \"Morris J. Steele,\" \"Frank Patton,\" \"Henry Gade,\" \"Wallace Quitman,\" and \"G. H. Irwin.\" Clearly, at times it could be difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. Despite the efforts of a number of researchers over the years, many of the true authors of house name stories remain unidentified (although work that Kenneth R. Johnson is currently doing is close to cracking open the final parts of the mystery). (It is not known if Johnson ever solved \"the final parts of the mystery.\" However, since Johnson's research into the subject has, to our knowledge, never been released, it seems unlikely that he did so.)\nA strong family atmosphere prevailed in the Ziff-Davis offices in Chicago during this period, with Palmer looking after his boys. Wilcox, who is still active after all these years (Wilcox remained active until his death in the year 2000) though more now as a portrait painter than as a writer, has shared many memories of those days with me. \"A card game, usually gin rummy, would be occupying the attention of editors and their assistants,\" he recalled. \"The fellows must have done their work at night. On check days, Palmer's office might be a gathering place for several new writers, new faces, all ready to register disappointment if the checks hadn't come in on time.\"\nPalmer had a fast-working, versatile mind. Wilcox has a clear memory of him furiously pounding his typewriter at high speed. On one occasion Wilcox had become too deeply involved in his story \"The Lost Race Comes Back,\" written around a cover painting by J. Allen St. John, and couldn't finish it. Palmer promptly read the story and completed it himself there and then to meet the deadline. (The story appears in the May 1941 issue.)\nThe outward signs of AMAZING's success were its regularity \u2014 published once a month for five years beginning in November 1938 \u2014 and an increased number of pages. During 1941 and 1942 the page count rose from 144 up to 240 and all the way to 272. Even after the onset of World War II and the subsequent paper rationing, the magazine kept to 208 pages for a time (later shrinking to 180), remaining constantly the best value in bulk for money. But as war rationing continued to bite into the publishing industry, AMAZING was forced to cut back on its production schedule. In late 1943 the magazine shifted to bimonthly, and then to quarterly after the following summer, not returning to monthly publication until the June 1946 issue.\nPalmer supported the war effort by publishing the largest quota of anti-Nazi propagandist fiction of any sf magazine. Much of it made fun of the German war effort, but some stories were serious in tone. Palmer contributed a number himself, such as \"A Patriot Never Dies\" (August 1943) and \"War Worker 17\" (September 1943), both under his \"Frank Patton\" alias. The latter appeared in an issue dedicated to women war workers. The September 1944 magazine was a special war issue; every story in it was identified as having been written by a member of the military, and it also contained letters from the troops.\nThe most significant contributor to that issue was Corporal David Wright O'Brien, with three stories \u2014 one under his real name and one each attributed to \"Corporal John York Cabot\" and \"Corporal Duncan Farnsworth.\" The AMAZING office was shocked when O'Brien, who served in the U. S. Air Force, was shot down and killed over Berlin later that year at the age of twenty-six. He had been a personable, friendly young man with an effervescent writing talent, and there is no doubt that he would have followed his close friend William McGivern into the big time if he had survived the war.\nDuring the war years, Ziff-Davis began publishing two new mystery magazines, MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, which started in May 1942, and MAMMOTH MYSTERY, which came out in February 1945. (These magazines gave McGivern the grounding that later helped to establish him as one of the top thriller writers.) To help Palmer edit these new titles, Bernard Davis brought in 34-year-old Howard Browne, a solid, no-nonsense detective writer of the Chandler school.\nBrowne had no interest in science fiction, though he enjoyed the fantasies in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. Ironically, however, his first appearance as a writer was in AMAZING. Palmer talked Browne into writing a novel set in prehistoric times, \"Warrior of the Dawn,\" which was serialized in late 1942 and early 1943. Adventures in prehistory, usually written in the Burroughsian style, were regular fare in both AMAZING and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES during the early years of Palmer's tenure as editor. Among the most popular offerings were Manly Wade Wellman's series of stories about Hok, a Stone Age warrior who was a prototype for Hercules. Hok fought his way through five adventures, including ones set in ancient Greece and Atlantis.\nThe lost continents of Atlantis, Lemuria, and Mu all figured prominently in both magazines. For instance, \"Adventure in Lemuria\" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr., appeared in the first issue of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (May 1939), and was followed by several sequels. Stanton A. Coblentz's \"Enchantress of Lemuria\" was the lead novel in the September 1941 issue of AMAZING. In addition, in that same issue L. Taylor Hansen began a column on scientific mysteries, which dealt with Gondwanaland, Atlantis, and other puzzles from before the dawn of science.\nThus, readers of AMAZING became accustomed to Palmer's fascination with ancient mysteries, and when Richard S. Shaver appeared in the March 1945 issue with a piece entitled \"I Remember Lemuria,\" the story should have come as no surprise. Nor would it have \u2014 except that Palmer claimed the story was based on truth!\nShaver maintained that eons ago, the earth had been inhabited by two super-races, the Titans and the Atlans. As time passed, they were forced underground by increasingly harmful radiation from the sun. They established vast subterranean caverns full of advanced scientific equipment. Eventually the sun's radiation became too harmful, and both races were forced to abandon the planet. They left their scientific equipment behind, and it was later discovered by an inferior race of humans who tampered with the machinery and came under its control. Over the millennia these humans degenerated into deranged robots, or, in Shaver-speak, \"deros.\" It is the harmful rays and evil thoughts generated from the machines by these deros that have caused mankind to fall from grace, and are the cause of all of humanity's ills. With the world in the grips of a war that was entering its final months, such a message, if indeed it were true, came as a sign of hope to many readers. If all evils came from external influences, then they could be stopped, and mankind would revert to its natural good state, and all would be well!\nThe origin of the Shaver stories has at times seemed confusing, though Palmer reported it himself clearly on many occasions, and Howard Browne had a vivid recollection of the events. Some years ago Browne recounted his memories to me: Shaver had submitted a two-page letter to AMAZING under the heading \"Warning to Future Man.\" Browne was the first one to read it. He remarked to Palmer that \"the screwballs were blooming early\" that year, and tossed the manuscript into the wastebasket. Palmer promptly retrieved it and said to Browne, \"Let me give you a lesson in creative editing.\" He thereupon sat down, read the manuscript, and wrote a novelette around it \u2014 the piece of writing that was published as \"I Remember Lemuria.\" Palmer then discovered Shaver had several longer stories in his possession. Palmer bought them, rewrote them extensively, and published them. As time went on, under Palmer's guidance, Shaver wrote more and more stories himself, but the initial ones were shaped and crafted by Palmer.\nPrior to the appearance of the Shaver stories, AMAZING was selling around 125,000 copies per issue. The March 1945 issue had a larger than normal print run \u2014 and it soon sold out. Letters from readers poured in, and with the next issue, featuring Shaver's \"Thought Records of Lemuria,\" circulation approached 200,000. Palmer's employees were impressed, and Palmer overtly promoted the Shaver Mystery for all it was worth. There was a Shaver story in almost every issue for the next two years, culminating in an all-Shaver issue for June 1947. Other writers also contributed stories in the same vein, including Chester Geier, who founded the Shaver Mystery Club, and German writer Heinrich Hauser, then living in Chicago, who added two linked novels, \"Agharti\" (June 1946) and \"Titans' Battle\" (March 1947).\nIt is not clear how much Palmer was milking the gullible, as any entrepreneur might. He left mixed messages over the years. In all likelihood Palmer, the victim of many handicaps and misfortunes, wanted to believe it, and was prepared to go along with it all the time it sustained sales.\nShaver was certainly sincere. When I corresponded with him in the 1970s, he still maintained the truth of his experiences and observations. By then he was pursuing ancient records in the rocks, where he believed the true history of Atlan was written.\nScience fiction fans were less enthusiastic, and they became hostile to AMAZING's editor. Palmer, who only ten years earlier had been one of the leading sf fans, attempted some reconciliation by instigating a fan column in the March 1948 issue, \"The Club House,\" prepared by Rog Phillips. But on the whole, the sf fans formed only a small part of the readership of AMAZING, and if they had to be antagonized for the sake of sales, why should Palmer worry?\nEventually such leading magazines as HARPER'S and ATLANTIC MONTHLY began to notice and criticize the crackpot elements of the Shaver Mystery, and the story goes (according to him) that Palmer was told to soft-pedal the topic thereafter. Whether that is true or not, I don't know, since it would seem surprising for a publisher to act negatively in reaction to such publicity. (One learns never to take too seriously anything Palmer says.) The fact remains that by the end of 1946, Davis had been elevated within the company, and Ray Palmer followed him up the ladder to become overall editorial director. He was given a salary increase of around $250 a month and even more freedom with the magazines.\nPalmer's next move, though, was rather devious. During 1947, he shut down MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, MAMMOTH MYSTERY, and the recently created MAMMOTH ADVENTURES. He placed William Hamling in editorial control of the two magazines \u2014 AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES \u2014 while Howard Browne took a leave of absence during which he wrote three mystery novels.\nMeanwhile, behind the scenes, Palmer invested his money in establishing the Clark Publishing Company and, in May 1948, launched the magazine FATE. Robert N. Webster (an alias of Palmer's) was identified as the publisher of the new magazine.\nPalmer had come to realize that much wealth lay in appealing to the fringe cults. Following the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world had not only awoken to the terrifying consequences of science, but also to other possibilities. One such was that man's advance into the nuclear age had been the sign to alien observers that man was becoming a danger to himself and his planet, and he had to be kept under closer observation. Hence, the sudden wave of flying saucer sightings. Palmer had been one of the first to promote \"ufology\" in the pages of AMAZING. Now he could use FATE as he wished to pander to all of the occult sciences. As a consequence, that type of material was siphoned from AMAZING to FATE.\nWith that shift, the quality of fiction in AMAZING improved marginally. Theodore Sturgeon put in a surprise appearance with \"Blabbermouth\" (February 1947), a story probably switched from the inventory of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. Edmond Hamilton, ever an old reliable, who during the early 1940s had scored with his Captain Future stories in the magazine of the same name, wrote \"The Star Kings\" (September 1947), a space opera par excellence, again in the Burroughs tradition. There were also some readable, non-Shaverian stories from Rog Phillips, Chester Geier, and Don Wilcox, but by and large the mid to late 1940s saw AMAZING at its lowest point in quality \u2014 yet its highest in circulation!\nPalmer's link with the magazine grew more tenuous as FATE became more popular. By mid-1949 his plans were well advanced for a new science-fiction magazine, OTHER WORLDS, which appeared in October (cover date November). Palmer continued to produce both FATE and OTHER WORLDS under the Webster alias until he was satisfied that both magazines were established. He then resigned from Ziff-Davis, and Howard Browne came back from his leave of absence to take over editorial control of the magazines, with Hamling staying on as his assistant. The January 1950 issue was the first one to list Browne as editor.\nBrowne may not have liked science fiction very much, but he knew a good story when he saw one, and was dedicated to acting responsibly in his new role. The end of 1949 saw him discarding several hundred thousand words of Shaver-inspired material, as he sought to re-establish the magazine's credibility. His successes and failures make up the next part of \"The AMAZING Story.\"\n\"The AMAZING Story: The Forties \u2014 'Gimme Bang-Bang'\" is \u00a9 2016 by Mike Ashley and appears here with the author's permission. Notes in italics are by PulpFest and are \u00a9 2016 by PulpFest. The original article was published by TSR, Inc. and edited by Kim Mohan for the March 1992 issue of AMAZING STORIES.Many thanks to Curt Phillips, the moderator of the Yahoo newsgroup PulpMags, for drawing our attention to and providing us with copies of Mike Ashley's exceptional series of articles about the world's first science-fiction magazine. Please visit www.pulpfest.com on Monday, February 29th, for the fourth segment of the series.\n(Concerning our illustrations . . . . The AMAZING STORIES for April 1940 with cover art by H. R. Hammond \u2014 the artist's only cover for the magazine \u2014 was a typical issue for the decade. When Ray Palmer was named managing editor in 1938, he established a new policy for lively, adventurous stories aimed at a young market. He wanted superficial, escapist enjoyment, similar to the scientific romances that the pulp magazines had once published, but less sophisticated. David Wright O'Brien's \"Fish Men of Venus\" was the usual fare for the Palmer era of the magazine.\nDuring the early forties, Palmer was fortunate in being able to secure three groups of stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, set respectively in his worlds of Mars, Venus, and Pellucidar. The six Martian stories that Burroughs sold to AMAZING STORIES \u2014 including \"Black Pirates of Barsoom,\" published in the June 1941 issue of AMAZING STORIES with front cover art by J. Allen St. John \u2014 formed the basis for the author's final two books in his Mars series \u2014 LLANA OF GATHOL and JOHN CARTER OF MARS.\nOne of the finest artists to contribute cover art to Ray Palmer's AMAZING STORIES was J. Allen St. John. A native of Chicago \u2014 where AMAZING STORIES was produced \u2014 he began to work for various Midwestern publishers \u2014 including the A. C. McClurg Company of Chicago \u2014 in the early 1900s. In 1915 he illustrated chapter headings for Edgar Rice Burroughs' THE RETURN OF TARZAN, published by McClurg. Thus began the artist's long association with Burroughs, the work for which he is most renowned. St. John also painted the front cover art for the July 1942 issue of AMAZING STORIES, featuring \"The Return of Hawk Carse.\"\nThe May 1944 AMAZING STORIES \u2014 with front cover art by Malcolm Smith \u2014 featured what John W. Campbell labeled Ray Bradbury's \"fairy ship,\" in \"I, Rocket,\" the classic tale related from the viewpoint of a sentient space ship. A native of Tennessee, Smith studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. His first cover for AMAZING was the January 1942 number. Smith also contributed covers and illustrations to FANTASTIC ADVENTURES and Ziff-Davis's MAMMOTH line of pulp magazines. During the fifties, he produced covers for IMAGINATION, MYSTIC, OTHER WORLDS, and other pulp and digest magazines.\nJ. Allen St. John began contributing cover art to the pulps during the Great Depression, painting covers for WEIRD TALES and its companions \u2014 ORIENTAL STORIES and THE MAGIC CARPET. During the 1940s, he contributed two dozen covers to Ray Palmer's AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, including the March 1944 issue of AMAZING.\nRay Palmer was one of the leading science fiction fans when he became the managing editor of AMAZING STORIES. In order to attract other members of fandom to his magazine, Palmer added such features as \"Correspondence Corner,\" \"Collectors' Corner,\" \"Meet the Authors,\" and a back cover painting. Many of the latter featured the work of Frank R. Paul, including the May 1941 issue. Frank Paul was the artist most preferred by Hugo Gernsback during the early years of AMAZING STORIES.\nJoseph Wirt Tillotson, who signed his work \"Robert Fuqua,\" was managing editor Ray Palmer's favored cover artist from the get-go. Beginning with the October 1938 issue of AMAZING STORIES through the January 1944 number, Fuqua contributed nearly three-dozen covers \u2014 including the March 1942 and September 1941 issues \u2014 to the magazine and its companion title, FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.\nA native of Toledo, Ohio, Robert Gibson Jones began working as a commercial artist in the city of Chicago during the second decade of the twentieth century. His first known pulp magazine cover was the August 1942 issue of Ziff Davis's FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. Over the next ten years, Jones contributed ninety front covers to FANTASTIC and its companion, AMAZING STORIES, including the June 1947 number. He also painted covers for the publisher's MAMMOTH line of pulp magazines. His last known cover for the publisher is the December 1952 issue of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. During the fifties, he contributed covers to OTHER WORLDS and UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICTION.\nThe September 1947 AMAZING STORIES \u2014 with front cover art by Malcolm Smith \u2014 featured one of the best of the space opera novels from the pulps, Edmond Hamilton's \"The Star Kings.\" It has been reprinted numerous times.)\nFantastic Adventures\nHoward Browne\nJ. Allen St. John\nMalcolm Smith\nRobert Fuqua\nRobert Gibson Jones\nShaver Mystery","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Inside the cult of Diego Maradona, football's devilish demigod\nby Ryan Ferguson January 10, 2021\nIn life, remember where you were when moments are incredibly rare and suitably monumental. I remember coming home from primary school after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, for instance, with those harrowing plumes of smoke engulfing the television screen. I remember the noxious pall that gripped Britain following the Brexit referendum result. And I remember being sent home from work amid the coronavirus pandemic, our civil liberties impinged unlike any time in living memory.\nMost recently, though, I remember where I was when Diego Maradona died. Amid a stressful house move, I had to work from my parents' house due to broadband issues at the new place. Late one afternoon, I was sat on the floor in my old corner bedroom when my brother broke the news. The shock was palpable, and then the sudden pang of sadness. Icons are supposed to live forever, I remember thinking, before pondering the paradoxical precariousness of human genius.\nNaturally, I wanted to write something about Maradona, perhaps the greatest sporting enigma of all-time, but my head was too cluttered, my thoughts too scattered. Besides, I had no internet connection at home, so it would have been difficult to construct a cogent paean and impossible to publish it.\nNow, though, with the benefit of full perspective, increased gravity and a stable internet connection, I would like to pay tribute to arguably the largest and most divisive personality in football history \u2013 El Pibe de Oro, The Golden Boy, Argentina incarnate, Diego Armando Maradona.\nThe Hand of God - Exploring the religious symbolism and pop culture iconography of Diego Maradona\nThere have been better footballers \u2013 Pel\u00e9, Messi, perhaps even Cristiano Ronaldo. There have been more decorated footballers \u2013 Cruyff, Di St\u00e9fano, even Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107. But never has our game - indeed the beautiful game - encountered such a mesmerising, beguiling, infuriating and inspiring demagogue as Maradona, who met his untimely end at the age of 60 in November.\nIn Argentina, the guy was a god, embodying the joy, hope and kindred ingenuity of 50 million people. In Naples, he was a near-mythic cryptid, personifying the angst, pride and glorious fantasy of an ancient ruin. And here in England, he was loathed, symbolising the unscrupulous conniving of a fleeting foe steeped in political dogma.\nOf course, with the Falklands war creating a toxic cultural backdrop, Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals was more than a breach of regulation \u2013 it was an incitement of vitriol, and many never forgave him for it. Peter Shilton, the England goalkeeper that day, famously refused to accept repeated apologies from Maradona, who later conflated his own ego with that of god, no less, when admitting the transgression in his autobiography.\nThey say a god must be omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent \u2013 all powerful, all knowing and all loving. Diego filled that criteria, and then some. For such a squat terrier, his power was generational. On a football pitch, his knowledge was precocious. Then, at the apex of that dynamic, he was an envoy of the people, transcending the mortal realm while maintaining those grimy barrio sensibilities.\nWhen Maradona shimmied and twinkled around a football pitch, it was almost like little bits of god sprayed forth like a geyser, but he was also so relatable, so distinctly human, akin to the best version of us writ large on the global stage. Diego was capable of doing unspeakable things with a football, but he was also prone to capitulation. He was able to smile impishly and scream with brutal rage all in the same afternoon. His was an intoxicating unpredictability that made people dream.\nIndeed, it is this duality of character and this dichotomy of fiction that lies at the heart of Maradona and his legend. There is a bipolarity to his story that cannot be replicated, with even his greatest accomplishments cast in manic hues. He was a cherub wrapped inside a devil, a prodigy prone to mendacity. There was an angel buried somewhere, down beneath the fa\u00e7ade, but that duplicitous manipulation made Diego irresistible. It was the epistemic distance that made him timelessly great.\nIn many ways, the mark of a true icon is in the degree to which you can convey a multitude of poetic charges onto them without them seeming implausible. Truly epochal figureheads were \u2013 and are \u2013 everything to everyone. Think Joe DiMaggio. Think Elvis Presley. Think Marilyn Monroe. They were transfixing, uplifting heroes who sparked visceral pride in others, creating cycles of adoration. Diego Maradona belongs to that echelon, for his name is synonymous with anarchic football majesty.\nYou see, Maradona was not just a person \u2013 he was an ideal, a dream, a philosophy, instinct, mechanism and desire. He was a feeling, epic and thunderous, uncontrollable and miraculous. He was a militant brand of self-determination, hoisting upon his shoulders the dense weight of improbability. He was Argentina's answer to the Lock Ness Monster \u2013 so mystical as to beguile, yet so elusive as to frustrate.\nMake no mistake about it, Diego Maradona was also a revolutionary, just like Che Guevara, just like Bob Marley, just like Al Capone and just like Bob Dylan. He gave people \u2013 poor, marginalised, overlooked people, especially \u2013 something to believe in. Someone to believe in, when more conventional leaders failed. In fact, to this day, more than 275,000 people around the world are official members of the Diego Maradona church, a religious movement founded in 1998 to worship the great man and his genius. Few footballers have ever ascended to such heights.\nThere is a fine line between genius and insanity, of course, and Maradona traversed it every single day. In hindsight, to expect one human being to be so many things to so many people was unfair, and Diego paid a cosmic price for our indulgence. He ate crap. He battled addiction to drink and drugs. He partied with Pablo Escobar and wielded guns in unsuitable locations. There was no boundary to his outlandish act and no end to our intrigue therewith. Maradona kept coming back for more, each chapter more bizarre and surreal than the last.\nThe life and times of Diego Maradona\nDiego was born in Lan\u00fas, within the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, in October 1960, the first son of poor parents who lived below the poverty line. Raised in a basic shantytown, Maradona honed preternatural football skills into a better life, attracting local scouts and coaches.\nDiego broke through with Argentinos Juniors in 1976, becoming the youngest player to appear in an Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n match. He sparked national debate with a famous nutmeg in his debut, then proceeded to score 115 goals in 167 games for El Tif\u00f3n de Boyac\u00e1 before transferring to Boca Juniors, the club he adored as a boy, for $4 million in 1981.\nThe love affair between Maradona and Boca is suitably esoteric, when viewed from afar. Contrary to popular wisdom, Diego only played 70 times for Los Xeneizes in two spells, but he still looms as the most sacrosanct symbol of the club's zeitgeist. La Bombonera could only contain Maradona's talent for a few years the first time around, resulting in one league title for Boca, before the European behemoths came calling.\nFirstly, Barcelona paid \u00a35 million, a world record fee, for Maradona in 1982. Then, two years later, Napoli broke that record, forking out almost \u00a37 million for his distinguished services. Diego worked miracles in Naples, putting the working class southern enclave on his back and hauling it into competition with the northern powerhouses and bourgeoise elite of calcio.\nThe very embodiment of Neapolitan fantasia, Maradona led Napoli to their first ever Serie A title in 1987, waking a sleeping giant after 61 years of slumber. The Gli Azzurri then conquered Europe, beating Juventus and Bayern Munich en route to hoisting the 1989 UEFA Cup. A further Scudetto came in 1990, representing the apogee of Diego's domestic career.\nA subsequent stint with Sevilla concluded Maradona's European odyssey, and he returned to Argentina with Newell's Old Boys in 1993. One final hurrah came with Boca between 1995 and 1997, as Diego passed the baton to younger teammates like Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme, Mart\u00edn Palermo and Rodolfo Arruabarrena. La Bombonera rose to serenade its hero, who rode off into the sunset.\nWhat is the legacy of Diego Maradona \u2013 genius, cheat or overrated enigma?\nIt is remarkable, really, that such a feted icon was such a transient, nomadic and unquenchable figure at club level. Yes, Maradona won a slew of unlikely trophies at Napoli. And yes, he hoisted solitary league titles with Bar\u00e7a and Boca, but that was it, ultimately. He never won the Champions League. He never won the Copa Libertadores. He never won the Club World Cup, so revered in South America. Diego was something of a domestic unicorn, it turns out, and his greatest magic was reserved for the international stage.\nMaradona played 91 times for Argentina, appearing at four World Cups and winning one. He debuted with La Albiceleste aged 16, cast in a blaze of prodigious glory, and he faded from international football aged 34, mired in controversy after failing a drugs test at the 1994 World Cup. Many of his most memorable moments came in the famous Argentina shirt, however, including perhaps the greatest goal ever scored \u2013 against England in the same quarter-final tainted by his cheating.\nSomewhat farcically, Maradona returned to international football as Argentina manager in 2008, overseeing a confused generation that mixed veterans like Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Ver\u00f3n, Walter Samuel and Palermo with emerging wonderkids such as \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Ag\u00fcero and Messi. The experiment ended in ignominy, though, when Argentina were thumped 4-0 by Germany in the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals.\nDuly exiled from top-level management, Diego embarked on a rollercoaster ride of absurd appointments later in life, appearing almost as a heritage act wherever money was offered - almost like a latter day Paul McCartney. He spent a year managing Al-Wasi in Dubai, attracting big crowds, then became a 'mental coach' \u2013 yes, seriously \u2013 at Deportivo Riestra in the Argentine lower leagues. A further spell in Dubai with Fujairah gave way to a brief stint in Mexico with Dorados de Sinaloa, before Gimnasia de La Plata saw fit to hire Diego as boss in 2019. They even gave him a throne \u2013 a literal throne \u2013 on the touchline, plumbing the depths of absurdity.\nThe tragic death of Diego Maradona\nWhile managing Gimnasia, Maradona saw his health \u2013 questionable at the best of times \u2013 deteriorate rapidly. On 2nd November 2020, he was admitted to a hospital in La Plata with symptoms of psychological exhaustion. Diego was said to be confused, and he later underwent emergency brain surgery to treat a blood clot. After 10 days in hospital, Maradona was discharged, only to suffer a fatal heart attack at his Buenos Aires home on 25th November, passing away tragically.\nArgentina observed three days of national mourning, while Diego's body lay in state at Casa Rosada, the presidential palace. Tens of thousands of distraught apostles filed past Maradona's coffin, draped evocatively with number 10 shirts from Argentinos, Boca and the national team, respectively. The present day steward of Boca greatness, Tevez wore an original Maradona shirt underneath his own during a Copa Libertadores game, revealing it in poignant celebration after scoring.\nInfamously, and controversially, three funeral workers took selfies with Maradona's body as his casket lay open. When the photos were posted online, global outrage followed in quick succession, and the offenders were swiftly tracked down by Boca ultras, who doled out vicious retribution. Such is the strength of feeling towards Maradona, and such are the consequences for those who denigrate national heroes.\nWho is the most famous and beloved Argentine ever? The case for Diego Maradona\nIndeed, the outpouring of grief and nostalgia reiterated Maradona's standing as arguably the most beloved Argentine who ever lived. Guevara was more synonymous with Cuba, of course, while Eva Per\u00f3n and Pope Francis are naturally divisive as political and religious clerics. Messi may approach Diego's level of acclaim, but he is yet to win a World Cup, a perpetual stain in the timeless debate. Accordingly, Maradona remains irreplaceable to those who must now live without him.\nIn the wider pantheon of sports, has there ever been a more polarising, incendiary genius who so transcended his or her game? Babe Ruth, maybe, but he was a cartoonish teddy bear. Mike Tyson, perhaps, but he sacrificed poetic skill for brute force. Muhammad Ali is arguably a good comparison, for the sheer depth of talent and temerity on display, while Tiger Woods is worth also worth a mention.\nUltimately, though, there was never anyone quite like Diego Maradona, and there never will be again. We were blessed to live at the same time as him, witnessing the sublime highs and the stunning lows he authored in frantic ink. Now, we must learn from his mistakes and celebrate his achievements, both unparalleled in scope and consequence.\nThose whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad with power, according to a hackneyed ancient proverb. In the case of Diego Maradona, that is undoubtedly true, for the man was finally destroyed by the myths that love inspired. Rest peacefully, number 10, from your allies and your enemies. You united us all in the end, even if the burden was too much to bear.\n\u26bd\u26bd\u26bd\nFollow Ryan on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.\nA loving biography of Babe Ruth, baseball's ultimate hero\nThe life and legend of Joe DiMaggio\nLionel Messi and the greatest goal of all-time\nGet the Planet Prentonia book!\nRyan Ferguson is the author of Planet Prentonia: The Real Story of Tranmere Rovers, available now in paperback and Kindle formats through Amazon. Click the link below to get your copy now!\nBack to Football","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Importance of Islamic finance discussed\nAbdulla Bin Touq Al Marri speaks during the Future of Finance conference.\nKhaled Mohammed Balama, Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), launched day two of the Future of Finance conference, hosted by the CBUAE, by highlighting the strong indicators of economic recovery in the UAE and other leading economies, and the importance of Islamic finance as a driving force in a world seeking to achieve sustainable growth and economic resilience.\nUnder the patronage of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), the 'Future of Finance' conference began on Wednesday at the Expo 2020 Exhibition Centre in Dubai.\nThe event, being organised by the CBUAE over two days, aims to shape the future of the financial sector with the participation of leading policy and decision makers figures from local and global supervisory authorities, financial institutions, government agencies and central bank governors from GCC countries and around the world.\nHe identified qualitative measures to enhance the CBUAE's robust digital payments systems, including the increased importance of commercial and financial payment settlements. He affirmed that the CBUAE will maintain its supervisory and regulatory responsibilities to ensure the continued, sustainable growth of the UAE economy.\nDay two of the conference featured a series of activities in the area of Islamic finance, including a panel discussion on the role of Islamic finance in establishing a flexible and diversified financial system. In line with the theme of Expo 2020, Connecting Minds and Creating the Future, the CBUAE facilitated an exchange of views and insights by Islamic and financial sector leaders and Shari'a experts on the future of Islamic finance.\nIn her keynote speech on the role of women in accelerating transformation, Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, CEO of Alliances for Global Sustainability, Founder of Shamma Bint Sultan Sustainability Initiatives, and Co-founder of Aurora50, highlighted the critical role that women play in developing communities.\nSheikha Shamma drew attention to the fact that women constitute 50 per cent of the world's population, representing a demographic that cannot be ignored in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She also made reference to the efforts of the UAE's wise leadership in empowering Emirati women to occupy leadership positions across various sectors. Today, the UAE ranks first regionally and 18th globally on the United Nations Development Programme's Gender Equality Index.\nCombatting financial crime also featured prominently on day two of the conference. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy for the UAE, spoke on the importance of sectoral collaboration in safeguarding the nation from illicit financial activities.\nDuring his keynote speech, Sheikh Abdulla Bin Bayyah, Chairman of the Emirates Fatwa Council - UAE, highlighted the value proposition of Islamic products in the changing world of finance. He also spoke on the importance of risk sharing in the provision of flexible Islamic financial solutions, affirming the ability of Islamic finance products in meeting the challenges faced by the banking and insurance sectors.\nOne of the most prominent sessions discussed the CBUAE's National Payment Systems Strategy, which aims to increase the UAE economy's competitiveness, in line with one of ten 'Principles of the 50' to develop the world's best and most active economy in the UAE. Dr. Sabri Hamed Al Azazi, Assistant Governor of Support Services and Operations at the CBUAE, suggested that the future of payment systems lay in using digital payment solutions in place of fiat currencies. Dr. Sabri also highlighted the CBUAE's role in continued innovation and investment in emerging technologies to serve the financial sector and ensure alignment with international best practice.\nDr. Mohammad Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the Government of the UAE, spoke on financial fraud and the challenges impacting cyber-security.\nDuring his closing remarks, Ebrahim Obaid Al Zaabi, Assistant Governor of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability at the CBUAE, examined digital adoption and risk, and challenges relating to sustainable finance and financial inclusion.\nHe proposed that the digital transformation process provided potential solutions to address the financial sector's challenges, and a means to chart the future of finance.\nCommenting on day two of the Future of Finance conference, Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of CBUAE, said: \"Islamic finance plays a key role in the future direction of the financial sector at large, and provides a valuable opportunity to ensure a more diversified, resilient financial system. The progress of Islamic finance over recent decades, and its geographical expansion beyond traditional markets and sectors, are well-recognised.\nThe insights exchanged today by these key figures mark the immense potential of the Islamic finance industry to thrive, with the support of a robust regulatory structure.\" He continued: \"Protecting the country's financial system, as well as its economy and consumers, must remain our top priority, regardless of the impact of digital transformation on the financial sector.\nThe proposed National Payment Systems Strategy allows corporations and consumers to settle payments faster and safer, ultimately ensuring the economy's resilience.\"\nHe added: \"I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to the conference participants for their valuable contributions over the past two days, and for demonstrating their support of the UAE's vision and our shared objective of ensuring a more robust, secure, and resilient financial system. I am confident that the CBUAE is ready to meet the increasing challenges faced by the financial sector through its active contribution to sustainable economic growth across the UAE and beyond, as part of our commitment to knowledge sharing and co-operation.\"\nOn the opening day, the conference addressed the financial sector's opportunities and challenges, including regulatory concerns about the rapid pace of digitalisation, stressing the importance of selecting prudent digital solutions, to reach a sustainable financial system, study the risks of these solutions, and setting relevant strategic regulations and frameworks for the coming years.\nExpo 2020 Dubai Expo 2020 UAE Tourism UAE Economy CBUAE\nRole model for future shows\nExpo 2020 Dubai can serve as a role model for future global events in the new normal, to bring people from all over the world together again,\nPromoting nature, sustainability\nThe tiny island of Dominica in the Caribbean is promoting itself as a virgin paradise, and as a country open to investments from all over the world, through its pavilion at Expo 2020.\nReem Al Hashemy receives Sunflower Lanyard for her role promoting accessibility at Expo 2020 Dubai\nMifsud explained that the Sunflower Lanyards, also known as \"Hidden Impairment Lanyards,\" are a globally recognised symbol of a hidden impairment, which can be worn by anyone who might require extra help.\nSignificant growth in attendance\nOne of five visitors of Expo 2020 Dubai since its launch last October, have crossed the entrance of the Italian Pavilion, exploring the exhibition itinerary and participating in dozens of events.\nUAE council discusses 'Year of Sustainability' initiatives, COP28\nAttended by Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, CEO of Alliances for Global Sustainability, the UAE Circular Economy Council convened its meeting, presided over by Mariam Bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment to discuss 'Year of Sustainability' initiatives and COP28.\nFTA launches first event under 'Tax Support' initiative for 2023\nThe Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has launched the 'Tax Support' initiative to raise tax awareness among business sectors in the UAE through direct and sustained contact, as a means to enhance compliance with tax laws and regulations. The first workshop for 2023 under the initiative was held on Jan.24 and 25 as a collaboration\nUS consumer spending ended last year on weaker footing\nUS consumer spending fell for a second straight month in December, putting the economy on a lower growth path heading into 2023, while inflation continued to subside, which could give the Federal Reserve room to further slow the pace of its interest rate hikes next week.\nSri Lanka economy could shrink again\nSri Lanka's economy could contract by -3.5 per cent or -4.0 per cent in 2023 after shrinking -11 per cent last year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. \"From 2024, we will take this economy to positive growth.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Ariel Van Straten\nLactures & Workshops\nAriel Van Straten was born in New Jersey, USA, the son of a French mother and Dutch father. He grew up in Israel, working as a photojournalist for the national newspaper \"Maariv\" from the age of 15.\nHe has lived and worked in London from 1989 until 2006 when he moved back to Israel.\nAriel regularly assisted David Bailey for 2 years, Barry Lategan for 2 years & Corinne Day for a year, all of whom were a great influence on his work,before going out on his own in 1996.\nSince then he has worked extensively for Fashion and Style Magazines, Music and Advertising agencies around the world.\nInternational Awards:\nHis Campaign for Sony PlayStation commissioned by TBWA gained 2 golds at Creative Circle including gold for best photography, a nomination at Campaign Press and D&AD. Levi's was nominated at Cannes and his shot for Lynx was awarded a Silver at Campaign Press, both commissioned by BBH.In 2018 Ariel won a silver lion at Cannes for the advertisement he shot for Gillette commissioned by Adler Chomsky Grey Tel Aviv.\nAriel Van Straten Photography","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Project statement\nStatement from Glennmont Partners, the owners of Port Clarence Energy: \"we can confirm that a settlement has been reached with Babcock and Wilcox Volund, the contractor for the project, that will see their staff exit the site at the end of May. Nevertheless it remans our primary goal to reach a successful conclusion to the project, as an operational power plant. While this may entail a period of preservation, it is our intention to continue construction as soon as possible. We are fully committed to finding a positive outcome for the project and we are doing everything we can to minimise the impact of B&W's withdrawal in order to protect the project's workforce, local sub-contractors and the wider community.\"\nThursday, December 1st, 2016\nIt's nearly 12 months since the Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Councillor Bob Cook, broke ground at the Port Clarence Energy Plant and since then, significant progress with its construction has been made. 60% of the civil engineering work and 90% of the steel work have been completed, and the plant remains on course to enter operation in the early part of 2018.\nThere are currently more than 100 people working on the project, and this number will increase to around 275 people within the next 3-4 months. The construction of the plant is being led by Babcock Wilcox Lagan in partnership with Eco2, with a number of local firms working on the many different aspects of the scheme. For example, a Guisbrough company (Booths) has carried out steel supply and installation, Midas (based in Thornaby) is undertaking the cladding work and Middlesbrough's Lionweld Kennedy has installed mesh flooring for the plant.\nBy the early summer of next year (2017), the turbine hall and transformer room will be completed, and the main turbine and generator will both be installed. In addition, the construction of the plant's fuel store will have been finished as well as much of the boiler pipework.\nThe 40MW plant, owned by Glennmont Partners, is being built on land which had lain empty for many years; the site is situated on the north bank of the River Tees, close to the Transporter Bridge. Fuelled by waste wood, Port Clarence Energy will generate electricity for the equivalent of 75,000 homes across the Tees Valley and elsewhere in the North East.\nWSP Parsons Brinckerhoff appointed to \u00a3160m biomass plant in Teesside\nMonday, February 1st, 2016\nWSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has been appointed by Glennmont Partners to provide design and engineering services on the \u00a3160 million biomass plant in Teesside. Set to enter commercial operation in 2018, the Port Clarence Renewable Energy Plant will generate electricity to power around 75,000 homes across the Tees Valley and in the North East, as well as create 300 jobs at the peak of the construction period.\nLocal engineers from WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff's Middlesbrough office are providing project management, programme and design review and supervising the construction of the biomass plant from start to completion. The construction of the plant is carried out by a Babcock & Wilcox Volund and Lagan Construction Group JV in partnership with Eco2.\nBiomass is an important source of renewable energy using material derived from living, or recently living organisms such as wood, plants and animal waste to generate electricity. In Q4 2015, electricity generation from biomass provided 7% of the UK's overall renewable energy production.\nThe Port Clarence Energy project will predominantly use waste from wood chips. The remaining feedstock will be sourced from construction, demolition and civic amenities sites as well as packaging, meaning that the plant will have very limited carbon footprint.\nPhil Morland, energy project manager at WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff said: \"This low carbon development is important as an addition to the North East economy and for helping the UK achieve its 2020 renewable energy targets. We are working collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure that the project meets and exceeds our client's expectations.\"\nWSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has successfully worked on high profile energy and renewables projects from site energy surveys to complete energy management programmes, long term energy strategies to detailed planning, design and engineering service; including the development of the Eden Deep Geothermal Plant, Gateshead District Energy Centre and most recently secured planning for two power stations in Suffolk and Wales on behalf of Watt Power.\nConstruction works starts at Port Clarence Renewable Energy Plant\nThe Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Councillor Bob Cook, has broken ground at the Port Clarence Renewable Energy Plant, a new \u00a3160m power station that will enter commercial operation in 2018.\nPort Clarence Energy is owned by Glennmont Partners, a UK financial institution with interests in renewable energy projects elsewhere in the UK and across Europe.\nThe 40MW plant is being built on land which has lain empty for many years and which is situated on the north bank of the River Tees, close to the Transporter Bridge. Fuelled by waste wood, the power station will generate electricity for the equivalent of 75,000 homes across the Tees Valley and elsewhere in the North East.\nThe construction of the plant is being carried out by Babcock Wilcox Lagan in partnership with Eco2, the company that originated and secured planning for the Port Clarence Energy plant in 2014. There are currently 40 people employed on the site and this is expected to rise to 300 people at the peak of the construction period. Once operational in 2018, the scheme will directly employ 30 people.\nLeader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Councillor Bob Cook, said: \"Glennmont's investment in our Borough is certainly welcomed as through the introduction of technologies such as biomass they can help grow our economy and create jobs for local people. I am delighted to see the Port Clarence Energy project begin to come to fruition and I'm looking forward to residents and businesses benefitting from the energy it will produce.\n\"The Council is committed to working with the private sector to help them explore opportunities to develop renewable energy products like this which will help to reduce carbon emissions.\"\nMurray Paterson, UK Biomass Manager at Glennmont Partners said: \"The existing road and electrical infrastructure makes the Port Clarence area an ideal location for our renewable energy facility. We greatly appreciate the support that Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has given to the project so far and we will work closely with the Council through the project's construction and eventual operation. The Port Clarence Energy scheme will mean new jobs being created but equally important, it will be generating renewable energy from waste wood that would otherwise have gone to landfill. Port Clarence Energy is good for the local economy and the local environment.\"\nGlennmont completes purchase of 40MW biomass project\nWednesday, October 7th, 2015\nGlennmont Partners has completed the purchase of the Port Clarence Energy Project on behalf of its clean energy fund, Glennmont Clean Energy Fund Europe II (\"The Fund\"), in an \u00a3160m deal.\nThe Port Clarence Energy Project will see a new biomass power generation plant built at Port Clarence, Stockton-on-Tees, providing 40MW of CHP-enabled renewable energy to the UK Energy market.\nThe plant is expected to become operational during the first quarter of 2018. The purchase and further construction of the Port Clarence Energy Project is being supported and debt arranged by Deutsche Bank and Danske Bank with the support of EKF, the export credit agency of Denmark.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Sherrie Rollins Westin\nPresident of Social Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop\nSherrie Westin is President of Social Impact and Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street. She leads the Workshop's efforts to serve vulnerable children through mass media and targeted initiatives in the United States and around the world. Westin serves as Sesame Workshop's chief mission ambassador, raising awareness, developing strategic partnerships, and cultivating philanthropic support to further the Workshop's mission to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.\nWestin spearheaded a partnership to create the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response, bringing critical education and nurturing care to refugee children in the Syrian response region. Working with the International Rescue Committee, she led Sesame Workshop's efforts to compete for and win a historic $100 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to fund this work. With an additional 100M grant from The LEGO Foundation, this initiative has expanded to Bangladesh. She also oversees Sesame Street in Communities, Sesame's comprehensive initiative designed to give children the tools they need to overcome traumatic experiences.\nWestin was named a \"Leading Global Thinker\" by Foreign Policy Magazine and one of Fast Company's \"100 Most Creative People in Business\" and was recognized with the Smithsonian's \"American Ingenuity Award\". A staunch advocate for addressing children's needs, she regularly appears on major media outlets with Sesame Street's iconic Muppets promoting Sesame's social impact initiatives around the world.\nWestin has held leadership positions in media, nonprofit, and public service. She was Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for President George H.W. Bush, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and held senior positions at the ABC Television Network and U.S. News & World Report.\nWestin serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and Communities in Schools. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Afghan Women's Council, and the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) Advisory Board.\nWestin is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Concordia College in New York. She lives in Bronxville, New York with her husband David and her children, Lily and David.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"philanthropist.com\nCelebrating Philanthropy\nAdelia Gram Is Taking A Bite Out Of Shelters, One Dog At A Time\nEmma Claire Everett | February 19, 2021\nAdelia Gram's kind heart drives her passion for bettering the lives of all creatures. As the founder of Gram Rescue Ranch (GRR) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Adelia's love of dogs has led her development of the nonprofit animal rescue.\nBorn and raised in Winston-Salem, Adelia attended Salem College, Guilford College and Wake Forest University. She is a dedicated volunteer to those in need, both in her community and abroad, although the majority of her service is currently based in animal rescue.\n\"My husband, Randy, and I supported Meals on Wheels in Winston-Salem prior to helping animals through Gram Rescue Ranch,\" Adelia said. \"That's the other passion we maintain \u2014 that no one should be hungry. Our volunteer work with them was a definite precursor to GRR. Randy delivered food throughout different areas of Winston-Salem, and the first time he came home afterwards, he told me about the wide range of people in our city who were constantly hungry. I hadn't truly realized it before, but many people were in such need that they would ask him if he had just an extra sandwich or apple in his van. So, he started going to the store and buying extra treats, like cakes or sandwiches or candies, and giving them to those people. And, when he came to a home that had a dog, he would give a bag of dog food.\"\nAdelia said that was one of her personal incentives for GRR, realizing it wasn't just people who were going hungry, but their animals, too. When Meals on Wheels found out what her husband was doing, they told him he should not be providing the extra food at his expense alone. They then added pet food to their deliveries.\nAlso, after starting GRR, Adelia said she expanded her volunteer work into Jamaica with the intention of helping animals; however, she soon came to realize the needs of the local people there were far greater, so she also spent time providing other volunteer services.\n\"That's just some of the volunteer work I've been able to do outside of my community,\" she said.\nThough Adelia first initiated her animal rescue efforts in November 2006, she said her love of dogs began much earlier: \"I've always been passionate about dogs. My mother told me that the very first sentence I was able to string together as a toddler was, 'Uh-oh, there goes the doggy!' I was keenly focused on them from a very young age, and my passion for them has only grown through helping the ones in need.\"\nSAVING ONE DOG AT A TIME\nWhile the first rescues of Gram Rescue Ranch took place in 2006 and the following years through Adelia's personal efforts, she was able to establish the 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2012. She said it became apparent during the first six years, when GRR was not fully established, they would need larger levels of assistance as a recognized nonprofit since their volume of rescues was greatly increasing.\nAdelia said part of what influenced her motivation to start GRR was due to the shock she felt after learning new information about animal shelters in 2006.\n\"In November I came home to visit my mother, and we were watching the local news,\" she said. \"There was a newscaster who informed viewers of the large number of dogs and cats that were going to be euthanized at Forsyth County Animal Control on Friday. It was the middle of the week when we were watching it, and I looked at my mom and said, 'We need to go get some dogs.' So, we went over and grabbed six dogs who were about to be euthanized and took them to a local veterinarian to get their shots and help them find homes. That's how I got into it as an average citizen, and I really relaxed after that first week thinking that I had solved the problem. I didn't realize that it was an ongoing, cyclical issue that took place every week.\n\"But, after learning that, we went back, loaded up another van full of dogs, and it just kept going on like that for the first little bit. After a while, we began to go to the animal control facilities, found homes on our own, and I learned about the efforts it would take to find qualified adopters for every dog. Throughout the past 15 years, we've kept true to our original goal of saving the ones in danger of being euthanized. We tend to take in ones who appear to be less desirable or have behavioral or medical issues, and we try to get them the help they need. We are not breed specific, and though we're called Gram Rescue Ranch, we actually have many dogs in different places \u2014 at a vineyard in town, other foster homes and even my own house \u2014 until we're able to find them their own loving homes.\"\nSince GRR began only after Adelia learned of the desperate need to save dogs from euthanasia, she said she hopes the same drive she has to save animals can be passed onto others.\n\"As a regular citizen, I did not know that animal shelters euthanized companion animals so regularly until I saw that piece on the news,\" she said. \"I think many people don't realize it. The name shelter is a bit deceptive; it suggests that it's a safe haven for the animals. And it is safe for them the first few days after their arrival, and it is for the cuter and smaller ones who are more likely to be adopted. But the senior dogs, larger dogs, typically even black dogs are much less popular \u2026 they all have a harder time being adopted and are therefore euthanized every week in rural counties. There is a definite societal problem of overpopulation for which our lawmakers have not yet come up with a solution.\"\nAlthough Gram Rescue Ranch focuses solely on saving dogs in Winston-Salem and surrounding areas, the mission of the nonprofit touches on a much larger issue.\n\"The overpopulation of domestic animals is an issue globally,\" Adelia said. \"Seeing it in the U.S. in particular, along with the continuing knowledge that our government does not carry out sufficient assistance to protect their lives, has made it evident that the private sector needs to step in and help. That is why individuals such as myself and other rescues are a necessary step toward endeavoring to save these animals' lives. Our animal control facilities are often not large or well-funded enough, which is why it is so crucial that the private sector has support from volunteers and donors. Similar to our children and the elderly, these companion animals need our support to live. That is why I feel compelled to help. If every citizen would just do a little bit, our animal control facilities would not be so burdened.\"\nWhen reflecting on the first dog she rescued in 2006, Adelia said many of the dogs remain in her heart even after they have been adopted by loving homes.\n\"On my first trip to Forsyth Animal Shelter, I learned that they have two showcase windows where they put dogs that are going to be put down soon as a last-ditch effort to find them a home,\" she said. \"The first one I rescued I saw in one of those windows, a 6-month-old puppy named Rusty. He ran away from the first home we found him, so we took him to Forsyth Humane Society. Rusty stayed there for over six weeks, and my mother and I went to see him one day, and he was so forlorn he wouldn't even take a treat from us. We knew he wanted to leave, but as a Pitbull\/German Shepherd-mix he wasn't likely to be adopted soon. So, we decided to keep him, and he actually lived out the rest of his days on our farm. It was wonderful to see him often and always be reminded of that first group of rescue dogs from 2006, though with most others I'm only able to see a photo every once in a while. That's definitely the most rewarding and difficult part of animal rescue \u2014 fostering and adoption. When I foster the dogs before finding their forever home, they worm their way into my heart very quickly. Becoming attached to such delightful fosters can be so amazing when we find them qualified adopters, though it is simultaneously very very difficult. When the adopters come to pick up their dog, it is hard to let them go, and similar to little children with a new babysitter, at first you see their stricken face as they're driving away, but by evening they're in a new home entranced by new toys and interesting stimuli. I'm always very happy when I receive a photograph and see that all is well in their world.\"\nMESSAGES TO SHARE\nAdelia shared she has seen the goals of Gram Rescue Ranch carried out in other areas of the U.S., which has driven her even further to imagine new possibilities for the Winston-Salem area.\n\"After moving to Austin, Texas, in 2003, our cat went missing,\" she said. \"When we went to the animal control facility there, I tearfully learned about the same issues of overpopulation I saw more of here in Winston-Salem. But, over the last 17 years, I've recognized Austin's local government carrying out better management of their animals, leading that same facility and surrounding shelters to now be no-kill establishments. It's so rewarding to see that our efforts really do matter, and there are so many wonderful things to be accomplished for companion animals in our country.\"\nAs Gram Rescue Ranch continues to expand and increasingly benefit dogs in need, Adelia said their need for support in the Winston-Salem area has grown, as well.\n\"Because we're a smaller nonprofit, people don't often know the work we do,\" she said. \"But I'm hopeful more people will gain awareness of the issue of overpopulation in our shelters and support our mission. My work with GRR has allowed me to be a voice for the voiceless and dedicate myself to bettering these situations of neglect, but we can only make true progress with the help of others. As Gram Rescue Ranch has grown, our financial need has grown, and we cannot continue to do our work at the same level without support from volunteers and donors.\"\nAdelia emphasized that any benevolent act for GRR can make all the difference, and that she is hopeful people will understand the change possible through their actions.\n\"To anyone who is considering volunteering with \u2014 or donating to \u2014 Gram Rescue Ranch, please know that every little bit helps,\" she said. \"The need is great for these animals. Many are in need of safe homes, and the veterinary care to keep them healthy is increasingly expensive. Through no fault of their own, just for being lost or unwanted, they are being euthanized at an unprecedented rate. Canine love is pure, deep and uncomplicated. By carrying out acts of volunteerism or donating small gifts, you can save the lives of these innocent animals in need and make an impact.\"\nFor more information on how to support Gram Rescue Ranch and its mission, visit GramRescueRanch.org\nPhilanthropist.com was founded with the belief that not all philanthropy is about money and donations. We are committed to honoring philanthropists with profiles celebrating their amazing acts of generosity \u2014 whether time, talents or money \u2014 in our communities and around the world. Learn More\nJoin our mailing list for the latest information and inspiration.\nVisit Us Online\n\u00a9 Copyright 2022 Philanthropist.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Contact Us","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"UID Sneak Peek: Mike Marks on the New Digital Reality of Distribution\nBy Mike Marks\nIndian River Consulting Group Managing Partner Mike Marks is one of the permanent faculty members at the University of Innovative Distribution (UID). He helps define and lead courses in operations, executive management, sales, marketing and more. The program is tailored to wholesale distributors and manufacturers selling through wholesale distribution, and focused on developing actionable plans.\nMike is presenting three sessions at the 2020 event:\nEmerging Trends in Supply Chain Management\nBig Data Analytics for Wholesaler-Distributors\nDistribution in a Post-Amazon World\nIn this interview, Mike shares what he's looking forward to at this year's UID.\nWhy are you excited to present at UID?\nEver since UID started at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, UID has been described as getting an MBA in distribution in a single week. The thing I'm excited most about this year is we've made a big upgrade to the entire program. We've upgraded a lot of the staff, probably 20% change from last year. There's more focus on technology and social media than in the past. There are 56 courses, and we're the only firm that will have four different instructors present. That's a big compliment.\nTell us a bit about your course, \"Big Data Analytics for the Wholesale-Distributor.\"\nThis course is focused on practical examples and useful models to improve decision making with big data for today's distributor. Most distributors are in an echo chamber. Nobody has any data to make decisions. When we talk about analytics, it's not about buying, but making better decisions. Part of this is simply making the most of existing software. Most distributors have an ERP package to do invoicing and check stock. But most users are only using 25% of their ERP capabilities. In this course, I encourage distributors to find the area where they are most challenged, such as low margins, and I help them come up with ways to use data and analytics to make better decisions.\nTechnology is going to be a big part of this year's program. You're also teaching a course on \"Distribution in a Post-Amazon World.\"\nYes. Digital is everywhere. And most distributors think they need to look like Amazon. Yet, we are still analog beings living in an ever-increasing digital world. Don't try to out-Amazon Amazon. Rather, learn to play the digital game in your own industry, and find out how to build a B2B technology strategy that will bring you to the top of your game \u2014 which is much different than beating Amazon.\nFinally, you'll be teaching about innovations in supply chain management. What can students expect from this course?\nSupply chain has always been an analytical process, not a sales process. This workshop will look at the concepts of value and price, and how negotiation can cloud real data. After all, the customer usually wants the best supplier's item at worst supplier's price. This course will put the data on the table, remove the inefficiencies from the channel, and seek ways to reduce waste while still getting the customer a great price.\nMike Marks\nMike Marks co-founded IRCG in April 1987. He began his consulting practice after working in distribution management for more than 20 years. Over the years, his narrow focus in B2B channel-driven markets has created an extensive number of deep executive relationships within virtually every business vertical in construction, industrial, OEM, agricultural, and healthcare.\nMike has led project teams that improve market access by aligning resources to growth opportunities serving manufacturers, dealers, and distributors. Clients have ranged from small privately owned firms to many of the industry's market share leaders. Ownership structures have included owner-operators, private equity, ESOPs, and publicly traded firms. Mike is proud of the teams work and the confidence clients have shown with additional project work.\nHe has written extensively, and is frequently quoted on many industry issues. He has substantial board experience on both public and private distribution firms. His contributions to the field include serving multiple terms as a Research Fellow with the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, permanent faculty at Purdue University's University of Industrial Distribution, eight years as Graduate Adjunct Faculty in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A & M University, and rendering several precedent-setting expert opinions in contract disputes between manufacturers and distributors.\nPrior to forming IRCG, Mike held the position of Executive Vice President at Lex Electronics, an $800 million vertically integrated electronics distributor in Stamford, CT. Mike's path to management in his early career was through increasing responsibilities in sales and sales management. He also completed a tour of duty as a manufacturer's representative.\nmmarks@ircg.com | https:\/\/www.ircg.com\nPrevPreviousUID Sneak Peek: Dan Horan on Building an Intentional Brand\nNextFree Webinar: Real Strategies for Distribution SuccessNext","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Entries in photonic integrated circuits (4)\nLumentum jolts the industry with Oclaro acquisition\nTuesday, March 13, 2018 at 3:19PM\nLumentum announced on Monday its plan to acquire Oclaro in a deal worth $1.8 billion.\nThe prospect of consolidation among optical component players has long been mooted yet the announcement provided the first big news jolt at the OFC show, being held in San Diego this week.\nAlan Lowe\"Combined, we will be an industry leader in telecom transmission and transport as well as 3D sensing,\" said Alan Lowe, president and CEO of Lumentum, on an analyst call discussing the deal.\nLumentum says their joint revenues totalled $1.7 billion with a 39% gross margin over the last year. And $60 million in synergies are forecast in the second year after the deal closes, which is expected to happen later this year.\nThe $1.8 billion acquisition will comprise 56 percent cash and 44 percent Lumentum stock. Lumentum will also raise $550 million to help finance the deal.\n\"This is a big deal as it consolidates the telecom part of the component market,\" says Daryl Inniss, business development manager at OFS Fitel and former market research analyst.\ntagged 3D sensing, Alan Lowe, Coherent, Greg Dougherty, Lumentum, Oclaro, indium phosphide, photonic integrated circuits, transmission, transport in OFC 2018, silicon photonics Print Article\nElenion unveiled as a silicon photonics PIC company\nTuesday, December 27, 2016 at 5:13PM\nElenion Technologies is making silicon photonics-based photonic integrated circuits\nThe company has been active for two and a half years and has products already deployed\nA privately-owned silicon photonics company that is already shipping products has dropped its state of secrecy to announce itself. Elenion Technologies is owned by Marlin Equity Partners, the investment firm that also owns systems vendor, Coriant.\n\"We are in the [optical] engine business,\" says Larry Schwerin, CEO of Elenion Technologies. \"We are developing a platform leveraging silicon photonics but we have other capabilities.\"\nLarry SchwerinElenion's expertise includes indium phosphide, radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), packaging, and driver and control electronics circuit design. The RFIC expertise suggests the company also plans to address the mobility market.\nThe company will detail its first products prior to the OFC show next March.\n1 Comment | Share Article | Email Article\ntagged Coriant, Elenion Technologies, Larry Schwerin, Marlin Equity Partners, Michael Hochberg, photonic integrated circuits in OFC 2017, silicon photonics Print Article\nUS invests $610 million to spur integrated photonics\nThursday, September 10, 2015 at 9:52AM\nThe US government has set up its latest manufacturing initiative, the sixth of nine, to address photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The $610 million venture is a combination of public and private funding: $110 million from the Department of Defense, $250 million from the state of New York and the rest private contributions.\nProf. Duncan Moore\nDubbed the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), the venture has attracted 124 partners includes 20 universities and over 50 companies.\nThe manufacturing innovation institute will be based in Rochester, New York, and will be led by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York. A key goal is that the manufacturing institute will continue after the initiative is completed in early 2021.\ntagged AIM Photonics, Group IV photonics, indium phosphide, photonic integrated circuits, silicon photonics Print Article\nLightwave magazine guest blog\nWednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:53AM\nIs photonic integration market disruptive? Click here.\ntagged Infinera, Lightwave, Nortel, Photonic integration, photonic integrated circuits in Blog Print Article","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home \u00bb Romeo & Juliet\nNew Theater\nA timely update to a Shakespearean classic will be staged as Crossroads Repertory Theatre presents \"Romeo and Juliet\" starting June 28 at Indiana State University.\nIt's 2032 Verona, Ohio: The Capulets and the Montagues have been feuding as long as anyone can remember, and there is always the threat of violence. But this time it's not just a family fight, said director and Indiana State alumna Lauren Morris, '01. It's a global conflict that has caused death and destruction and left people deeply scarred.\n\"It's about 'the other.' It's about us versus them. We live in a time when that feeling is very, very real and very, very personal and very, very dangerous,\" Morris said. \"Romeo and Juliet is a great lens through which to look at that.\"\n\"Romeo and Juliet\" runs at 7:30 p.m. June 28-29, July 11-12 and 3 p.m. June 29-30 at New Theater on the Indiana State campus.\nFlex passes of four tickets, which are good for any show, are $64 each, and single-production tickets are $16-20 for general admission. For more information about this summer's season or to buy tickets, go to crossroadsrep.com or call the box office at 812-237-3333.\nFor more information: https:\/\/www2.indstate.edu\/news\/news.php?newsid=5255","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Any Price (22) Under $100 (20) $100-499 (2)\nCOSMOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND THE ENRGY OF GOD.\nBowman, Donna; Clayton Crockett.\nNew York: Fordham, 2012. First printing. 201 pages. More\nTHE ELDER BROTHERS.: A Lost South American People and their Message about the Fate of the Earth\nEreira, Alan.\nNew York: Knopf, 1992. First U.S. edition. 17 color photographs; 243 pages. More\nASKING FOR THE EARTH: WAKING UP TO THE SPIRITUAL\/ECOLOGICAL CRISIS.\nGeorge, James.\nElement, 1995. Preface by H.H. The Dalai Lama; Foreword by Maurice Strong; 199 pages. More\nTHE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES.\nGiono, Jean.\nWhite River Junction: Chelsea Green, 1985. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy; Afterword by Norma L. Goodrich; 52 pages. More\nBEYOND GLOBALIZATION: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy\nHenderson, Hazel.\nKumarian, 1999. 88 pages. More\nTECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES IN FOREST TREE ECOPHYSIOLOGY.\nLassoie, James P.; Thomas M. Hinckley (eds.).\nCRC Press, 1991. First printing. 599 pages. More\nTHE LAST FOREST: THE AMAZON IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION.\nLondon, Mark; Brian Kelly.\nNew York: Random House, 2007. First edition. 312 pages. More\nCLIMATE CAPITALISM: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change\nLovins, L. Hunter; Boyd Cohen.\nNew York: Hill and Wang, 2011. First printing. 390 pages. More\nLIGHT: PARABOLA, VOLUME 26, NO. 2; SUMMER, 2001.\nLusseyran, Jacques; Huston Smith; Rama Devagupta; David Fideler; David Appelbaum (ed.).\nNew York: 2001. Contains \"Mixing Matter and Energy\" - Photographs by Walter Chappell; text by Riversong Chappell; \"T\u00edr na Sorcha\" by Mara Freeman - The radiance of the Celtic Otherworld; \"On the First Day\" by Howard Schwartz - How things become visible; \"Festivals of Fire and Flame\" by Suzan Donleavy-Johnston..... More\nHOLY EARTH: PARABOLA, VOL. 32, NO. 3, FALL 2007.\nMaathai, Wangari; David Sandler; Briogh na Greinne; John Daido Loori; Christopher Bamford; Joyce Kornblatt; Jeff Zaleski (ed.).\nNew York: 2007. Contents include A Place of Prophets by David Sander - A journey into the living heart of tradition, The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus Sir Isaac Newton, trans. - As above, so below, The Tree of Life - An interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai..... More\nMUTANT MESSAGE DOWNUNDER.\nMorgan, Marlo.\nLee Summit: MM CO, 1991. Second printing. Gift inscription signed by the author; 165 pages. More\nTROUBLED WATERS: TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE HUDSON RIVER.\nMoskowitz, Paul; Walter Hang; Jay Silberman; Donald Ross; Joseph Highland.\nNew York: Environmental Defense Fund, 1977. unpaginated, approx. 140 pages. More\nBATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF THE SCOTTISH FRESH-WATER LOCHS DURING THE YEARS 1897 TO 1909: Report on the Scientific Results (Volume 1)\nMurray, John; Laurence Pullar.\nEdinburgh: Challenger Office, 1910. First edition. lviii, 785 pages plus eight black-and-white phots and two folding color maps. More\nAN UNKNOWN WORLD: Notes on the Meaning of the Earth\nNeedleman, Jacob.\n2012. First printing. 240 pages. What is the purpose of life on Earth? Jacob Needleman frames man's role on the planet in a completely new and fresh way, moving beyond the usual environmental concerns to reveal how the care and maintenance of a world is something vital and basic to..... More\nTECHNOSCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement\nOttinger, Gwen; Benjamin R. Cohen.\nMIT, 20011. First edition. Urban and Industrial Environments Series; 306 pages. Technoscience and Environmental Justice first examines the scientific practices and identities of technical experts who work with environmental justice organizations, whether by becoming activists themselves or by sharing scientific information with communities. It then explore scientists' and engineers' activities..... More\nLAUDATO SI': ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME: Encyclical Letter\nPope Francis.\nThe Word Among Us, 2015. Includes Study Guide; 189 pages. More\nON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME: Laudati Si'\nWashington: USCCB, 2015. 128 pages. More\nBIOSPHERE POLITICS: A Cultural Odyssey from the Middle Ages to the New Age\nRifkin, Jeremy.\nSan Francisco: Harper Collins, 1992. First edition. 388 pages. More\nTHIS I BELIEVE AND OTHER ESSAYS.\nSchumacher, E.F.\nResurgence, 1998. 223 pages. More\nTHE JOURNAL OF THE NEW ALCHEMISTS.\nTodd, Nancy Jack (ed.).\nWoods Hole, MA: New Alchemy Institute, 1977. No issue number stated, assume it is No. 5; 12\" x 8.75\" paperback; 148 pages. More\nDARKENING OF THE LIGHT: Witnessing the End of an Era\nVaughen-Lee, Llewellyn.\nGolden Sufi Center, 2013. 164 pages. Over the last decade or more we have become increasingly aware of how our materialistic, energy-intensive civilization has been destroying the fragile balance of the web of life that has sustained humanity and all living beings for millennia. Yet, while spiritual teachings tell us..... More\nECOTOXICOLOGY: RESPONSE, BIOMARKERS AND RISK ASSESSMENT.\nZelikoff, Judith T.\nFair Haven, NJ: SOS Publications for OECD, 1997. First printing. Thirty two papers from the 1996 meeting of ecotoxicologists\/environmental toxicologists sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); 534 pages, plus 18 pages of roundtable discussion. More","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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If you like what we do then please help us to keep doing it with a one-time or monthly donation today...\nElectric vehicles are the Net Zero Zealots' nightmare\nNew Zealand media rolls out the narrative that Jacinda Ardern is a courageous victim of trolling\nDoctors and scientists gathered in Stockholm for a conference on 'Pandemic Strategies Lessons and Consequences'\nCare home resident forcibly restrained by Carers and vaccinated against her will with experimental Covid jab\nBy The Expos\u00e9 on April 20, 2021 \u2022 ( 2 Comments )\nA woman in her 50's was recently forcibly pinned down by three care home staff , whilst a fourth order a nurse inject her with the experimental Coronavirus vaccine.\nThe incident took place at Millport Care Centre on the Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland, with two of the staff since being suspended from their roles. The home houses around twenty-seven adults with learning difficulties.\nThe Care Inspectorate has been made aware of the incident but has only told the company which owns the care home that \"it must improve\".\nA spokeswoman for the watchdog said: \"We are aware of concerns raised. We recently inspected the service and issued an improvement notice on April 2 that details areas of care that need to improve.\n\"We continue to monitor the service and are liaising closely with the local health and social care partnership.\"\nA spokesperson for Sanctuary Care said: \"While we are \u00addisappointed at this news and sorry the care has fallen short of the standards we expect, we have taken immediate action to address some of the concerns and are working closely with North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership and the Care \u00adInspectorate to make \u00adimprovements to the quality of care.\n\"We remain committed to \u00addelivering a service that is centred on our residents' wellbeing and happiness, and can reassure their families that our staff are working to ensure everyone at the home receives the high standard of care they deserve.\"\nNHS Ayrshire & Arran, for whom the nurse is believed to work, would only say the nurse did not work for the local hospital on the island, adding: \"It would be \u00adinappropriate for us to comment any further at this time.\"\nOne of the staff who works at Millport Care Centre said \"It is horrendous what is going on just now, the door was open so people walking past saw what was going on. The nurse said she wasn't comfortable injecting her like that but she was told 'Just hurry up and do it'. I think she was a bit intimidated\"\nThe Care Inspectorate warned that unless there is marked improvement at Millport Care Centre it will cancel the home's registration.\nSubscribe now to make sure you receive the latest uncensored news in your inbox\u2026\nWE URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP\u2026\nWe're not funded by the Government\nto publish lies & propaganda on their\nbehalf like the mainstream media.\nInstead, we rely solely on our support. So\nplease support us in our efforts to bring you\nhonest, reliable, investigative journalism\ntoday. 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+{"text":"Substance Abuse Treatment for Troubled Teens Wyoming, MI\nHome Substance Abuse Treatment for Troubled Teens Substance Abuse Treatment for Troubled Teens MI Substance Abuse Treatment for Troubled Teens Wyoming, MI\nFinding Substance Abuse Treatment in Wyoming, MI for Troubled Boys and Troubled Girls\nIn every city and town across the United States, there are desperate parents searching for effective substance abuse treatment for troubled boys and troubled girls, including parents in Wyoming, MI. Desperate doesn't even describe their situation. You could also use the words despair, distraught, and discouraged. It's our job at MyTroubledTeen to coach, guide, and assist parents of troubled teens from Wyoming, MI to find the best-suited substance abuse treatment program near Wyoming, MI.\nOur recommendation to parents: Before choosing a substance abuse treatment program near Wyoming, MI, understand the best substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents are owned and operated by people who truly care, people who are on a quest to make a difference, and professional people focused on positive outcomes. Failure is not an option, and the top substance abuse treatment programs near Wyoming, MI have proven their cause is more important than their profits.\nTherefore, it is our recommendation to parents is that you start your search by calling MyTroubledTeen. We can help you whittle down your list of viable substance abuse treatment centers for troubled teens in Wyoming, MI and come to the right final choice.\nThere are more than enough substance abuse counselors in Wyoming, MI. Having plenty of viable options is not the problem. The problem is knowing which program best fits your child's specific treatment needs. Desperate parents in immediate crisis often connect with the wrong substance abuse rehab program. Unfortunately, the sense of urgency to seek immediate help can cause more harm than help.\nDue Diligence is The Difference Between Success and Failure\nFinding the right Wyoming, MI substance abuse treatment program requires time, thorough research, and diligence. The pressure to make a quick decision is immense and understandable. Getting an authentic referral is in short supply when your troubled teen is spinning out of control. When pressured parents feel as though they've reached a point of \"life\" or \"death,\" they are vulnerable to making bad choices for therapeutic intervention. Therefore, without hesitation, we recommend to parents that they do your homework, or seek the professional guidance of the MyTroubledTeen Family Advocates - Call 866-492-9454.\nThe Most Common Mistakes When Seeking Substance Abuse Treatment near Wyoming, MI\nWell-meaning parents are vulnerable to making common mistakes in an effort to find the right substance abuse treatment option in or near Wyoming, MI. The most common mistakes include; picking a substance abuse counselor or drug rehab impulsively without doing the research; selecting a service that is not designed to meet your teen's unique circumstances; selecting a program whose methods are not grounded in sound therapeutic methods; and selecting a program or service primarily because it is close to home or the least expenses. There are so many factors involved that parents are better suited to make the right choice when they have expert help and guidance.\nWhen looking for treatment options for troubled teens caught up in substance abusive remember that there are many underlying problems that have led to the substance abuse. Meaning, your boy or girl may need more than basic substance abuse counseling. After the initial substance abuse intervention, most troubled teens can greatly benefit by attending a wilderness therapy camp or enroll into a therapeutic boarding school. Sometimes, the substance abuse issue is only the tip of the iceberg and the troubled child needs long-term treatment. Residential-based therapeutic programs provide residential care, academics, and clinical treatment.\nGet Life-Saving Help for Teens from Wyoming, MI Who Are Struggling with Substance Abuse and More\nWhen troubled teens who have been abusing drugs or alcohol AND also abusive to parents, siblings, teachers, or general authority figures there is a lot more going on - and substance abuse is the sign and symptom of something much deeper. These struggling teens seem to be unreachable, but don't fret. We have worked with hundreds, if not thousands of parents of troubled teens and watched the unreachable soar in success.\nTroubled teens who are struggling with substance abuse can find life-saving help through substance abuse treatment programs. For parents of troubled teens who are searching for substance abuse treatment programs, but do not know where to start, you have come to the right place to receive the help you and your child needs.\nParents who are not familiar with the full range of available options should find competent, knowledgeable professionals who specialize in matching struggling teens with therapeutic programs. Call MyTroubledTeen and GET HELP NOW! 866-492-9454\nmental health support in Wyoming, MI for at-risk teens\nMyTroubledTeen is a choice online directory of therapeutic programs explicitly created by a collection of licensed and devoted behavioral health therapists, who have supported numerous parents and struggling teenagers from Wyoming, MI over the past twenty-plus years. Each one of us got our start in the behavioral and mental health therapy and rehabilitative therapy industry because our own adolescent had issues. MTT gives Wyoming, MI parents and families with an extensive catalog of boarding schools, therapeutic programs, and wilderness therapy programs in Wyoming, MI, and all across the country. Here at MTT, we understand the current challenges that teenage boys and girls are facing in today's culture. We can offer resources that help adolescent boys and girls take care of their behavioral, educational, and\/or social related struggles in a way that is both healthy and productive. Our valued clinicians and educational consultants are particularly familiar with the frequent obstacles teenage boys and girls take part in in Wyoming, MI; and our educational consultants are available to assist parents with the placement of their teenager child into the most fitting therapeutic program for an at-risk teen.\nOur commitment, passion, and motivation is to assist parents from Wyoming, MI; who have a struggling teenager that may be suffering from narcissistic behavior, gender dysphoria, and\/or alcohol abuse\/overuse issues and in need of reparation. As a superior comprehensive, online source of therapeutic schools, MTT's commitment and lifework is to offer support to parents and families from Wyoming, MI who are investigating the best organizations, treatment facilities, or licensed therapists around the country; that offer hope and restoring recovery for at-risk teens.\nEach of our educational consultants and clinicians have lived through the heart-wrenching crisis of a teenager child suffering from history of sexual abuse and\/or pain medication abuse\/addiction issues. Like all parents, we love our child too... and the great news is, there is a magnificent conclusion waiting for Wyoming, MI families and parents experiencing the unexpected disaster of a troubled adolescent; and it's our pleasure to give back! MyTroubledTeen is a superior online resource for the parent of a struggling adolescent, providing assistance to parents of at-risk teenage boys and girls from Wyoming, MI who are investigating the optimal therapeutic programs and rehabilitative therapy for their teenager child; who may be suffering from self-harming behaviors and\/or pornography addiction (online or magazines) issues. Call our licensed educational consultant at (866) 492-9454 or Get Help Now!\nMental and Emotional Health Disorders\nMental and Emotional Health of Troubled Teens Helpguide.org defines human \"mental\" and \"emotional health\" as being our perception of all things related to our...\nTreatment for Teen Girls Struggling with Depression\nDepression is a serious illness that is all too common in teens. It's true that any teenage girl could have feelings of being a little sad and blue once in...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home Tennis Canada News\nTebbutt: Swedes have brotherly wins\nwritten by: Tom Tebbutt\nMikael Ymer and Elias Ymer are fine tennis players but, especially after their victories in singles over Canada on Thursday, you also might not mind seeing them in track and field running the 100 metres.\nThe brothers are similar in their playing styles and maybe most remarkable is their ability to defend to the two-handed backhand side. Their speed and balance give them an ability to reach shots and return them aggressively that is rare on the tour.\nBut basically in the Pavilion Madrid Arena against their Canadian opponents, they did everything well in their singles wins on the opening day of the Davis Cup Finals against Team Canada presented by Sobeys. Elias defeated Steven Diez 6-4, 6-2 and Mikael followed up with a strong 6-4, 6-4 performance against Vasek Pospisil.\nIn the third match of the day, the Swedish doubles pairing of Andre Goransson and Robert Lindstedt edged the Canadian duo of Pospisil and Brayden Schnur 7-6(5), 6-4 to make it a 3-0 sweep for captain Robin Soderling's squad.\nPhoto: Martin Sidorjak\nThe opening singles could not have started better for the 30-year-old Diez, playing only his second live Davis Cup match for Canada (2010 in Colombia). He led 4-1 in the first set and had the 25-year-old Elias Ymer rattled.\nBut then after holding serve to 2-4, Ymer played two sensational points in breaking back to 3-4 \u2013 on the first he streaked to his right and flashed a terrific forehand cross-court passing shot winner and then two points later won a ra-ta-tat volley exchange at the net with Diez.\nBreaking back to 3-4, Ymer gained confidence and used his potent baseline game and quickness, which at times was amazing, to win 11 of the final 13 games.\nCredit to Diez, he was swinging from the hip and putting everything he could into his ground strokes right from the outset. It got him the lead. But once Ymer found his rhythm, he was always a step ahead. The No. 171-ranked Swede finished the hour and 27-minute match with a winners to unforced errors ratio of 18\/10 while No. 264 Diez was 7\/5.\n\"I was down 4-1 and I think Steven, he shocked me a bit and then I started to be more aggressive,\" Ymer said. \"I felt my forehand evolved during the match and I think that was the key.\"\nCanadian captain Frank Dancevic summed up, \"Elias played really well, was very aggressive. Steven was fighting right until the end but the other guy had a little too much firepower.\"\nAs was the case in the opening match, the early stages of Pospisil \u2013 Mikael Ymer proved to be telling. Serving to start the match, Pospisil survived six deuces and finally held serve in an 11-minute game. But two games later Ymer broke to 15, finishing with a forehand, wrong-footing winner.\nThat proved to be the difference in the set as the 23-year-old Swede held serve the rest of the way to wrap it up in 45 minutes.\nThe second set was more competitive and turned when Pospisil had his only break point of the match leading 3-2. Ymer hit a good serve and Pospisil misfired with a forehand return.\nA game later, as often happens in tennis after missing a break opportunity, Ymer broke serve to lead 4-3. He only lost two points in his final two service games to seal the victory in an hour and 29 minutes.\nThe break points stat reveals a lot about the closeness of the match-up \u2013 Ymer was 2\/2 and Pospisil 0\/1.\nYmer's superiority on serve \u2013 he won 70 per cent of second-serve points to just 48 per cent for Pospisil \u2013 was a major factor.\n\"Against someone like Vasek,\" Ymer said about his solid serving that also included winning 80 per cent of first serve points to 69 per cent for Pospisil, \"he's so good in his offence. It doesn't give me a lot of other options \u2013 especially with my tool box \u2013 than to try to counter. I think the serve helped today to not give him too many looks in my service games. It was key because he started being really offensive on my second serve.\"\nPospisil, who had to retire with a back issue trailing Denis Shapovalov 0-3 in the second round of Indian Wells last month, had only played two matches since then \u2013 losing to Americans Christopher Eubanks (No. 178) and Emilio Nava (No. 349) in Challenger events in Knoxville and Charlottesville earlier this month. He was asked if he came into Davis Cup a bit under-prepared.\n\"I wouldn't say that I was not prepared,\" he replied. \"I think today I didn't play badly \u2013 my opponent played well and I didn't play as well as I could have. On any given day you can play up to your standards or above them or a little bit below. Today I played a guy who was playing really well and I just didn't execute the way that I'd like to. But I felt fine out there.\"\nPospisil came out in good form for the doubles and he and Schnur were competitive against an inspired Lindstedt, 44 and in the final professional appearance of his career, and the 27-year-old Goransson.\nThe match started a little ragged with service breaks in four of the first five games before Pospisil held to make it 3-3. The set then went to a tiebreak and, as well as he was serving, hitting off the ground and volleying, a critical double fault by Schnur gave the Swedes a 4-2 lead they would not relinquish.\nPlay in the second set was more conventional doubles with both duos holding serve to 4-all. Then, with Pospisil serving at deuce, Lindstedt hit a miss-hit backhand service return that blooped over him and landed just inside the sideline. It was just that kind of day for Canadian players and a point later the Swedes broke to lead 5-4.\nIn the final game, Pospisil and Schnur survived two match points and even had a break point but Goransson saved it with a timely poach. Two points later Lindstedt hit an ace to sew up the victory.\n\"It was a couple of points that made the difference in doubles,\" Dancevic said in a Sportsnet interview. \"Vasek hit a few laser beams that just caught the tape throughout the match. And I feel like those four or five balls could have made a big difference in the match.\"\nAsked about the decision to play Diez in the opening singles, Dancevic said, \"he's playing really high quality tennis and he looked really sharp going in. As well Brayden wasn't feeling well two days before. It was a little bit of everything and the guy was playing well. I thought he deserved to play the first match.\"\nCanada now plays Kazakhstan on Sunday in its second and final Group B tie. The 3-0 loss to Sweden \u2013 and with no sets won \u2013 means qualifying as either the group winner or one of the two best records among the six group runners-up, will be a challenge.\nLooking ahead, Dancevic seemed to imply there could be a change in the No. 2 singles player. \"Brayden has adjusted with the doubles match,\" he said. \"It looks like he's in really good form, so we'll see what the matchups are with Kazakhstan.\"\nAs for Mikael Ymer's fine showing against Pospisil, Canadian fans may remember how good a player he is from his second-round match against F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime at Wimbledon this year. He played impressive tennis and the match was on serve in the third set when he fell and injured his leg \u2013 with Auger-Aliassime then going on to win 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1.\nAfter a rewarding initial match of his first Davis Cup Finals, he said about older brother Elias \u2013 they share an Ethiopian ancestry \u2013 \"regarding my brother, I was watching in the locker room and I was really proud because he played fantastic. I'm really happy he was able to play like this today.\"\nFeature Photos: Martin Sidorjak\nTweets du jour : Le Canada est de retour \u00e0 Madrid pour les Finales de la Coupe Davis\nAcross The Net: Kazakhstan\nJan 09, 2022 Canada sweeps Spain to clinch ATP Cup title\nJan 01, 2022 Schnur falls to Isner, Auger-Aliassime drops three-set thriller to Fritz at the ATP Cup\nDec 20, 2021 Tebbutt: 2021 Holiday Genius\/Joker Quiz","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Well, umm\nHow to explain this Honey:\nWhat's so \"unsexy\" about asexuality?\n\"Sexy\" is lubricious, gusset dampening, wood making.\nSomeone who's entirely uninterested in the whole subject ain't.\npreviousWell done that man, vry well done\nnextSo here's an interesting question\n23 thoughts on \"Well, umm\"\nChernyy_Drakon January 20, 2021 at 10:07 am\nWhy would someone who was asexual be worried about how sexy they are?\nI actually read that entire article.\nThese people seem very confused\u2026\nSteve January 20, 2021 at 10:28 am\nWell, fuck.\nIn many ways, acephobia resembles the homophobic reasoning that women only experience attraction to other women because \"Lesbians are 'ugly' women who can't land men.\nTrue, true. Some of them aren't munters, they were just molestered by Uncle Ernie. (A fatwa on \"ebolaphiles\", btw)\nRou\u00e9 le Jour January 20, 2021 at 10:44 am\nThey both look gay to me, to be honest.\nAllosexuals [Note: people whose sex glands are lubricated by images of Gorden Kaye] need to stop using the word asexual as an insult\nAgreed, what's wrong with traditional British insults, such as calling somebody a spacker, mong, or as we 80's kids discovered one magical day in front of the 14 inch portable telly, Joey Deacon?\nIn 1981, during the last year of his life, Deacon was featured on the children's magazine programme Blue Peter for the International Year of the Disabled. He was presented as an example of a person who had achieved a lot in spite of his disabilities.\nDespite the sensitive way in which Blue Peter covered his life, the impact on the public was not entirely as intended. The sights and sounds of Deacon's distinctive speech and mannerisms were picked up on by children and he quickly became a figure of ridicule in school playgrounds across the country, the term \"Joey\" being used as an insult for a person perceived to be stupid.[4][5]\nChildren are absolutely merciless little bastards, and that is why we need a National Bullying Taskforce led by our nation's cruelest children, to come up with better slurs for pathetic weirdo non-sex-havers.\nThe Meissen Bison January 20, 2021 at 11:02 am\nSteve \u2013 is that how Ernie acquired his reputation as the fastest milkman in the west?\nAllosexuals? Men who like ringing adult chat lines in France?\nMC January 20, 2021 at 11:24 am\nSurely asexuals are by definition unsexy?\nMarried couple Meagan and Jeremiah Douberly, childhood sweethearts who are asexual\nAre they really? Looks like they are both in denial about him being gay.\nTim Worstall January 20, 2021 at 11:30 am\nOne of them is, I believe, a woman\u2026\u2026.\nRou\u00e9 le Jour January 20, 2021 at 12:08 pm\nShe's the one wearing the trousers.\nANNRQ January 20, 2021 at 12:30 pm\nLooks like a whole field of strawmen have been erected in that piece.\nLike most other people's sexuality, I can't say I give much thought to people in this category. I have no interest in their sexual desires or specific lack of them.\nFear (no doubt, soon to recharacterised as \"hatred\") of the asexual, either as individuals or as a group, seems an unlikely thing for a person to hold. As asexuals, they are neither a threat nor competition in the sexual field. Why would they specifically be something to be \"feared\"?\nGiven their specific non-preference in this case, I can't see why they would be persecuted either \u2013 except perhaps on an individual basis by someone whose advances they may have declined. In which case, they would be in exactly the same boat as any other individual of whatever sexual preference who had declined a sexual advance.\nWith regards to the premise of the article's title: \"What's so 'unsexy' about asexuality?\", surely a truly asexual person would prefer to be considered unsexy as it would avoid unwanted sexual advances. They may or may not be attractive; they may or may not \"dress to impress\", but I would have thought that, logically, an asexual person would not want to dress sexily.\nOr is this just another one of those \"I'm special, bend to my will\" demands?\nSam Vara January 20, 2021 at 12:33 pm\nThe \"ace community\", as in \"ace in the hole\"?\nDennis, A Vast Reservior of Toxic Masculinity January 20, 2021 at 12:59 pm\nAnd pathetic. Don't forget pathetic.\nAndrew C January 20, 2021 at 1:12 pm\n@Dennis\nWhat do you think of your new assistant secretary of health, Rachel Levine?\nRyan January 20, 2021 at 1:32 pm\nThe former West Riding Lunatic Asylum was based in the village of Menston, so for my schoolmates shoving your tongue between your bottom lip and teeth and shouting \"MENSTON\" was the ultimate insult\u2026funnily nobody else I've met from Bradford has ever heard of this!\nThe Meissen Bison January 20, 2021 at 1:37 pm\n@Andrew C & Dennis\nJuliaM has a twitter pic of Rachel Levine on her blog today.\nNow that's what I call A Vast Reservoir of Toxic Masculinity with distinct overtones of Odin on a bad hair day.\nTheophrastus January 20, 2021 at 5:17 pm\nWhen at school in 1990s, my daughter and friends referred to \"Harveys\", which were 'halfies' or people of mixed race, and \"specials\" who were pupils with \"special needs\". Some of the Harveys were special.\nBniC January 20, 2021 at 5:56 pm\nThere's a certain sexiness in the challenge of the unobtainable, the power of No.\nSo asexual really are in a pickle as their lack of sexuality makes them more sexual desirable to some and as we have to accept all shades of grey now then they equally can't complain about those attracted to their asexuality. And you can't say the rest of us are phobic as we are by not fancying them accepting their asexuality\nBlue hair = sexual deviant\nGrikath January 21, 2021 at 2:14 am\nAn actual asexual wouldn't give a fuck\u2026..\nStonyground January 21, 2021 at 7:16 am\nI don't have the slightest interest in football. I am aware that a majority of people have at least a passing interest in it and there are many who are completely obsessed. I think that I would seem pretty strange if not liking football became a huge part of my identity and I started writing newspaper articles about it.\nRichardT January 21, 2021 at 8:39 am\nStonyground said:\n\" I would seem pretty strange if not liking football became a huge part of my identity and I started writing newspaper articles about it\"\nUmberto Eco wrote several articles on that very subject.\nIronman January 21, 2021 at 11:27 am\nI was 12 years old at the time and remember Joey Deacon very well. I should feel bad about it now\u2026 but I just don't.\nAgammamon January 22, 2021 at 4:20 am\n'Not on the asexual spectrum'.\nDear, there is no asexual spectrum. Either you are or you are on the *sexual spectrum* \u2013 because you have some interest, however slight, in sex.\nAlso, if asexuals are worried about asexuality being sexy then they're doing asexuality wrong.\nSteve on Hey, maybe Brandon didn't get a cut of Sonny's money?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"LMI needs your help during the COVID-19 outbreak!\nBy Hannah Bryant\nPlease read below for important updates on how LMI is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak and how you can help.\nHere's how to get involved:\n1. Pray for us!\nWhile this can be a frightening time for people living anywhere, individuals living in the developing world are particularly vulnerable \u2013 not only to the virus, but also to secondary results of virus prevention: food insecurity, lack of available medicine or care for other severe illnesses, and separation from family and loved ones. Please pray for our students and staff, their families, and their communities during this time.\n2. Donate to LMI during this COVID-19 crisis\nRight now, Honduras is on national home quarantine. As that lifts, there will certainly be wide-spread need for food and support. We will help support our students, their families, and the communities near us through our Benevolence Fund, and we will also fund Community Projects that graduates will be able to organize and lead in the months that follow. To give to LMI and support our efforts, click here.\n3. Sponsor a Student in Cohort 11\nWhile the world responds quickly to this crisis, we are also cognizant of the 22 young women who were recently accepted to Cohort 11. They are excited to join us on campus in July and begin learning \u2013 and, even during this time of crisis, we are in need of sponsors to partner with each of those students to scholarship their education and mentor them during their time at The Leadership Center. Monthly sponsorship commitments vary; our need is to raise $300\/month for each student. To get involved as as a student sponsor, email Hannah.bryant@lmihonduras.org\n4. Stay Tuned for Family Resources\nWe also want to create opportunities for families and kids here in the US during this season of homeschooling to learn more about Honduras and what is happening there. We are planning to put together some resources, and will keep you updated as we do!\nThank you so much for your partnership with us! Now, more than ever, we rely on the greater LMI family to continue our meaningful work in Honduras. May God's grace and peace accompany you during this time!\nDear friends, family, and partners of Leadership Mission International:\nThe spread of COVID-19 has certainly weighted the shoulders of our nation in these past weeks, and we are joined by nations across the globe. News articles and media reports stream data that can be very frightening and leave many people feeling powerless or confused about how best to respond.\nThe first two cases of the disease were identified in Honduras on Wed, March 11. Both were travelers coming from Europe who had carried it with them on the plane. By Friday, there were 6 confirmed cases in the country and the government declared a national emergency. By Monday, the whole country was in mandatory home quarantine, with all public transportation and grocery stores shut down. While containing the virus has been challenging and lethal even in the US, we know that a reliable and well-funded, widely available health system is one of the many parts of US life that can be easily taken for granted.\nIn Honduras, infrastructure to care well for the elderly or individuals with compromised immune systems is not widely available, particularly in rural areas. Public transportation is the only means that most of society has for getting from home to work, the grocery store, the bank, or other routine places. Communities live in close quarters. And for much of the population, taking time off of work also means there will not be food at home. The government's rapid response was reflective of their awareness that, should the virus take hold in Honduras, it will be quite difficult to stop.\nFor these reasons, Leadership Mission International takes very seriously our call to respond wisely and effectively to the spread of COVID-19 in Honduras. We deeply value the communal aspect of life at The Leadership Center and want to support our students to pursue educational excellence while maintaining health and safety as our highest priority.\nFirst and foremost, we are honoring local government orders. Because public busses shut down so quickly, we have received permission for students and staff to stay on campus in quarantine. We have carefully reviewed the CDC and World Health Organization's recommendations, and we are responding as follows:\nAs of March 12, visitors and short-term teams are restricted from campus until further notice. This includes other NGO's and visitors that are in Honduras, as well as visitors and teams coming from other countries.\nGraduation for Cohort 9, originally scheduled for March 28th, was postponed and will be rescheduled.\nLMI has been stocked with extra food, medicine, and cleaning supplies.\nAll campus staff and students have been instructed on safe handwashing and cleaning practices. They've also been instructed about symptoms of COVID-19, and all are in quarantine on campus (including the cooking staff).\nWorkers who live in the nearby communities have been sent home for at least the next two weeks.\nOur on-campus team, led by Mizraim, has done an amazing job shifting quickly and making decisions effectively to respond to this international health crisis. We have food, money, and medical supplies in place for the coming months \u2013 including beans and corn for tortillas provided by a neighboring farmer who is also the father of one of our students.\nWe have adjusted on campus curriculum for next quarter and will continue classes with our 1st year students, who are safer on campus at TLC than they are returning to their homes. Our teachers have the option to leave, and yet are committed to staying because they remain committed to our mission and the safety of each other and our students \u2013 and they feel safest remaining at TLC. At this point, we do still plan to bring a new cohort of 22 students in July, and we are hiring staff reflective of that.\nThe spread of this virus remains a very fast-moving narrative and the situation today is likely to be very different than tomorrow. We will continue to do our very best to make decisions in the best interest of our students and staff. Thank you for your cooperation to ensure we are providing the healthiest and safest environment possible. We will continue to keep you posted with any necessary changes.\nAs we watch the progress that the Honduran (and global) community makes on containing COVID-19, we are hopeful and prayerful. Thank you for partnering with us in prayer and in hope during this time! For those of you who would like to get involved during this crisis, please do! Your donations will go a long way to continue to support our mission of developing leaders that will elevate their country and change the world.\nMay the peace of Christ dwell with and among you\u2026.\nPrevious Article Previous About my experience at The Leadership Center (TLC)\nNext Article Next Building a Safer, Stronger Community \u2013 by Ericka Euceda","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home \u00bb Survey: consumers drive sustainability in petfood\nPet Food Market Trends\nSurvey respondents see energy conservation as a leading source of return on sustainability investment.\nSurvey: consumers drive sustainability in petfood\nDebbie Phillips-DonaldsonJuly 7, 2010\nAn industry survey shows petfood companies are responding to consumer demand but have some concerns\n\"Top consumer groups turn to sustainability.\" That was the headline for an Entrepreneur.com article by Bill Roth, president of NCCT, a San Francisco-based consulting firm specializing in sustainability marketing and business strategies.\nRoth, writing about last year's Sustainable Brands Conference, was referring to US youth, women and CEOS. Representing an annual buying power of about US$10 trillion, these three consumer groups are \"shifting their purchasing criteria toward sustainability,\" Roth wrote.\nOf course, this is not just a US phenomenon. Mintel says nearly half of UK adults view environmental and ethical issues as important, with up to 40% identifying animal welfare as their top food concern. In a Petfood Forum 2010 presentation, Jan Hoijtink, director, Hoijtink Advies BV, cited these statistics:\n90% of Belgians believe their employers should care about the environment;\n60% of Flemish take the environmental efforts of potential employers into consideration; and\n70% of Canadians would consider changing jobs if their employers did not operate in a socially responsible manner.\nJudging by the results of a Petfood Industry survey, petfood companies understand how much consumers, employees and other stakeholders value sustainability: 62% of respondents cited consumer demand as a key reason their operations are adopting \"green\" practices. The next highest response, at 57.6%, was because it's the right thing to do.\nThe survey received a small (just over 100) response, but these industry members weighed in on a variety of questions and offered multiple responses when prompted. For example, other reasons for adopting sustainable practices included:\nNature of products or market, 53%;\nCorporate image and marketability, both at 52%;\nAnticipating regulations in the near future, 46%;\nKeeping up with others in the industry, 26%; and\nCost savings and profitability, at 22% and 16%, respectively.\nProbing further into public perception, the survey asked respondents how they thought consumers defined \"green\" petfoods. The most popular responses involved ingredients (natural, nothing artificial) and recyclable packing, yet manufacturers' practices weighed in at 52% (Figure 1).\nThese results help make the case that there is no single, prevalent definition of green or sustainable. Perhaps one respondent summed it up best: \"Everyone has a personal idea as to what green is, and it is inconsistent at best.\"\nMany respondents' organizations are gearing their marketing to meet consumer expectations, with 51% using sustainability claims. Just 33% said they're not using such claims. Nearly 45% believe the claims are somewhat more important to their marketing; another 28% said they are a lot more important while 16% said they have about the same importance. Only 5% said they are somewhat or a lot less important.\nWhen asked the same question about green claims and sales, responses were similar: 44% said the claims are somewhat more important to sales; 19%, a lot more important; 25%, about the same; 4%, somewhat or a lot less important.\nYet when it comes to their businesses' success, much of respondents' thoughts about sustainability are focused toward regulatory bodies. Asked to rate their level of concern with a number of issues, respondents said they're very concerned about regulations:\nThat impose burdens on business, 42%;\nIn general affecting petfood, 35% and\nAgainst certain feed ingredients, 31%.\n\"I won't play this game until there is consistency and transparency. Green is eliminating industry in this country!\" wrote one respondent.\nOther issues registering a moderate level of concern included consumer demands for excluding certain ingredients (33%), availability of proteins (32%) and traceability requirements for ingredients (31%).\nTo date, respondents' organizations are receiving return on investment (ROI) in sustainable practices like energy conservation (54.5%), product formulation (51%) and waste systems (50%). For most initiatives, however, respondents see payoff coming down the road, with potential for ROI delivery highest for production systems (75%) and new facility design and construction (71%). Figure 2 includes a full list of ROI delivery and potential.\nPerhaps the levels for currently delivering items are lower because only 28% of respondents said their businesses are applying sustainability to a large extent, with the same amount replying such practices are being employed to just a limited extent. Another 37% said the practices are being used moderately.\nHalf the respondents rate their organizations' progress as about the same as other industry companies, while 36% believe their businesses are further along than most in petfood. As for the industry overall, 46% believe petfood is about the same as most industries, though 37% believe it's behind; only 14% said it's ahead.\nYet if these respondents' views are any indication, petfood may soon be moving faster: 41% believe it's very important for their organizations to be leaders in adopting sustainable practices and 36% said it's somewhat important. Also, 68% believe increased sustainability is somewhat or very likely to lead to rising long-term profits for their businesses.\nProfile of respondents\nSent to the Petfood Industry audience via e-mail in February and March 2010, the sustainability survey received 108 responses. Respondents were mostly from North America (66%) and work for petfood manufacturers (63%), yet Europe (14%), South\/Central America (10.4%), Asia (4.7%) and Asia-Pacific (2.8%) were also represented, as were industry suppliers (19%), wholesalers\/distributors\/brokers (10.4%), consultants (8.5%), retailers (5.7%) and marketers (3.8%).\nIn terms of functional areas, 59% of respondents work in product development, 47% in sales, 43% in marketing, 37% in purchasing, 26% in environmental\/regulatory compliance and 25.5% as nutritionists.\nAbout half (49.4%) of respondents said their job responsibilities do not involve developing or implementing sustainability initiatives; 44.4% said they do. Fewer than half (42%) work for companies that have a person in charge of sustainability initiatives. Titles for such people include sustainability director, VP or chief, but in some organizations the responsibility lies with the CEO or an executive in charge of regulatory affairs, supplies, R&D, quality or market insights.\nDebbie Phillips-Donaldson is editor-in-chief of Petfood Industry and Petfood Forum.\nConsumers seeking sustainability in food\u2014pet food, too\nInsights for petfood in US consumers' focus on 'healthfulness'\nConsumers say nutrition outweighs price in choosing a petfood","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home \/ $100K Christmas Gift for Local Environmental Youth Program\n$100K Christmas Gift for Local Environmental Youth Program\nThursday, December 13, 2012 by Credit Valley Conservation\nCategory: Credit Valley Conservation Foundation, CVC Partnerships, Press Release\nChristmas came early for the local Conservation Youth Corps. Shell Canada awarded a grant of $100,000 as part of its FuellingChange program. The grant will be used to enhance the Conservation Youth Corps (CYC) program and provide local youth with leading-edge educational tools.\n\"We are absolutely thrilled with this announcement and with what it means for youth engagement,\" said Jim Muscat, Chair of the Credit Valley Conservation Foundation. \"We are deeply grateful to Shell Canada for its commitment to the local environment and environmental education.\"\nCYC is one of two environmental initiatives to receive a $100,000 grant in the latest round of the FuellingChange program, which is based on votes from Shell customers nation-wide. The other $100,000 grant winner is Clean Nova Scotia. CYC was almost bumped out of the winning position near the end of contest, but a strong rally from Shell customers in support of CYC secured the win.\n\"It was a real nail-biter,\" said Shawn Verge, CYC Program Coordinator. \"We had to pull out all the stops near the end to get more people to vote for us. In the end, we just clinched the grant, which came as a big relief to our entire team.\"\nThe Conservation Youth Corps is a program of Credit Valley Conservation and Credit Valley Conservation Foundation focused on youth engagement. Each summer hundreds of students from across the Credit River watershed (Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon and Orangeville) earn their community volunteer hours outdoors by planting trees, tending community gardens, monitoring the local environment and other tasks.\n\"Many of the youth we work with rarely get a chance to get out of the city. Most of their recreation is in the city and so much of their time is spent in front of a computer screen\" said Verge. \"CYC opens the door and gives them an opportunity to get outside and learn about their local environment.\"\nRichard Louv, in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, coined the phrase 'nature deficit disorder', describing how people, especially children, are spending less time outdoors. Louv describes how this can lead to certain behavioural problems in children. He notes that children have an instinctive love for nature, but their access is more and more limited due to parental fears over safety, less access to natural areas and the ever present lure of the screen.\n\"I'm always amazed to see local kids completely awestruck when they're out in nature. It's a whole new world to them and the experience can be quite transformative.\" said Verge. \"We are excited about what this grant means for the future of the Conservation Youth Corps.\"\n\"We are encouraged that Shell customers across Canada voted for our project,\" said Terri LeRoux, Executive Director, Credit Valley Conservation Foundation.\nOn the heels of the grant announcement, Credit Valley Conservation Foundation re-enrolled in the FuellingChange program, aiming to secure a $50,000 grant for the Credit River Clean Water Campaign. The campaign focuses on installing low impact development (LID) features such as community rain gardens and stormwater infiltration systems throughout the Credit River watershed. LID features improve water quality and help reduce damaging floods from storm events.\n\"We strongly encourage our supporters to make their next fuel purchase at Shell, participate in the FuellingChange program online and vote for the Credit River Clean Water Campaign,\" noted LeRoux.\nThe FuellingChange program allows Canadians to vote on environmental programs that help improve, protect and restore air, land and water. To participate in the Shell FuellingChange program make a purchase at Shell, save your receipt and visit www.fuellingchange.com to register for your free account. Redeem the code on the receipt for votes that can be assigned to the project of your choice. Each additional purchase at Shell entitles you to more votes. Voting for the Credit River Clean Water Campaign will directly benefit the natural environment in the Credit River watershed (Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon and Orangeville).\nCredit Valley Conservation Foundation is a registered environmental charity that raises funds in support of the conservation projects of Credit Valley Conservation (CVC). Conservation Authorities are a provincial\/municipal partnership. CVC was established by an act of the province in 1954 with a mandate to protect all natural resources other than minerals in the area drained by the Credit River. We have been working for almost 60 years with our partner municipalities and stakeholders to protect and enhance the natural environment of the Credit River Watershed for present and future generations.\nJon MacMull\njmacmull@creditvalleyca.ca\nTerri LeRoux\ntleroux@creditvalleyca.ca","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"About JTE \/ News \/ JTE- mission to Mars\nVia Martin Luther King 70\ninfo@jthomaseng.eu\nJTE- mission to Mars\nA James Thomas Engineering 20.5\" SuperTower system was used to construct a test stand at Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) in California for the return mission from Mars. The plates and gates of the tower system were employed to make all connections for the tower's different levels.\nThe test stand will be used to simulate the speeds of samples that have been jettisoned off Mars by the rover and returned to earth via an ascent rocket for detailed chemical and physical analysis. It is crucial that the re-entry system containing the returning samples do not fail upon impact and become contaminated with the earth's soil.\nUse of the JTE tower allows JPL to gather as much real data as possible to ensure success of the mission. With the JTE tower, the current unit doesn't just experience free fall impact but also has a built-in accelerator so impact can be simulated in real time and all possible scenarios can be accounted for. JTE SuperTowers are engineered to handle a world (and off world) range of tasks.\nExperience their strength and reliability at your next event.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Daily News Home\nHow Air Travel Will Change in 2019\n0 0 Sunday, December 16, 2018 Edit this post\nThere's good and bad news related to air travel.\nBy Kristen Leigh Painter, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler\nFor the past five years, it's been boom times in U.S. air travel as passengers benefited from highly profitable airlines in the form of low airfares and a rapid expansion of new flights. In 2018 alone, many U.S. consumers faced an onslaught of discounted fares\u2014$99, $59, and even $19 one-way\u2014and the industry celebrated a bounty of \"firsts,\" like the first nonstop flight from Chicago to Africa on Ethiopian Airlines, and Kansas City's first non-stop flight to Europe on Icelandair. With 2019 just weeks away, the new year looks to be full of its own surprises, bringing new elements like biometrics and more (!) bag fees to the travel experience. International trade policies and fuel prices are wild cards that could throw a wrench in it all though\u2014possibly driving up prices and driving down the number of flights.\nBiometrics Will Be Here, There, and Everywhere\nTravelers can expect to see greater use of human biometric data\u2014like facial recognition and other physical characteristics\u2014to board airplanes, pass through customs, and drop bags in 2019. Delta Air Lines led the movement, opening the first biometric terminal in Atlanta this year, but others, including JetBlue and Lufthansa, have piloted biometric boarding processes in Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles. Delta is also testing facial recognition technology to self-check bags at Minneapolis-St. Paul. Orlando International Airport plans to use facial scanning on all inbound and outbound international flights by the beginning of the year (U.S. citizens can opt-out, though that's not widely advertised). Clear, a biometric technology company, is now in more than 25 U.S. airports and has partnered with Hertz to speed up car rental pickup and with Delta for quick entry to its airport lounges with a thumbprint ID. But with the growing prevalence of biometric data, privacy concerns will continue to bubble, too.\nTailor-Made Everything Is The Thing\nTravelers will have more options than ever before\u2014including basic economy, standard economy, premium economy, business class, or first class\u2014to customize their flight experience in 2019. Premium customers will see the rosier side of customized travel. Carriers are investing heavily in upgrading airport lounges at hubs across their networks and adding more luxurious, front-of-plane cabins, like United's Polaris, American's Flagship First, JetBlue's Mint, and Delta's One suites. \"Airlines are curating and tailoring their pricing and experiences based on loyalty and frequent flying,\" says Katie Raddatz, a senior director with Carlson Wagonlit Travel, which manages business travel for companies. \"The days when people pay different costs for the same experiences are going away.\"\nBut with more delineation, certain things we've come to expect as included in our fare just won't be. (And it'll likely cost more.) Spirit Airlines, for one, has pioneered \"dynamic pricing\" for its bag fees, which\u2014in simplest terms\u2014means customers will pay more for their luggage during more desirable times of day (like Monday mornings or Friday afternoons), seasons (winter when travelers tend to pack bulkier items), or for longer trips. There's even no longer a luggage price matrix to reference on Spirit's website because there are too many variables on an individual's flight itinerary that must be calculated.\nWho will follow? \"I think more airlines will try it this year because, quite bluntly, there's a lot of money in it,\" says Bob Mann, a Port Washington, New York-based airline consultant. Though legacy airlines used to turn up their noses at the ultra-low-cost carriers like Spirit and Allegiant for nickel-and-diming customers with fees, those same carriers are now adopting and adapting many of these methods, from the rise of basic economy to higher bag fees, and calling it \"customization.\" These incremental changes will increase in 2019 as airlines leverage data to promote special offers, upgrades, and add-ons to customers based on their flying history.\nAirfares May Get More Expensive (Sorry)\nFuel is a major expense for airlines, and ultimately affects the cost consumers pay to reach their destination. As airlines in recent years benefited from low fuel prices, which bottomed out in early 2016, they were able to price tickets more competitively. That all looked to be changing this summer as crude oil rose to its highest level since 2014, and experts began to brace consumers for rising airfares next year. But then the cost of oil dropped again this fall, creating volatility and leaving airfare forecasts in flux, says Raddatz. Moral of the story? Stay tuned.\nThe Ultra-Long Haul Flight May See Some Struggles\nThis fall, much fanfare was made about Singapore Airlines' relaunch of the world's longest nonstop flight\u201418.5 hours between Singapore and Newark. And competition is heating up: The advent of more fuel-efficient planes has led several airlines to start new ultra-long-haul flights, defined as more than 8,000 miles one way. In the past few years, United launched its 17.5-hour Houston to Sydney flight, Qantas Airways started flying 17 hours from Perth to London, and Cathay Pacific Airways began a 17-hour nonstop from Hong Kong to Washington, D.C. In 2019, United will fly nonstop from San Francisco to Delhi and Singapore Airlines will fly nonstop from its home country to Seattle. \"There was a thirst for it and there was a lot of great marketing and promotion behind it,\" says Raddatz of Carlson Wagonlit. She calculates there are currently 19 in service around the globe, which is three times as many as a decade ago.\nBut an airplane on a 15- or 16-hour flight uses nearly 40 percent of all its onboard fuel just to carry the weight of the fuel it takes to go that far, Mann says. Both Raddatz and Mann agree that for these flights to make financial sense, an airline needs to be carrying predominantly premium-class passengers to pay the heftier fees to cover the fuel costs. Singapore Airlines has configured its long-haul aircraft with just premium economy and business class seats\u2014something Qantas is now taking into consideration for its ultra-long-haul aircraft of the future. 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+{"text":"Hockey: Montreal's Biggest Religion\nDaniel ArouchianSenior Analyst IApril 13, 2008\n\"We don't own the Canadiens, really,\" said Senator Hartland Molson when he assumed the presidency of the club in 1957. \"The public of Montreal, in fact the entire province of Quebec, owns the Canadiens. This club is more than a professional sports organisation. It is an institution, a way of life.\"\nMontreal is hockey history. Organized ice hockey, as we would know it today, has its true origins in Montreal. In 1875 a McGill student by the name of J.G.A. Creighton established a set of formal rules. In 1879, the McGill University Hockey Club was formed, making it the first organized team. Montreal's been playing hockey every since.\nHabs fan come in all ages. Jeanne-d'Arc Larocque is 80 years-old. She's been a Canadiens season ticket holder since 1952. \"I'm ready for the playoffs and I hope the Canadiens will win the Stanley Cup,\" she told The Canadian Press on Saturday in an interview at her Montreal home. She's hoping for Montreal to win their 25th Stanley Cup.\nCanadiens fans remember the greats long after they're gone as well. Maurice Richard's jersey is still a hot item. Fans young and old wear his famous #9 jersey. He's not the only Montreal legend, either. Fans also snap up jerseys bearing the names Plante, Dryden, Beliveau and LaFleur.\nIn 1996 at the closing of the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard received a 16 minute standing ovation. The fans chanted his nickname over and over again. The last few minutes of the ovation, he closed his eyes and listened to the crowd chanting \"Go Habs Go\". He later said that when he closed his eyes and heard the fans, he remembered his younger years as a player.\nPlayoff fever has hit Montreal again. Everywhere you look people proudly display the Canadiens' logo for all to see. No need to go near the Bell Centre to see it. Just take a walk anywhere in the city and you'll see either a Habs fan wearing the team jersey or driving with the window flag.\nEven the firefighters decided to join in by painting the Habs logo on their stations' garage doors. Montreal police officers are also doing their part by hanging window flags on the cruisers' back window.\nSouvenir store owners are struggling to keep with the demands of the fans and tourist who want a t shirt, jersey, baseball cap or a flag.\nHockey's a religion here in Montreal. After twenty-four Stanley Cup championships, fans expect the team to play well with no excuses. Each and every game is sold out. Even during away games, numerous fans wearing the Canadiens jersey are in the stands watching the game.\nHockey's not only a sport here, but a way of life as well. Kids play street hockey all year long and still dream of being the next Richard. Montreal may not have Ovechkin, Malkin or Iginla on the roster, but they do have the most important player of all: the Fan.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Queen Naija Shows Off Her Favorite Jewelry in \"Precious Metals\"\nLike the earrings Mary J. Blige gave her.\n(Image credit: Marie Claire)\nBy Marina Liao\nlast updated 25 August 2021\nIn the latest episode of Precious Metals, we get a peek into musician Queen Naija's life. Queen Naija, who recently released her album MissUnderstood, shares her favorite jaw-dropping pieces of jewelry, most of which her boyfriend, Clarence White, gifted her. \"Jewelry can be special based on who gave it to you and the reason why they gave it to you,\" she says.\nFor the star, one of her most prized possessions is a Tiffany & Co necklace (opens in new tab) featuring two hearts, which she received for her birthday in 2018. \"I had just finished doing a show and he gave me this gift. I didn't care that it was a real diamond, it was just the fact he gave it to me because I was so in love with him. You know that first feeling when you just fell in love?\" she says.\nThe singer goes on to reveal White has gifted her other memorable pieces such as her first watch, which she calls a \"baby Rolex,\" and a diamond tennis bracelet that reflects her love for dainty jewelry. However, there is one piece that is anything but minimal and it's a pair of earrings Mary J. Blige gave Queen Naija from her own line (opens in new tab). Watch the video, above, to see the big reveal.\nBethenny Frankel on Her Favorite Jewelry Pieces (opens in new tab)\nMartha Hunt Shares What's Inside Her Jewelry Box (opens in new tab)\nRHOBH's Erika Jayne Shows Off Some Insane Jewelry (opens in new tab)\nMarina Liao\nMarina Liao is the former fashion news editor at MarieClaire.com, where she covered celebrity style (from Meghan Markle to Katie Holmes), fashion trends, and shopping advice, plus conducted original interviews with industry insiders. She's also had many opportunities to write content in other areas such as beauty, food, tech, and even home. Her previous fashion stints include POPSUGAR and Cosmopolitan.\nHilary Duff \"Put Clean Clothes On\" for a Recent TV Appearance, And They Were Really Nice Ones Too\nThat COAT.\nBy Iris Goldsztajn\nNick Jonas Addressed How He Will \"Embarrass\" Daughter Malti When She's a Teenager\nThankfully, he has hard proof he's actually \"Cool.\"\nRupert Grint Revealed His Daughter Has Her Own Harry Potter Robes: \"Gryffindor, Obviously\"\nStop, so cute.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Trump says he'll sign first-step China trade deal on Jan. 15\nby: DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press\nPosted: Dec 31, 2019 \/ 10:01 AM EST \/ Updated: Dec 31, 2019 \/ 02:04 PM EST\nPresident Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up after arriving for Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Donald Trump Jr., the son of President Donald Trump, is pictured in foreground. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)\nWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, adding that he will visit Beijing at a later date to open another round of talks aimed at resolving other sticking points in the relationship.\nThe so-called \"Phase One\" agreement is smaller than the comprehensive deal Trump had hoped for and leaves many of the thorniest issues between the two countries for future talks. Few economists expect any resolution of \"Phase Two\" before the presidential election in 2020.\nAnd the two sides have yet to release detailed documentation of the pact, making it difficult to evaluate.\nTrump said high-level Chinese government officials will attend the signing on Jan. 15 of \"our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China.\"\n\"At a later date I will be going to Beijing where talks will begin on Phase Two!\" Trump said in his tweet. He did not announce a date for the visit.\nChina has agreed to boost its U.S. goods imports by $200 billion over two years,the U.S. Trade Representative said Dec. 13 when the deal was announced. That includes increased purchases of soybeans and other farm goods that would reach $40 billion a year.\nChina has also agreed to stop forcing U.S. companies to hand over technology and trade secrets as a condition for gaining access to China's vast market, demands that had frustrated many U.S. businesses.\nIn return, the Trump administration dropped plans to impose tariffs on $160 billion of Chinese goods, including many consumer items such as smartphones, toys and clothes. The U.S. also cut tariffs on another $112 billion of Chinese goods from 15% to 7.5%.\nMany analysts argue that the results are fairly limited given the costs of the administration's 17-month trade war against China. U.S. farm exports to China fell in 2018 to about one-third of the peak reached six years earlier, though they have since started to recover.\nImport taxes remain on about half of what the U.S. buys from China, or about $250 billion of imports. Those tariffs have raised the cost of chemicals, electrical components and other inputs for U.S. companies. American firms have cut back on investment in machinery and other equipment, slowing the economy's growth this year.\nA study last week by economists at the Federal Reserve found that all of the Trump administration's tariffs, including those on steel and aluminum as well as on Chinese imports, have cost manufacturers jobs and raised their costs. That's mostly because of retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and other trading partners.\nMany experts in both the U.S. and China are skeptical that U.S. farm exports can reach $40 billion. The most the U.S. has ever exported to China before has been $26 billion. China has not confirmed the $40 billion figure.\nStill, the agreement has helped calm concerns in financial markets and among many U.S. businesses that the trade war with China would escalate and potentially lead to a recession. The approval by the Democratic-led House of the Trump administration's revamp of the NAFTA agreement has also reduced uncertainty around global trade.\nSince the U.S.-China pact was first announced in October, the stock market has risen steadily and is on track to finish the year with its biggest gain since 2013. Most analysts now forecast that the economy will grow at a steady if modest pace in 2020, extending the current record-long expansion.\nThe Phase 1 deal has left some major issues unresolved, notably complaints that Beijing unfairly subsidizes its own companies to give them a competitive advantage in world markets.\nThe Trump administration argues \u2014 and independent analysts agree \u2014 that China uses the subsidies in an effort to gain an advantage in cutting-edge fields such as driver-less cars, robotics and artificial intelligence.\nAnother sticking point in future talks will likely involve rules around data flows, with China looking to require more foreign companies to keep data they use in China as opposed to stored overseas.\n\"It's a very toxic brew and I don't know that we're really going to see much progress on it,\" said Mary Lovely, a trade economist at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.\nRugaber reported from Washington.\nBarenaked Ladies and 90s favorites Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket coming to Artpark\nLEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Summer concert announcements are rolling in and Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket will be at Artpark on July 7.\nTickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 24. Admission is $37 for both front of stage and reserved seating, and $15 for general admission.\nFrom Niagara Falls to KC, Chiefs backers rally for Canadian superfan\nKANSAS CITY, Mo. (via WDAF) -- One of the Kansas City Chiefs' biggest fans is from Niagara Falls, Ontario, and fellow fans are rallying to get him to the AFC Championship game on Sunday.\nDave Chandler is known to his friends as \"KDave Canada,\" and he's been a Chiefs fan for more than 20 years. He's never lived in Kansas City. Chandler said he became a fan when he would go watch the Buffalo Bills play the Chiefs and saw Derek Thomas.\nby Andrew Forgotch \/ Jan 17, 2020\nLANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) - We're still waiting for numbers, but it appears the first year of growing hemp in Pennsylvania may not have been as lucrative as some farmers had hoped.\n\"I tell people the prices were too high. Now they're back to reality,\" said Steve Groff, a hemp farmer and industry expert.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Laura Silverman currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a writer and freelance editor, and spends way too much time hugging dogs instead of working.\nSilverman's debut novel, GIRL OUT OF WATER, is a summery coming-of-age story about a California surfer girl sent to landlocked Nebraska for the entire summer. It debuted in May 2017. Her second novel, YOU ASKED FOR PERFECT, is about the effects of intense academic pressure on a teenage Valedictorian-to-be. It comes out March 2019.\nSilverman has degrees in English and Advertising from the University of Georgia, and an MFA in Writing for Children from the New School. While she lived in NYC, she interned at Penguin and two different literary agencies. In addition to writing, Silverman also freelance edits manuscripts and query letters.\nReview: YOU ASKED FOR PERFECT by Laura Silverman\nMarch 8, 2019 \/26 Comments\/in Reviews Laura Silverman Sourcebooks Fire Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fiction Netgalley \/by Suzanne\nYou Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman\nAlso by this author: Girl Out of Water\nPublished by Sourcebooks Fire on March 5, 2019\nYOU ASKED FOR PERFECT review\nWow, what a book! I thought Laura Silverman's debut Girl out of Water was a great read, but with You Asked for Perfect, she really knocks it out of the park with a book that resonated with me both as someone who has been through and remembers all too well the stressful days of trying to get into a good college, and as the parent of a pre-teen who is already taking advanced classes and will soon be potentially heading down a path similar to that of Silverman's protagonist, high school senior Ariel Stone.\nOn paper, Ariel is the ideal college applicant. He's a straight A student who is well on his way to becoming class valedictorian, first chair violin in the school orchestra, and an active volunteer in his community. He should easily be able to get into any college he applies to. However, Ariel is dreaming big \u2013 Ivy League big \u2014 and Harvard is where he wants to go. Ariel knows he has to push for perfection in all areas if he wants to be the ideal Harvard applicant on paper, so when he unexpectedly fails a Calculus quiz, he knows he needs to step up his game if he's going to keep his dream alive.\nAriel starts skipping out on time with his friends and family, putting together a rigorous schedule for studying and for meeting other assorted college-related deadlines. He has his days mapped out by the hour to squeeze every moment of study time in that he can, leaving himself only about 5 hours of sleep a night. Even with this nearly impossible schedule, however, Ariel continues to struggle with Calculus and knows his dream is in danger of slipping out of reach.\nTorn between trying to hide the fact that he's struggling and knowing that he needs help, Ariel reluctantly approaches Amir, who is acing Calculus and asks him for assistance. Even though they've never been especially close, Amir agrees to be Ariel's tutor. The more time Ariel and Amir spend together, the more Ariel realizes that he likes Amir more than he thought he did, a lot more. But Ariel is already pushing himself to the limit. Can he handle adding a relationship into his already overbooked life?\nWhat I loved most about this book is how much the story resonated with me. Even though it has been many years since I graduated, Silverman paints such an authentic portrait of what it's like to be a high school senior preparing for the future, that I felt like I was transported right back to my own senior year. It brought back so many memories: the pressure of taking multiple AP courses, finding the time for countless extracurricular activities, all in an effort to put together the best possible transcript for applying to colleges. You Asked for Perfect also resonated with me as the parent of a pre-teen who is already taking advanced math courses and stressing about homework, etc., and who, in the not too distant future, could potentially be heading down a path similar to Ariel's. This book brings to life all of the worries I have for my own child and how he will react if he faces the kind of pressure Ariel is facing.\nSpeaking of Ariel, he was another favorite element in the book. He's such a likeable kid \u2014 he's a wonderful brother to his little sister and he volunteers at the local animal shelter where he bathes and exercises the dogs \u2013 so it just pained me to watch him struggling so much. Because his story is so relatable, I found it very easy to empathize with him and want him to either succeed or to realize that nothing in life is worth that kind of stress.\nI also thought Amir was just precious. Even though he could have easily spilled the beans and let all of their classmates know Ariel was failing Calculus, he instead chose to keep it to himself and to help him. Watching their relationship evolve was really sweet and I was really rooting for Ariel to try to find a way to fit Amir into his life.\nI also loved the focus on Ariel's Jewish faith. Sometimes books will mention that a character is of a certain faith but then not really explore it further, but in this book, Silverman does a wonderful job of really giving an inside look at Jewish traditions such as Shabbat dinners and the high holidays. There are also some very moving scenes where Ariel seeks counsel from his Rabbi.\nNothing that I can think of.\nLaura Silverman's You Asked for Perfect is a beautifully written and moving story that is sure to resonate with many readers, both students and parents alike. I also think it's an incredibly important read because it highlights just how much stress our students are putting on themselves and what can happen when that stress gets to be too much.\nSenior Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant: first chair violin, dedicated community volunteer, and expected valedictorian. He works hard \u2013 really hard \u2013 to make his life look effortless. A failed Calculus quiz is not part of that plan. Not when he's number one. Not when his peers can smell weakness like a freshman's body spray.\nFiguring a few all-nighters will preserve his class rank, Ariel throws himself into studying. His friends will understand if he skips a few plans, and he can sleep when he graduates. Except Ariel's grade continues to slide. Reluctantly, he gets a tutor. Amir and Ariel have never gotten along, but Amir excels in Calculus, and Ariel is out of options.\nAriel may not like Calc, but he might like Amir. Except adding a new relationship to his long list of commitments may just push him past his limit.\nAbout Laura Silverman\nhttps:\/\/thebookishlibra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/perfect.jpg 1200 800 Suzanne https:\/\/thebookishlibra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/trimmed-Copy-of-Bookish-Logo-copy.png Suzanne2019-03-08 05:35:012019-03-07 22:43:26Review: YOU ASKED FOR PERFECT by Laura Silverman\nBacklist Briefs: Mini Reviews for BONE GAP & GIRL OUT OF WATER\nOctober 15, 2018 \/26 Comments\/in Reviews Laura Ruby, Laura Silverman Balzer + Bray, Sourcebooks Fire Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction Purchased \/by Suzanne\nBone Gap by Laura Ruby\nPublished by Balzer + Bray on March 3, 2015\nGenres: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy\nEveryone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps\u2014gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren't surprised. After all, it wasn't the first time that someone had slipped away and left Finn and Sean O'Sullivan on their own. Just a few years before, their mother had high-tailed it to Oregon for a brand new guy, a brand new life. That's just how things go, the people said. Who are you going to blame?\nFinn knows that's not what happened with Roza. He knows she was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose face he cannot remember. But the searches turned up nothing, and no one believes him anymore. Not even Sean, who has more reason to find Roza than anyone, and every reason to blame Finn for letting her go.\nAs we follow the stories of Finn, Roza, and the people of Bone Gap\u2014their melancholy pasts, their terrifying presents, their uncertain futures\u2014acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss, magic and mystery, regret and forgiveness\u2014a story about how the face the world sees is never the sum of who we are.\nI purchased Laura Ruby's Bone Gap on a whim last year at a local bookfair. I had no idea what it was about but the cover with its bee and honeycomb just really drew me in. I finally sat down and read it recently and, wow, what a gem of a book it turned out to be! It's also one of those books that it's hard to say much about without giving away its secrets, and because those secrets are really the heart and soul of Bone Gap, I'm going to keep my remarks brief and vague. I'll just say that what starts out as a straightforward mystery about a young woman who goes missing in a rural town takes a major turn for the unexpected.\nBecause I grew up in a similar environment, I had tremendous sympathy for the characters in this story. It's hard to have secrets when you live in a tiny town where everyone makes it their business to know your business, and where the gossip\/rumor mill always runs rampant. Clearly the underdog of the story, Finn O'Sullivan captured my heart immediately. He and his brother Sean were abandoned by their mother and are trying to live on their own. Both brothers are beloved by those in their town, but everyone thinks Finn is an odd duck so when he comes forward one day to say that he saw a young woman named Roza kidnapped, no one believes him. Finn knows Roza's life is on the line and my heart just broke for him as he tried and tried to get people to believe him with no luck. And it's when Finn takes matters into his own hands that the story takes a walk on the wild and unexpected side. I don't want to say anything more, so I'll just say think Neil Gaiman, or maybe even Maggie Stiefvater or Alice Hoffman and you'll have a feel for the truly magical direction this small town tale takes.\nI loved Finn's brother Sean too, who has had to put his dreams of working in the medical field on hold to be the head of the household since their mom left them. Sean is a great big brother and a good friend to all. Petey, one of Finn's female friends, is a hilarious addition to the cast. She's tough and sassy and gives every guy in town a run for their money, and I just loved every scene she was in. Lastly, there's Roza, the young woman who has gone missing. Roza has a very painful past that she is running away from, but her arrival on the scene just after Finn and Sean's mom left them, fills a void in both boys' hearts. When she then goes missing, both boys are heartbroken all over again, which is another reason why Finn so desperately wants to find her.\nMy only real complaint about the story is that the ending felt a little rushed, but I still wouldn't hesitate to recommend Bone Gap to anyone who is looking for an unpredictable tale filled with endearing characters and also to anyone who is a fan of magical realism. 4 STARS\nGirl Out of Water by Laura Silverman\nAlso by this author: You Asked for Perfect\nPublished by Sourcebooks Fire on May 2, 2017\nAnise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn. But when a serious car wreck leaves her aunt, a single mother of three, with two broken legs, it forces Anise to say goodbye for the first time to Santa Cruz, the waves, her friends, and even a kindling romance, and fly with her dad to Nebraska for the entire summer. Living in Nebraska isn't easy. Anise spends her days caring for her three younger cousins in the childhood home of her runaway mom, a wild figure who's been flickering in and out of her life since birth, appearing for weeks at a time and then disappearing again for months, or even years, without a word.\nComplicating matters is Lincoln, a one-armed, charismatic skater who pushes Anise to trade her surfboard for a skateboard. As Anise draws closer to Lincoln and takes on the full burden and joy of her cousins, she loses touch with her friends back home \u2013 leading her to one terrifying question: will she turn out just like her mom and spend her life leaving behind the ones she loves?\nLaura Silverman's Girl out of Water is an engaging coming of age story about family, friendship, love, and sacrifice. It follows teen Anise Sawyer, the quintessential California girl who loves the ocean and spends every free moment surfing with her friends. When the novel opens, Anise is busy planning her last summer with most of her friends who are going off to college soon. All of her plans come crashing down around her, however, when her aunt is nearly killed in a car accident, and Anise and her dad have to travel to Nebraska to care for Anise's young cousins until her aunt is well enough to do so herself. Anise is torn: California and the ocean are her happy place and she can't think of anything worse than being separated from her friends and stuck in Nebraska all summer. At the same time, however, having lost her own mother, who abandoned her years ago, Anise knows how important family is and knows that going to Nebraska is the right thing to do. But, boy is it going to be the longest summer ever\u2026\nThis book worked well for me on a lot of levels. I loved the focus on family and seeing Anise bond with and take care of her cousins. In many ways, Anise needed them just as much as they needed her and it was nice to watch them all interact. Anise is terrified that she's going to somehow end up just like her mother and leave all her loved ones behind one day. Having Anise work through those fears about her mother and abandonment really gave what could have been just a light summer read some added depth that I very much enjoyed. The friendship dynamic also really kept me turning the pages. Anise's friends are all so fantastic and I loved that they were constantly trying to maintain contact with her even though she was halfway across the country. She also makes a great friend\/maybe more than friend named Lincoln while she's in Nebraska and he was just too precious for words. Lastly, I loved Silverman's vivid descriptions of the ocean. She makes it such a full sensory experience that I felt like I was on the beach watching the waves crash and smelling the salty air.\nIf you're looking for a beautiful story about the importance of family and friendship and a young woman's journey to find herself, I'd definitely recommend Girl out of Water. 4 STARS\nAbout Laura Ruby\nRaised in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, Laura Ruby now lives in Chicago with her family. Her short fiction for adults has appeared in various literary magazines, including Other Voices, The Florida Review, Sycamore Review and Nimrod. A collection of these stories, I'M NOT JULIA ROBERTS, was published by Warner Books in January 2007. Called \"hilarious and heart-wrenching\" by People and \"a knowing look at the costs and rewards of remaking a family,\" by the Hartford-Courant, the book was also featured in Redbook, Working Mother , and USA Today among others.\nRuby is also the author of the Edgar-nominated children's mystery LILY'S GHOSTS (8\/03), the children's fantasy THE WALL AND THE WING (3\/06) and a sequel, THE CHAOS KING (5\/07) all from Harpercollins. She writes for older teens as well, and her debut young adult novel, GOOD GIRLS (9\/06), also from Harpercollins, was a Book Sense Pick for fall 2006 and an ALA Quick Pick for 2007. A new young adult novel, PLAY ME, is slated for publication in fall of 2008. Her books have sold in England, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Serbia and Montenegro. THE WALL AND THE WING is currently in development with Laika Studios for release as an animated feature.\nMs. Ruby has been a featured speaker at BookExpo, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention, the Miami Book Festival, the Florida Association of Media Educators (FAME) convention, the Midwest Literary Festival, the International Reading Association's annual convention, and Illinois Reading Council annual conference, among other venues, and she has presented programs and workshops for both adults and children at numerous schools and libraries.\nCurrently, she is working on several thousand projects, drinking way too much coffee, and searching for new tunes for her iPod.\nhttps:\/\/thebookishlibra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Backlist-Briefs-1.png 800 800 Suzanne https:\/\/thebookishlibra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/trimmed-Copy-of-Bookish-Logo-copy.png Suzanne2018-10-15 05:45:082018-10-14 20:12:54Backlist Briefs: Mini Reviews for BONE GAP & GIRL OUT OF WATER","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"I've Been Working on the Railroad\nTHE PICTURE ABOVE WAS FROM THE FILES OF THE CANADIAN FROM THE 70'S. Local accident?\nALL Information below is from the Mississippi Valley Associated Railroaders website and Colin Churcher from his website. Join the local MVAR Club!\nRead all about them!\n1870, September 16 \u2013 the first official train of the Canada Central Railway ran from the terminus at Lebreton Flats, through what was to become Westboro, to Carleton Place.\n1881, June \u2013 The Canadian Pacific took over the Canada Central Railway.\n1882- A new railway station was built at the junction of the two lines here. Exemption from municipal taxation was granted for the C.P.R. workshops being moved to Carleton Place from Brockville and Prescott.\n1884 \u2013 Carleton Place became a railway division point. The result was an expansion of the town's population and of its commercial activities. A large railway station addition was undertaken.\nC. 1885 \u2013 Carleton Place reached the speediest period of its growth. The selection of Carleton Place by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for a division point and major repair shop added a third major industry to growing textile and lumber businesses.\n1886 \u2013 The railway junction and division point town of Carleton Place was a stopping point for the first through train of the C.P.R. from Montreal to the west coast.\nBy the end of the decade, Carleton Place, with a population approaching 4,500, was second in size only to Ottawa in all of the Ottawa Valley. On the main line of the new railway to the west coast, Carleton Place was the largest community between Montreal and Vancouver, with the exception of Winnipeg.\n1990, January 15 \u2013 Canadian Pacific abandons the Carleton Place Subdivision between Nepean (m. 9.0) and Carleton Place (m. 28.1) with the passage of the last \"Canadian\" transcontinental passenger train, hauled by VIA 6409 westbound and VIA 6443 eastbound.\nThree photos: David McCurdy, MVAR Library\nSadly, as we look at the end coach on the train, it is the end of an era in Carleton Place. The event was viewed by a few hundred people. The next day, the interchange switch was removed and replaced by rail on the Chalk River Sub. Not long after that, the track and ties were lifted and the Carleton Place Sub passed into memory.\n1993, July 29 \u2013 Canadian Pacific completes the sale of the Carleton Place subdivision right-of-way between Carleton Place and Nepean to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton.\nThis was the Featured Artifact \u2013 February 2014 from the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum\nWhat better way to say \"I love you\" than with a handwritten note in permanent ink! Verna MacFarlane packed up a lunch every morning in this tin lunchbox for her husband Erwin, who worked for the CPR in Carleton Place. One day she sent him a message in red marker, written on the inside sliding lid of Erwin's blue lunchbox.\n\"Verna loves Erwin\u2026My perfect husband xxx xxx\".\nFiled under Uncategorized and tagged canadian pacific railroad, CPR, Mississippi Valley Associated Railroaders, MVAR, railroads |\tLeave a comment\nAbout lindaseccaspina\nLinda Knight Seccaspina was born in Cowansville, Quebec about the same time as the wheel was invented and the first time she realized she could tell a tale was when she got caught passing her smutty stories around in Grade 7 at CHS by Mrs. Blinn. When Derek \"Wheels\" Wheeler from Degrassi Jr. High died in 2010, Linda wrote her own obituary. Some people said she should think about a career in writing obituaries. Before she laid her fingers to a keyboard, Linda owned the eclectic store Flash Cadilac and Savannah Devilles in Ottawa from 1976-1996. After writing for years about things that she cared about or pissed her off she finally found her calling. Is it sex drugs and rock n' roll you might ask? No, it is history. Seeing that her very first boyfriend in Grade 5 (who she won a Twist contest with in the 60s) is the head of the Brome Misissiquoi Historical Society and also specializes in local history back in Quebec, she finds that quite funny. She writes every single day and is also a columnist for Hometown News and Screamin's Mamas. She is a volunteer for the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum, an admin for the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page, and a local guest speaker. She has been now labelled an historian by the locals which in her mind is wrong. You see she will never be like the iconic local Lanark County historian Howard Morton Brown, nor like famed local writer Mary Cook. She proudly calls herself The National Enquirer Historical writer of Lanark County, and that she can live with. Linda has been called the most stubborn woman in Lanark County, and has requested her ashes to be distributed in any Casino parking lot as close to any Wheel of Fortune machine as you can get. But since she wrote her obituary, most people assume she's already dead. Linda has published six books, \"Menopausal Woman From the Corn,\" \"Cowansville High Misremembered,\" \"Naked Yoga, Twinkies and Celebrities,\" \"Cancer Calls Collect,\" \"The Tilted Kilt-Vintage Whispers of Carleton Place,\" and \"Flashbacks of Little Miss Flash Cadilac.\" All are available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle. Linda's books are for sale on Amazon or at Wisteria \u00b7 62 Bridge Street \u00b7 Carleton Place, Ottawa, Canada, and at the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum \u00b7 267 Edmund Street \u00b7 Carleton Place, Ottawa, Canada--Appleton Museum-Mississippi Textile Mill and Mill Street Books and Heritage House Museum and The Artists Loft in Smith Falls.\nView all posts by lindaseccaspina \u00bb","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Anita Dobson\nGordon Ramsey\nZac Efron feels at 'home' in Australia\nZac Efron considers Australia his \"home\".\nThe 33-year-old actor has been living down under throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and in June, he met his girlfriend Vanessa Valladares in the country whilst she was working at Byron Bay General Store, where Zac moved last year.\nAnd after putting his Los Angeles home up for sale in December, sources have now said Zac has \"no plans\" to move back to the US, because he'd much rather stay in Australia full time.\nThe insider told People magazine: \"As of now, he has no plans to live permanently in LA again. He loves Australia and considers it his home.\"\nAnother source added to the publication: \"He keeps looking at properties.\"\nMeanwhile, it was recently reported the 'Baywatch' star is \"very happy\" with 25-year-old Vanessa.\nA source said: \"Zac's loving his life in Australia. He's settled down and very happy with his girlfriend. It's serious.\"\nAnd it was also said the 'High School Musical' alum - who previously dated his co-star Vanessa Hudgens - relishes the privacy he's been able to enjoy in Australia.\nThe source added: \"He's living eight hours outside of Sydney. Nobody bothers him.\n\"He hangs out with the Hemsworths. He goes surfing. He's coming a long way from partying in LA.\"\nZac entered rehab for alcohol and substance abuse in 2013.\nHowever, the movie star is now sober and Vanessa is proving to be a really good influence on him, according to a source.\nIn September, an insider explained: \"Zac and Vanessa are really good for each other. She has calmed him down a lot, and he's not partying too much.\"\nVanessa Valladares\nSPLITSVILLE\nBRANGELINA\nBEY-BIES\nMelanie C: It's depressing to talk about my mental health\nDita Von Teese's boyfriend prefers her in 'white cotton underwear'\nThe Distillers plan new record as they wait for their new album to come out\nPhoebe Dynevor skipped Bridgerton sex scenes\nNikki Bella: I have a life coach to help stop 'meltdowns'\nBen Affleck hits out at 'sexist and racist' critics of ex-fianc\u00e9e Jennifer Lopez\nAlec Baldwin quarantining away from family 'for months'\nLaverne Cox quits documentary after backlash\nDave Grohl's concern for young musicians\nDr. Dre still in intensive care\n\u00a9 Copyright 2021 Celebretainment, 1510 47th Avenue Moline, IL | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Manage Preferences","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019-05-29) Movie 1080p\nPublished by cocolsambels at June 14, 2019\nHow to Watch : Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019-05-29) Original Title : Godzilla: King of the Monsters Watch this link!: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2RfUGIW Runtime : 132 min. Genre : Science Fiction, Thriller, Action Stars : Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Bradley Whitford Movie Synopsis: The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-speciesthought to be mere mythsrise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanitys very existence hanging in th\nHow to Watch : Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019-05-29)\nOriginal Title : Godzilla: King of the Monsters\nWatch this link!: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2RfUGIW\nRuntime : 132 min.\nGenre : Science Fiction, Thriller, Action\nStars : Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Bradley Whitford\nThe new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-speciesthought to be mere mythsrise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanitys very existence hanging in the balance.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home >> Human Geography >> The Countries Of Eastern to The Southern Countries Of >> The Low Countries and_P1\nThe Low Countries and the Lower Rhine Valley 440\nland, region, people, bushels, yield and acre\nTHE LOW COUNTRIES AND THE LOWER RHINE VALLEY 440. The region.\u2014If you sail up the river Scheldt toward Antwerp, or up one of the mouths of the Rhine toward Rotterdam, you will look down on the fields and farms, for they are lower than the river, and all of the land is very flat indeed.\nWhy do the people who live here call their country the Netherlands, or the Low Country? Most of the land of Holland and a part of Belgium are just the delta of the river Rhine. This lower Rhine valley, together with the near by parts of France and Ger many, which are almost as level as the delta, make up the greatest manufacturing region on the mainland of Europe. This region is also more carefully farmed than any other European region.\nWhat four countries own parts of this region? (Fig. 319.) 441. Making more land.\u2014This ,region has few resources except location and good soil. Even land is scarce. But in Holland the thrifty Dutch not only use all that Nature has made, but by their own labor they have taken a quarter of their country from the sea. Because the sea waters near the Rhine delta are very shallow, the Dutch and Belgians have built dikes, thus cutting off areas of water. Then pumps, driven by windmills, pump the water out from behind the dikes. The sea bottom is then used for farms. But the windmills and engines must keep the pumps forever pumping, pumping, pumping, or the rain water would soon again turn the land into an arm of the sea. In the Zuyder Zee, a shallow bay in Holland, a large area is now being pumped out. Sea bottom farms made of the rich mud from the Rhine Valley produce splendid pasture.\n442. Intensive agriculture.\u2014All of the land of this region is carefully used. Often the flagmen at the railroad crossings tend little gardens beside the tracks. Because rabbits will eat weeds from the gardens, many people keep rabbits in hutches and use them for food. Even the dog works. German, Dutch, Belgian, and French milkcarts are pulled by big, strong work-dogs.\nThe farms are small, and the people must, therefore, put much work and much fertilizer on a little land, and thereby grow crops that yield much food per acre. A man in the United States can make more money grow ing a smaller yield per acre on a larger farm, with less work and less fertilizer. The wheatfields of Belgium yield 38 bushels per acre, while those of the United States yield only about 15 bushels. In the United States the potato yields on the average 90 bushels per acre, but in Holland it is made to yield 290 bushels; in Belgium 300 bushels; in Germany 190 bushels. The climate is too cool for corn, but the plentiful rain and cool sum mer suit the potato perfectly. It is the great est food crop of the region. (Fig. 354.) The sugar beet is another important crop, and forage beets are grown for animal food. (Fig. 346.) To support a family, crops that are worth much money must be grown here on little land. In Holland one sees fields gay with the beautiful red, white, and yellow blossoms of tulips and other flowering bulbs. It costs $2000 an acre to grow a crop of these precious bulbs, which are sent to bloom in America, England, and many foreign countries.\nWhere the moist lowlands are too wet to plow, they make rich pasture lands which support great herds of dairy cows. From the milk of the black and white Holstein cows, the Dutch farmers make ,very good cheese and butter which they send to Eng land and even to the United States. The people who make expensive Dutch butter and cheese often sell it and buy cheaper cheese from Canada, and margarine made of coconut and peanut oil. Why? 443. The factory farmers.\u2014The English people have let much of their land lie un cultivated, because they could make their living by manufacturing. But in the Low Countries across the channel there is not so much coal as in England, so the people there have improved their farming at the same time they were building up their manufacturing.\nFrom \"Human Geography\" by Russell Smith (1921)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"At least 60 killed, 100 injured in temple stampede in central India\nOct 13, 2013, 5:58 pm SGT\nhttp:\/\/str.sg\/ZPJx\nBHOPAL, India (AFP) - A stampede on a bridge outside a Hindu temple killed at least 60 people in India on Sunday and dozens more may have died after they leapt into thewater below, police said.\n\"Sixty people are confirmed killed and the figure could reach 100,\" local Deputy Police Inspector General D.K. Arya told AFP.\n\"More than 100 others have been injured\" in the disaster in the Datia district of central Madhya Pradesh state, he added.\nArya said the stampede was triggered by rumours that it might collapse after being hit by a heavy vehicle.\n\"There were rumours that the bridge could collapse after the tractor hit it,\" he said.\n\"Many people are feared to have fallen into the river and are unaccounted for.\"\nHindus are celebrating the end of the Navaratri festival, dedicated to the worship of the Hindu god Durga, which draws millions of worshippers to temples especially in northern India.\nIndia has a long history of deadly stampedes at religious festivals, with at 36 people trampled to death back in February as pilgrims headed home from the Kumbh Mela religious festival on the banks of the river Ganges.\nSome 102 Hindu devotees were killed in a stampede in January 2011 in the state of Kerala while 224 pilgrims died in September 2008 as thousands of worshippers rushed to reach a 15th-century hill-top temple in the northern town of Jodhpur.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Three problems with the Fourth Estate\nThe blandness of the mainstream media, including public broadcasters, is all about the narrow level of \"debate\" allowed on issues of the day.\nAustralian intellectual and academic Scott Burchill has written the following short essay on the problem and possible solutions:\nIn what is misleadingly called the \"\u02dcage of culture wars' there are three aspects of media commentary and reporting that poison discussion about politics in Australia. None of them are new, and it is by no means a definitive list, but all of them are now more prominent than they were two decades ago. Each contaminates political discourse and significantly reduces the value of newspaper and online commentary. The first is the misunderstanding of bias, the second is a tendency to political apostasy and the third is the effect of close proximity to power.\nBias and corkscrew journalism\nIt is important to start by exposing some common misperceptions about the conceptualisation of media bias.\nInformation managers in modern societies accrue power by controlling and organising knowledge. They have the skills to process and direct information, and the influence to mobilise public support for decision-making by government. They are in the business of lobbying, cheerleading and opinion management, though they routinely masquerade as independent and objective \u2026 commentators.\nThese managers \u2013 or perhaps more accurately \"commissars\" \u2013 are commonly classified in 200 year old ideological terms such as \"left\"\u009d and \"right\"\u009d, positions on a linear spectrum which are then paired with political parties which are said to approximate these approaches: in Australia \u2013 ALP = left, Coalition = right. Many commentators are in fact former party functionaries and apparatchiks who have seamlessly passed through a revolving door between politics and journalism.\nThe idea of political \"balance\"\u009d \u2013 usually only invoked as an attack on ideological adversaries who apparently lack it \u2013 assumes that both halves of the political spectrum (left and right) should be \u2026 equally represented in the political process and that a optimal mid-point between the two exists. This centre or median, which is apparently free of political bias and often described as \"moderate\"\u009d or \"mainstream\"\u009d, is where taxpayer-funded media organisations such as the ABC are supposed to reside \u2013 in the interests of both fairness and their charters. No such discipline is expected of privately owned media outlets.\nThere are several problems with this schema.\nThe assumption that a moderate, responsible and \"natural\"\u009d balance can be found on each and every political issue is self-evidently untrue. Are there two sides to the Holocaust or indiscriminate terrorism where a balanced view in the middle can be found? Obviously not. There are not always two legitimate sides to every story.\nThe persistent use of terms such as \"left\"\u009d and \"right\"\u009d to characterise media opinion in Australia grossly exaggerates the diversity of views that are actually presented. It is still widely assumed that the two party system (Labor\u2013Coalition) encompasses the full spectrum of legitimate political thought in Australia. Ideas or arguments which do not fall neatly within the policy parameters of the major parties (eg the Greens) are said to be \"extreme\"\u009d and beyond the bounds of respectable opinion. Debate, discussion and choice is effectively circumscribed by defining the intellectual boundaries within which legitimate political expression is possible. There is no need for formal censorship, which is usually clumsy and ineffective.\nWhen the range of \"legitimate\" political ideas moves as a bloc to the right while simultaneously converging, the terms used to describe these ideologies becomes misleading. Instead, voters looking for meaningful differences within the two party system are presented with an illusion of choice. All but the narrowest of proposals is dismissed as \u2026 \"radical\"\u009d or \"extreme\"\u009d. The \"free market\" of political ideas narrows and discourse becomes stale and repetitive.\nThis is the primary drawback of bipartisanship, a view of politics which avoids robust debate and disagreement believing a consensus should be achieved on most issues. It also explains the revolving ideological door used by newspaper columnists such as Gerard Henderson and the late Paddy McGuinness, opinionistas equally comfortable at houses of Fairfax and Murdoch.\nOf the reasons to feel depressed about the state of the Australian media, it is this tendency towards repetition, recycling and set\u2013piece ideological battles \u2013 sometimes described as \"corkscrew journalism\"\u009d \u2013 which is most deflating.\nAccording to the late Fred Halliday, the term \"corkscrew journalism\"\u009d originated in the film The Philadelphia Story directed by George Cukor in 1940. Halliday defines it as \"instant comment, bereft of research or originality, leading to a cycle of equally vacuous, staged, polemics between columnists who have been saying the same thing for the past decade, or more.\"\u009d\nThis is an accurate description of much media commentary in Australia, illustrated recently by the interminable sniping between the ABC and the Murdoch press. Predictability and a lack of originality are rife, and media consumers are no longer buying it \u2013 literally.\nReaders, viewers and listeners are often surprised to find commentators placing themselves at the centre of these ideological battles, frequently defending either their (often undisclosed) party affiliations or the commercial prerogatives of their employer, against other columnists and their backers. It's a dialogue between insiders who share a grossly inflated sense of their own importance. The current ABC v Murdoch scrap is little more than competition for market share in the commodity known as news and current affairs, via direct attacks on rival management and journalists.\nThere is little that is thoughtful and much that is repetitive, but everything seems designed to provoke \u2013 usually other columnists. The tyranny of concision ensures that complex and detailed ideas cannot be properly explained, so much commentary is little more than the personal vendettas of ideological vigilantes, the airing of petty grievances and the venting of long-standing obsessions.\nThere is one golden rule in political commentary, especially for in-house regulars, which is unfortunately honoured more in the breech than the observance. If you have nothing interesting or original to say, say nothing.\nA new tendency: political apostasy\nIf there is an increasing tendency amongst Australia's media commentariat it is not a shared ideological conviction \u2013 although the spectrum of opinion has sharply narrowed to the right in recent years \u2013 but a trend towards political apostasy. Reflecting a pattern set in the United States and the United Kingdom by David Horowitz, Paul Johnson, Christopher Hitchens and others, Australia's political apostates such as Keith Windschuttle, Brendan O'Neill, Piers Akerman and Imre Salusinszky, appear motivated by a desperate need to cleanse themselves of the ideological sins of their youth by suddenly adopting diametrically opposite views. In the case of Robert Manne and Malcolm Fraser, the transition from liberal to conservative has been reversed.\nPolitical apostates have the same limited credibility as reformed smokers who lecture others about the risks of lung cancer, and are equally insufferable. By renouncing their earlier faith and converting to its polar opposite they display a psychological need for devotion to some cause or belief system. This enables them to courageously challenge the orthodoxies of the \"elites,\"\u009d \"the left\"\u009d or \"chattering classes\"\u009d that they were once a member of, without explaining their own immunity from such a contagion.\nThere is something fundamentalist about their behaviour. They inhabit the extremes of both the ideological position they originally held and the one they have more recently converted to. The move from Stalinist to free market zealot, for example, is remarkably seamless. The neocons around George W. Bush were perfect illustrations of this ideological transition, and they have a mirror image amongst the oligarchs of Vladimir Putin's Russia.\nMost political apostates in the West are victims of the \"\u02dcGod That Failed' syndrome. They began their political lives as commissars on the left but soon changed tack when they realised that real power, wealth and influence lay on the opposite side of the ideological fence. Once established as servants of state capitalism \u2013 and frequently defenders of state violence \u2013 these rugged individualists devote their time to exposing the sins of former comrades who haven't yet seen the light and shifted like magnets to the true centres of political power.\nReconstructing themselves as faux dissenters who would prefer their earlier liberal incarnation to be forgotten, political apostates adopt reflexively contrarian positions of the risk-free kind, often portraying themselves as persecuted dissidents in a liberal dominated industry. They accomplish this without noticing that they are surrounded by a stable of like-minded conservatives, statists and reactionaries. Ensconced in the heartland of corporate media, ideas such \"risk\"\u009d, \"opposition to power\"\u009d and \"dissent\"\u009d are rendered meaningless. Conformity, obedience and group-think rule the day. This is why on the Op Ed pages of the Murdoch press, a \"range of voices\"\u009d translates to a \"range of conservative voices\"\u009d all saying pretty much the same thing.\nMedia proprietors don't need to issue ideological edicts, although Mr Murdoch apparently instructed his editors around the world to support the war in Iraq in 2003. They select editors who have already internalised the right views and values. Self-censorship is always more effective than orders from above.\nOn Op Ed pages it is now common to read strident posturing and contrived provocation disguised as thoughtful opinion. Aping the modus operandi of commercial talkback radio, in-house commentators make deliberate and often unsubstantiated criticisms of their counterparts in rival papers, hoping to trigger outrage, controversy, and an equally malicious response which can then be presented as a \"public debate\"\u009d.\nMuch of what passes for \"debate\"\u009d, however, is remarkably shallow and ill-informed, seemingly motivated by personal animus and utterly boring to most media consumers who remain indifferent to insider breast beating. It's largely a closed discussion between people who share an exaggerated sense of both their importance and influence. Civility and serious debate have been replaced by infantile point-scoring and a quest for 60 Minutes-style celebrity, where the presenter\/commentator is more important than the story.\nIntoxicated by power: a supine media class\nWriting at the birth of industrial society, Adam Smith identified a major weakness in the moral condition of the species:\n\"The disposition to admire, and to almost worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition, though necessary both to maintain the distinction of ranks and the order of society, is, at the same time, the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.\"\u009d\nThe 19th-century Russian anarchist Michael Bakunin concurred with Smith's observations and understood how easily this moral corruption led to a love affair between the intellectual class and the state:\n\"\"\u00a6whatever conduces to the preservation, the grandeur and the power of the state, no matter how sacrilegious or morally revolting it may seem, that is the good. And conversely, whatever opposes the state's interests, no matter how holy or just otherwise, that is evil. \"\u00a6 [Machiavelli was right when he concluded that for this class] that the state was the supreme goal of all human existence, that it must be served at any cost and that, since the interest of the state prevailed over everything else, a good patriot should not recoil from any crime in order to serve it.\"\nLittle, if anything in this regard has changed in 250 years. Proximity to power remains intoxicating for impressionable journalists and commentators, especially the ambitious and instinctively obedient. A\u2026 depraved submission to authority and an ever-ready desire to please those in power may be the very antithesis of an adversarial media, but it is strikingly commonplace in the \"mainstream\". Conformity and compliance are too often regarded as normal and natural, whereas dissent is evidence of anti-social tendencies and a severe personality disorder: it's Stalinism redux, this time in the West.\nAn inner circle, where journalists are privy to confidences and trusted with sensitive information, is a very seductive locale to inhabit. Flattery yields to feelings of being special and exclusive \u2013 becoming a player, even a decision-maker. Loyalty and discretion are rewarded with privileges and access. There might be networking and photo opportunities, a book endorsement or launch, even the receipt of an authorised leak: later perhaps, a well-paid, high-status government job.\nWhether it's being duchessed around Israel with an all expenses paid guided tour organised by the local Israel lobby or an invitation to attend the Australia America Leadership Dialogue where Chatham House rules apply, scepticism and independence are replaced by a socialisation to power. In this atmosphere a journalist may come to believe that she, and the subjects of her reporting, are not adversaries at all but colleagues in a common enterprise. They effectively become courtiers, working to \"understand\" current problems while preserving the status quo: a patriotic agenda.\nThe personal hostility of many journalists and think tankers to Julian Assange and Edward Snowden stems from both professional jealousy that they were out-scooped by unorthodox competitors, and an instinctive fear of upsetting established power.\u2026 Instead of investigating the behavior of governments and welcoming greater transparency about decisions being taken in the peoples' name, many in the media became complicit in defending state power from public exposure. Along the way the 'right to know' about government malfeasance was abandoned and replaced with personal smears, innuendo and outright lies about those were actually informing the public.\nFraming ideas and debates, telling people what they should think about public issues and defending doctrinal orthodoxies is what lobbying on behalf of power is all about. The role of journalists and commentators is to challenge and expose these processes, not to endorse or amplify them.\nTags: Australia, Britain, Edward Snowden, human rights, Israel lobby, mainstream media, Murdoch, United States, Wikileaks\nAustralia is being led by a values-free person\nJ Street may be starting to recognise Israel's authoritarian tendency\nWhen crazy Zionism meets just crazy","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Sung Hoon Biography\nSung Hoon is a South Korean actor known for his portrayals in the television series New Tales of Giseang(2011), Faith(2012), Passionate Love (2013-2014), Five Children (2016), Are we in Love (2020).\nBy Puja Bhetwal\nOriginal : March 12, 2021\nSung Hoon is a South Korean actor known for his leading portrayals in the television series New Tales of Giseang(2011), Faith(2012), Passionate Love (2013-2014), Five Children (2016), Are we in Love (2020)\nWho is Sung Hoon?\nSung Hoon was an ace swimmer, specializing in a butterfly stroke before starting his career as an actor. He had been swimming since elementary school, but he quit after his spinal injury at the age of 26.\nWith no prior experience in acting, Hoon made his debut with a lead role in the 2011 South Korean TV series New Tales of Gisaeng. His breakthrough role won him the New Star Award from, 20th SBS Drama Awards and also paved his way for the other notable roles in the TV drama series such as Faith(2012), Passionate Love(2013-2014), Noble, My Love (2015), Five Children(2016), Oh My Venus (2015-2016).\nThe versatile actor is also an accomplished Disc Jockey who has worked under the name of ROI. In June of 2015, he performed in Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia\nIn 2016 he made his big-screen debut in the South Korean action crime film 'Come Back to Busan Port'.Later, he starred in the 2017 South Korean television series \"My Secret Romance\" as a lead character.\nAdditionally, he was cast in the second season of the sitcom 'The Sound of Yor Heart' (2018), romantic comedy web drama 'I Picked up a Celebrity on the Street(2018), romantic comedy-drama; Level up (2019). Later in 2020 Hoon appeared as a lead role in the romantic fantasy film 'Are you in Love'.\nBorn as Bang Sung Hoon on February 14, 1983, in Nam District, Daegu South Korea, Hoon was a swimmer from the elementary school. In 2002 he participated in a fifty-meter butterfly contest where he set the new record of 25.7 seconds.\nAlthough he had 16 years of experience, Hoon was unable to pursue his career as a swimmer because of his injuries. He had undergone his first surgery in Grade 6 of elementary school, and then he had six full-body gusset surgeries from his high school to college. The surgery had a major impact on both his health and his education. As a result, he unwillingly quit his swimming career at the age of 26. He then graduated from Yong University, where he studied Social and Physical Education.\nAfter graduation, Hoon had a feeling of loss as he put an end to swimming, his passion from an early age. He worked part-time to continue his life, but it wasn't enough to sustain his life. So Hoon, who had also been fond of acting since childhood, decided to pursue another passion; acting. The hardship came to an end after he met with the CEO of the acting agency, who gave him a golden opportunity to act.\nThe novice in the acting industry made a debut in the South Korean Tv series 'New Tales of Gisaeng\" starting from January 23, 2011, to July 17, 2011. In the 52 episodes SBS series, he portrayed as an arrogant second-generation chaebol which garnered him the limelight. Initially, Hoon was criticized for his awkward acting however as the episodes progressed he improved his acting.\nThe breakthrough role earned him the New Star Award at the 20th SBS drama awards in 2011 and opened up a path for further acting opportunities.\nIn 2012 he was cast in his first Chinese drama; The Bodyguard where he portrayed the role of Guo Xu; a security chef. The same year he appeared in the SBS drama Faith as a shady character with a deadly flute and also in the SBS drama The Birth of the Family; as a businessman\nFollowing that year, Hoon starred in the 2013- 2014 SBS drama series Passionate Love as a handsome and rich chaebol Kang Moo Yool. In 2014, he appeared in the web drama '6 Persons Room' where he played a thriving businessman and a womanizer who suffered an injury and found himself surrounded by a strange patient in a hospital.\nHis popularity soared after starring in the 2015 miniseries Noble, My Love, in which he played Lee Kang Hoon, the CEO of the world's largest corporation D.O.L's Korean division. Because of his celebrity, he was cast in his next film, Oh My Venus, in which he plays Jang Joon-sung, a professional boxer trained by John Kim (played by So Ji-sub), whose nickname is \"Korean Snake.\"\nHoon, a talented disc jockey, goes by the stage name ROI. In June 2015, he performed in several countries, including Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia, showcasing his talent in the region.\nIn 2016 Sung Hoon was cast in a KBS's weekend drama Five Enough. His portrayal as Kim Sang-min in the drama earned him the Best New Actor award at the 30th KBS Drama Awards in 2016.\nThe same year he made a big-screen debut with the film 'Come Back to Busan Port,' which was directed by Park Hee Joon, the story shows how those twin brothers who were separated from each other again meet when the elder is a detective, and the younger a criminal gang man.\nAfter that, he landed the lead role of Cha Jin-Wook in the South Korean television series \"My Secret Romance,\" which aired on OCN for 13 episodes from April 17 to May 30, 2017. In the 2017 South Korean TV drama series \"The Idolmaster KR,\" he plays Kang Shin-hyuk, a producer of an entertainment company.\nIn addition, he was cast in the second season of the sitcom 'The Sound of Your Heart,' and he starred in the romantic comedy web drama 'I Picked up a Celebrity on the Street,' in 2018. He was cast in the romantic comedy-drama \"Level Up\" later in 2019. Following that, in 2020, Hoon starred in the romantic fantasy film \"Are You in Love?\" as the protagonist.\nSung Hoon","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Gregory Morton\nThroughout his entertainment career as an accomplished actor, Gregory Morton graced the silver screen many times. Morton's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the Kathryn Grayson adaptation \"The Vagabond King\" (1956), the Hugh O'Brian remake \"The Fiend Who Walked the West\" (1958) and \"The Interns\" (1962). He also appeared in the comedy adaptation \"Bye Bye Birdi...\nVillage Chief\nThe Mephisto Waltz (1971)\nThe Destructors (1968)\nDr. Frazer\nCounterpoint (1968)\nPanic in the City (1968)\nSynanon (1965)\nThroughout his entertainment career as an accomplished actor, Gregory Morton graced the silver screen many times. Morton's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the Kathryn Grayson adaptation \"The Vagabond King\" (1956), the Hugh O'Brian remake \"The Fiend Who Walked the West\" (1958) and \"The Interns\" (1962). He also appeared in the comedy adaptation \"Bye Bye Birdie\" (1963) with Janet Leigh. He kept working in film throughout the sixties, starring in the dramatic adaptation \"Johnny Cool\" (1963) with Henry de Silva, the drama sequel \"The New Interns\" (1964) with Michael Callan and \"Synanon\" (1965) with Chuck Connors. He also worked in television around this time, including a part on \"Lost in Space\" (CBS, 1965-68). In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in \"Counterpoint\" (1967) with Charlton Heston, the Nehemiah Persoff drama \"Panic in the City\" (1968) and the drama \"The Mephisto Waltz\" (1970) with Alan Alda. Morton last appeared in \"Brave New World\" (NBC, 1979-1980). Morton passed away in January 1986 at the age of 75.\nThe NEW Interns (1964)\nDr. Granchard\nJohnny Cool (1963)\nJerry March\nThe Interns (1962)\nDr. Hugo Granchard\nFlight That Disappeared (1961)\nThe Examiner\nThe Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)\nThe Vagabond King (1956)\nGen. Antoine de Chabannes\nCast (Special)\nTwelfth Night (1957)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Category Archives: Panoptica\nPanoptica, chapter 12\nI have addresses for both competition winners and will be posting in a few days. Since they are in New Zealand and the USA, it might take a while to get there\u2026\nOkay, onwards. These next few chapters will need heavy editing as I try to keep track of what parts go where and have probably messed up a few times. Still, editing comes at the end, when it's complete. I just hope I've remembered all the number\/names correctly. If it's a bit confusing in places, that's okay. It's supposed to be \ud83d\ude09\nPanoptica: Chapter 12\n10538 wandered through fog, the world around him indistinct. The voice came again.\n\"10538. Can you hear me? We met on the train.\"\nHis head throbbed. Something touched his face. He tried to brush it away but his arms were immobilised. Am I back in the chair? Was I always in the chair?\nThere were hands on his shoulders.\n\"Please, 10538. You are under heavy sedation. We are trying to help you.\"\nHe opened one eye. Leaning over him, someone held his shoulders. He scanned the onesie they wore. 71556.\n10538 screamed. \"Ghost! The ghost has me!\"\n\"What the hell was that?\" Another voice, off to the side. \"She thinks you're a ghost?\"\n71556 looked to the left. \"She must have seen me on the screens or maybe on the news. This isn't going to work. Sedate her and we'll try something else.\"\nThe plastic mask covered 10538's nose and mouth and the gentle fog enveloped him once more.\nThey had used strange words. Her. She. What could they mean? Is it another language, another world? Maybe it was all just a dream. Maybe he was being deleted, still in the grey room, still fixed in his chair. Or in the warm room, offered retirement. Or in the cold room, offered retirement. Did he run for the bus or the train? Did the outside of the train not match the inside? Did he ride the ghost train? Maybe this was the end, maybe this was how a dying brain tried to cope. Confusion, denial, terror. It must end soon. The walls in his mind reformed and 10538 settled into comfortable compliant conformity.\n\"10538. Wake up. You have an important job.\"\nWe all have important jobs.\n\"10538. We have isolated the signal from your brain chip. You can wake up now.\"\nBrain chip. Someone mentioned it once. I never knew I had one.\n\"10538. Wake up. This is Three.\"\nThree? 10538 blinked his eyes open. Sweat made his skin clammy and blurred his vision. A damp cloth passed across his face, gently. His vision cleared. He was still in the large cage he had dreamed about, the one with the fat man, and he was still tied to a bed. Wires still brushed his cheeks and his forehead hurt.\n10538 licked his lips. \"Where am I?\"\n\"You are safe.\" The smiling face hovered above him. The onesie below it showed a short sequence of bars that confirmed the designation. Three.\n\"Three? I was never sure if the Nine were real.\" 10538 gaped in awe. \"Am I dead? Dying? Am I imagining this?\"\n\"You are safe and very much alive, 10538. We are going to disable your brain chip.\"\n\"What? But I need it. Don't I? I wouldn't have it if I didn't need it. What does it do? I didn't know it was there.\" 10538 strained against the restraints holding him to the bed.\n\"Do not panic.\" Three put a hand on 10538's bare chest. \"We are going to liberate you, 10538. We are going to make you a free thinker.\"\n\"I don't want that.\" 10538 struggled against the straps that held him. \"I want to go home. I want my job and my life and my comfortable compliant conformity. I don't want to think for myself. I want to be free.\"\nThree blinked as if confused. He withdrew his hand and looked to one side for a moment, his tongue between his lips. Finally he took a breath and faced 10538.\n\"It is important. You have an important job to do now. We had a task for you. Do you remember what it was?\"\n10538 shook his head, as far as the restraints allowed. \"I am a camera watcher. I watch the screens. I report things if they are wrong. That is my job. It's important. I watch for terrorists.\"\n\"And did you find any? Think, 10538. Think very hard.\" Three stared directly into his eyes.\nMemories formed and burst. Flitted past his mind like bats on a summer night, silent, hard to see. 10538 closed his eyes. \"No\u2026 I don't think I did. I'm not sure any more.\" He opened his eyes. \"Why is this happening to me, Three? What did I do wrong?\"\n\"Nothing. You are safe. We only want to help you.\" Three nodded to someone out of 10538's sight. \"You have a chip in your brain, 10538, as everyone does. It closes down things you are required to forget. Now it is time to start remembering.\" Three held up his hand to forestall 10538's objections. \"We need you to be clear in your mind for what is ahead so we will have to release those locked-away memories. It will hurt, but we are not doing it to punish you and we will be as gentle as possible. Do you understand?\"\n\"I think so. I'm not sure. Are these terrible memories?\" 10538 tried to relax and wondered why, under such stress, his medichip was silent.\n\"We can shut down your brain chip in stages. We will first restore your memories of the last day or so before you fell unconscious on the train.\" Three held up both hands. \"It will come as a shock, I think. Try to stay calm and rational.\" He nodded past 10538's head again.\nA wall collapsed in his mind. 10538 gasped as memories formed \u2013 but they made no sense. Warm cold room. Bare grey concrete painted walls. High level medics and supervisor level units with the same faces. His hands were clamped to a table and they were free. He was accused of being a terrorist and then told his work was excellent. Gradually, his mind sorted the memories, yet still they made no sense.\n\"I was in a prison. Trapped in a cage.\" 10538 blinked away tears. A hand came from behind to wipe his eyes, gently, with a soft cloth. \"I was accused of being a terrorist. Then they said it was a mistake. They said I could not go back, I would have to take retirement. Then I was in a room with a comfortable chair and they told me I was overworked and they offered me retirement. I remembered that part before but I didn't remember the cold grey room with the cage. Why did they think I was a terrorist?\"\n\"They didn't. They knew you were innocent but they could not admit they arrested you wrongly. That's why they had to retire you.\" Three inclined his head. \"I know this must feel like living your life in reverse. Are you ready to go back a little further?\"\n\"There's more?\"\n\"What's the last thing you remember before the interview and the train?\"\n10538 tried to concentrate. \"I think I remember voting. I'm not sure when. There was a day at work, nothing happened, I met 11712 on the bus on the way home, then the next morning I got up and went to work. Then I was in the prison.\"\nThree raised his eyebrows. \"What was the date of the day you last remember going to work?\"\n\"What's a date?\" 10538 blinked.\n\"Ah, of course. Never mind.\" Three looked away for a moment, sniffed and turned back. \"Do you remember how many days it was to Earth Day?\"\n\"No. I'm sorry.\"\n\"Don't be.\" Three shook his head. \"It's not your fault. Okay, we'll take you back a little further.\" He looked over 10538's head again.\nAnother wall crashed to the ground. He ran for a bus. Medics visited him. Police tazered him. Voting day! Provided with a location for the timeline, his mind rapidly ordered these new thoughts.\n\"I voted in the morning. Then I prepared for work. Breakfast was a little extra because I was a few grams underweight. Then the medics came.\"\n\"Medics?\" Three waved one hand. \"Sorry. I didn't want to interrupt.\"\n\"They checked me. Tested me. They said I had associated with smokers and had a drinking problem.\" 10538 wanted to lower his head but it was restrained. \"I had taken a little from the drinks cabinet. Just a little, now and then. It helps with memory adjustment. But I'm not alcoholic. I'm not!\"\nThree laughed. \"Oh everyone does that. Absolutely everyone. You don't need to worry, 10538, we are not here to punish you for anything at all.\"\n\"They said I was obese but I had just been underweight. I don't understand.\"\n\"We'll come back to that.\" Three looked up as a cough came from behind 10538. He nodded. \"In a moment.\" Turning back to 10538 he asked \"What happened after that?\"\n\"They said they would get me some time off work.\" 10538 licked his lips. \"Could I have some water?\"\n\"Sure.\" Three lifted a cup with a straw and held it up so that 10538 could drink. \"Anything else?\"\n\"It's starting to come together. I was late so I ran for the bus, I was arrested for running, put in prison and then they said it was all a mistake. I still don't understand why I woke up again in an interview room, with supervisors who looked just like the senior medics from the prison.\"\n\"Why did you\u2014\" Three was cut off by a pronounced cough from behind.\n\"We have to shut her down. Blood pressure is going too high. She needs to rest.\" The deep voice came from a place 10538 could not see.\nThree nodded. \"This is going to take some time, I'm afraid. You need to sleep for a while, 10538. We'll continue later.\"\nOnce again, the plastic mask of oblivion was placed on his face. The world slid away, sounds became distant and the grey fog settled once more.\nPosted in Panoptica, Writing\t| 5 Replies\nPanoptica chapter 11\nWell the competition is over and winners emailed for details. Here's the song that inspired this book, many years ago. Way back then I was disappointed to keep hearing the overture but not the rest of the story. In the end I decided I'd just have to write it myself.\nThis part of the story is proving difficult. Most of it takes place in 10538's dreams as he recovers long-blanked memories. It spans several chapters but it has to happen gradually because if all those memories come back in one go\u2026 well, you'll see.\nThis is a short one so it won't take long. I'll have to consider adding the short story 'Santa is Coming' somewhere in the book, perhaps as another chapter, in case nobody can figure out what's happening here.\nIt was dark and it was light. He was caged and free. Warm and cold, soft and hard. It all seemed the same.\nA twisted, burned tree held five stumps of a badger in smoke. A train clickety-clacked through a bus that had to run to work. Street police tasered a ghosthunter who was clamped to a table. Screens of barcodes without people, white void of people without barcodes.\n10538 drifted in a world of chaos. His mind, lost, took every thought and linked them at random because nothing else worked. There were walls he could not cross, nor see over. His thoughts bounced off them, his dreams tried to make sense of what they had.\nSomething picked at him. Crows or maybe rats. Winged rats or toothed crows. They tore his skin looking for silicon treats. Demons ripped open his chest and played with his heart.\nIn Pensionville he was happy with no reason to be. Manicured lawns and washing an immobile car every week. He cut the lawn with scissors to make the delight last longer. His neighbours smiled all the time, displaying teeth of impossible perfection and size.\nDark clouds gathered overhead. The red eyes and jingling bells came to his sight and ears. Send not to ask for whom the bells jingle\u2026 but they were not coming for him.\nHis real eyes opened to see a fat man bent over him in a cage. The fat man's eyes went wide and he stepped back. 10538 sat up and smiled. \"Santa is coming,\" he said. Then he lay down and returned to his dream world.\nHis smiling Pensionville neighbours gathered around him and he marvelled at their dentistry. It looked like flames. Their mouths were on fire. Their mouths, shining teeth of fire, opened wider.\nThere was a ghost, a terrorist, a runner. A tree that never went away even though it was burned. A train with windows only on the inside. A bus he ran for and almost died for. A grey room. A light room. A window. No window. Retirement. Fire. Those in Pensionville never get to see the news.\nThe walls in his mind collapsed.\n10538 opened his eyes and screamed.\nThe fat man from his dreams pinned him down on a soft bed. Something burned in his forehead. Wires stroked his face. 10538 writhed against the fat man and the pain.\n\"Sedate the bugger.\" Fat man shouted to someone out of sight. \"This is worse than I expected.\"\n10538's mind screamed of betrayal and friendship and of TV and truth. Outside and inside. Windows that were not windows. Runners and ghosts. The bus. The train. Guilty even when proven innocent. Comfort and pain. Silence and noise. The horror of the creche he grew in. The deadly life of the Ferals. It flooded in, unhindered. All the horrors of reality, all the memories blanked out by Comfortable Compliant Conformity for all 10538's life. All of it, in an instant.\n\"Shut her down. She can't take it.\"\nSomething hard and plastic covered his mouth and nose. The words from the pinched mouth of the fat man followed 10538 into the darkness.\nCompetition \u2013 Panoptica\nTen chapters posted so\u2026\nI wanna play a game\nUp for grabs. Four books. Two of your own choice from the Leg Iron Books catalogue and two more random choices from me. If you've actually bought any of them and are a member of that elite group, let me know so I don't send duplicates. Plus a Leg Iron Books mug.\nSecond prize is a Leg Iron Books mug and a random book.\nOkay. So here it is.\n10538 was not a random character. He was inspired by an old song. To win this, I need the name of the song, the name of the band, the album it first appeared on and the instrument Roy Wood played in its first iteration.\nIt's easy if you google it. It's easier if you own the album.\nDid you see the man running through the streets today.\nDid you catch his face, was it 10538? Ah!\nIf this song didn't chill you, you're already cold.\nPosted in Leg Iron Books, Panoptica, Random babbles, Writing\t| 7 Replies\nWell, it seems Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard from Star Trek) has declared that the next series of Star Trek will cover both Brexit and Donnie the Trump.\nThat's going to send it into the same ratings tailspin as the nonsensical politically correct lecturing of the latest Dr. Who. Another programme I used to like, gone. No point having a TV these days. There's nothing left worth watching.\nStar Trek is set so far in the future that both Brexit and Trump would just be footnotes in history books. Furthermore, at the time of Star Trek, there is one world government on Earth and even that is superseded by the Federation of Planets. Nobody in that fictional world is going to give the tiniest spatter of shit about past presidents of a country that used to exist, nor the separation of a country that used to be part of the EU but is now, like every other country on a whole load of planets, subsumed into the Galactic Union.\nBringing modern politics into that far-future fiction will kill it stone dead. I'll re-watch the Kirk years on DVD, I think. I was so desperately disappointed in the political crap they injected into Dr. Who, I am not even going to try watching the new Star Trek.\nStill, there's always Panoptica. That's only a generation or three into the future. And no, I am not going to add in Trump or Brexit or the EU because they are all dead by the time 10538's story happens, and nobody in that world is taught any more than they absolutely need to know. A part of the story that is already here, for many people.\nSo, 10538 already has doubts about what he's seen on TV. Let's give him a bit more reality to consider\u2026\nPanoptica : Chapter 10\nClick-clack. Click-clack. The train made an odd noise that cut through 10538's muddled thoughts. Retirement. Pensionville. 11712. The cold grey warm colourful room with no windows and windows and hard seat, soft seat, the bus\u2026 71556. Why was that unit's designation drifting in the mess in his head? They could never have met.\nClick-clack. Click-clack. The train shifted to one side. 10538 grabbed his seat on either side, his eyes wide.\n71556 turned to face 10538. \"Something wrong?\"\n\"That noise. The clacking. And it felt like it was going to fall over.\"10538 swallowed. \"Is something wrong with this machine?\"\n\"You've never been on a train before, have you?\" 71556 stared at the window again. \"It's perfectly okay. Safe, at least until we get to the end of the line.\"\n\"Pensionville? You're going for retirement too?\" 10538 blinked rapidly. Something in his head had linked 71556 and retirement but it tried to tell him that was in the past. It made no sense. He pushed the thought away.\n\"You could call it that, I suppose.\" 71556 sighed. \"It's the end of the line, that's for sure. You won't know what's coming, of course. Just as you never connected what you saw outside the train with what you've seen from inside it.\"\nPuzzled, 10538 stared at the window. The city limits passed, the red flashing lights warning of crossing into the deserted lands ran into the distance, along the tops of the fence they had just passed through. He shivered. He knew Pensionville was a long way off, of course, but it had not occurred to him they would have to cross the ravaged lands to get there. He hoped it wouldn't be too long before the train crossed another, similar fence and returned to civilization.\nWhat had 71556 meant about him not connecting outside and inside? He had seen the platform pull away, and now seen the edge of his city as the train passed it. What could be different outside? The sevens were scientists, he knew that. Although a seven-one was not a high-ranking scientist, they would still be able to understand things that a one-zero could never hope to grasp. 10538 shook himself. Such matters were above his rank and he had enough confusion in his head already. No sense adding to it.\nOutside, the world was a bleak and horrible place. Twisted stumps of trees, smouldering grasses, decaying animals. Just as the TV had shown him. The sun beat down through a red haze, the flames on its surface licking at the sky. He had seen this on TV many times, but faced with its reality he found it hard to bear.\n10538 stared at his hands. He saw faint red bands around his wrists and wondered where they had come from. His brain tried to tell him but could not, as if some ethereal hand covered his brain's mouth. They told him this would all pass in Pensionville but how long would it take? How long before he felt normal again? How long before the thoughts in his mind could connect rather than bounce around aimlessly?\nHe stared at the window but found no comfort in the twisted stumps and decaying animals. He glanced at 71556 and wondered why his mind pushed and pushed at that designation as if trying to warn him of something. The train. The bus. Running. Movement. Trapped. Noise. Silence. Windowless windows. Inside and outside. Something was trying to get through but something else swatted it all aside. Click-clack. Click-clack.\nPerhaps if he talked, perhaps the sound of his voice would silence the roar of his thoughts.\n\"I guess you took retirement too. Isn't it great? We get to do whatever we want for the rest of your lives. Although\u2026\" 10538 licked his lips, \"I'm not really sure what I want to do. My job was pretty much everything. I guess yours was too.\"\n71556 leaned back on his seat and closed his eyes. 10538 tried to ignore the obvious snub.\n\"I've been granted early retirement. I'm going to Pensionville. No more work for me. It's all because I can read barcodes, well it wasn't hard, I've been a camera watcher for so long now, I started to recognise the patterns and how they fit with the numbers. I have a special talent. So I get early retirement.\" 10538 bit his lip. It was clear 71556 was ignoring him. One more try.\n\"I can read your code. You're 71556. So you're important. I can understand why you don't want to bother with me.\" 10538 lowered his head. It seemed he was not going to make a new friend today.\n71556 opened one eye, then the other. \"I can't read barcodes. Who are you?\"\nElated at getting a response, 10538 grinned. \"I'm 10538. I'm amazed that a Seven-One can't do what I do. So did you get retirement too?\"\n\"Same as you.\" 71556 turned his face to the window.\n10538 followed his gaze. \"It's awful out there, isn't it? Global warming has destroyed the planet.\"\n71556 snorted, then pointed at the scenery. \"See that tree? The scorched one, twisted over? Look hard at it.\"\n\"I see it.\" 10538 shook his head. \"What about it?\"\n\"We've passed it many times on this trip already.\" 71556 half-smiled. \"You'll see it again in three minutes.\"\n\"Oh come on.\" 10538 leaned back in his seat. \"You think we're just going in circles?\"\n\"Wait three minutes,\" 71556 stared at the window. \"Also take note of that pattern of five blackened stumps.\" A minute later: \"See the way that decayed badger lies? Remember it.\" Then: \"The smoke from that smouldering grass. Remember the shape it makes.\"\nThe twisted tree came into view. 10538 blinked. It couldn't be the same one. Five blackened stumps. The badger. The shape of the smoke from the smouldering grass.\n10538 sniffed. \"Coincidence.\"\n\"Keep watching.\" 71556 waved him back to the window.\nThe twisted tree. The five stumps. The badger. The shape in the smoke.\n10538 slumped in his seat. \"We are going in circles.\"\n\"No.\" 71556's voice was gentle. \"Those are not windows. They are screens, like the ones on your buses and trams. They show you what you are supposed to see, not what's really out there.\"\n\"So what's really out there? Something worse?\" The chaos in 10538's head intensified. Tears of confusion and terror welled in his eyes.\n\"Something better.\" 71556 inhaled sharply as the train wheels squealed and their movement slowed. \"Something I might not see again, and something you'll probably never see. I think we've arrived at the end of the line.\"\n\"I don't see a platform and we haven't passed an environment fence.\" 10538 looked at the window. \"We're still in the ruined lands.\"\n\"I told you, those are screens.\" 71556 rolled his eyes. \"Nothing to do with what's out there. End of the line. It's time to say goodbye.\"\n\"Goodbye? Aren't you going to the same place as me?\"\n\"Yes. And that's why\u2014\" 71556 froze, eyes wide, as the door opened.\n\"Are we there? Is this retirement?\" 10538 pulled his onesie tighter at the neck. \"They didn't say it would be cold.\" All he saw was white outside and little white flakes drifting in through the door.\nA voice shouted from the white void beyond the door. Mary. Run. This won't work for very long.\n\"That's Terry.\" 71556 stood and grabbed 10538's onesie at the chest. \"You want to live? Come on, this is your only chance.\"\n\"But\u2026 Retirement.\" 10538's mind filled with contradictions. The warm place. The cold place. Noise. Silence. Did he retire twice? 11712. The one-way window. The twisted tree. The badger. Red marks on his wrists. The ghost. The ghost!\n\"There is no bloody retirement. You are an anomaly. You showed initiative and you learned to do something beyond your station. They will take you apart, analyse you, and whatever's left will go into the power station furnace. If you're lucky you'll be dead by then.\" 71556 pulled 10538 to his feet. \"You want to see past those screens you call windows? Come on then, let's go look.\"\n\"It's all burned out there. Nobody can live there.\" 10538 struggled but 71556 pulled him towards the open door. \"It's all blackened and dead and\u2026\" They reached the door.\nGreen shoots through a white landscape. People, living people, not wearing barcodes. The sun, a gentle yellow orb with no flames. The sky, blue not red and with white patches moving over it. No blackened stumps. No smouldering grass. No badger.\nIt was impossible to deny this. It was impossible to correlate it with what he had been shown his whole life. Impossible to make it conform. Impossible to adjust this sight to reality. He could not achieve CCC no matter how he tried.\nHis mind overloaded with contradiction, 10538 passed out.\nPosted in Panoptica, Politics, Writing\t| 6 Replies\nPanoptica Chapter 9\nI've been distracted by a short story idea concerning Annunaki, Neanderthals and the 'replacement of Europeans'. This will not take long and I'll be back to Panoptica as soon as I have the other story drafted.\nAs for the news, I'm finding it hard to get worked up about any of it. The Labour leadership contest \u2013 meh. I'm not a member of any political party so won't have a say and frankly, don't give a damn. The candidate lineup looks like the starting line of a window licking competition. I don't care which one they pick.\nApparently it's 'racism' to criticise Meghan Markle, or Meghan Windsor as she is now. This is playing a full deck of race cards all at once, and what for? What does it matter if a minor royal decides he doesn't want to be royal any more? He won't be the first to abdicate his royalness. There are no examples of racism in any of the criticism I've seen and I don't care enough about another family's issues to comment myself. This is for Mrs. Queen and Wrinkled Phil to sort out. Not my business.\nI've given up arguing with global warmers. There's no point and it's too late anyway. Climate change has arrived and is killing people in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan because they aren't used to experiencing that much cold. Countries all over the world are seeing cold records fall every day \u2013 and the Church of Climatology focuses on arsonist-set fires in Australia. Even though much of Australia is also recording record low temperatures in what, for them, is summer. When I say 'low' I mean low for Australia, so pretty much British summer temperatures. They aren't under glaciers and probably won't be. There's too much sea between Antarctica and the next land for effective glacier formation. The North doesn't have that buffer. Maybe Australia will eventually have low enough temperatures for normal people to visit without having to wear stillsuits and a Meccano framework of fans and ice.\nWe have several years' worth of firewood, we have well water and septic tank sewage. I just need to get a generator, ideally steam powered because the idiots are likely to push fuel prices into daft levels soon. I doubt they exist but I'm sure a petrol one could be modified with maybe an old railway tank engine to drive it. Yes, I am looking for an excuse to get one. Let the warmers keep pretending it's getting hotter, and that CO2 is the only thing that matters. The game is over. They're just hiding in that global warming jungle, pretending the war is still going on. I'm happy to leave them there.\nBrexit \u2013 will it happen? I'm not going to hold my breath. Boris might actually come through on this or he might be a jolly Santa-like version of Jackboots May. We'll get a better idea on the 31st January but we won't know for sure until December. Either way, there's sod all I can do about it so I'm not going to worry about it.\nEnough gloom \u2013 I'm obviously spending far too much time with Gloom Dog lately \u2013 and on with the jolly tale of Panoptica. This'll cheer you up. Comparatively.\nPanoptica: Chapter 9\n46110. 46826. 46053. The onesie patterns were unmistakable. 10538 stopped moving when he saw the unit marked as 93224. This rail station was under heavy security. Ghosthunters and a Coalition advisor? Something important must be happening, so what was he doing here? Surely he didn't merit such a high-ranking sendoff party?\n\"Something wrong? Why have you stopped?\" 18823 nudged him forward.\n10538 took hesitant steps. \"There are very important units here. A lot of security. What's that for?\"\n\"Have you ever been to a train station before?\" 18823 moved in front of 10538, smiling.\n\"Well\u2026 no. I only ever needed the bus.\"\n\"Trains are for longer journeys. The higher ranks need to get to distant places quickly. They'll be waiting for trains going to their own destinations.\" 18823 took 10538's arm. \"Come on. The train to Pensionville is already here. It has to clear the platform before other trains can arrive.\"\n10538 looked around. There was a concrete floor, a thing like a little room with a door, the concrete floor seemed to fall away on either side of the little room. Baffled, he turned to 18823. \"I don't know what a train looks like. Is it around here?\"\n18823 laughed. \"Of course. I've never ridden in one but I've brought others here. So I know how it works. Let me show you.\" He led 10538 to the edge of the concrete floor, just beside the little room, \"Look down there.\"\n10538 peered cautiously over the edge. About a metre or so down lay steel bars, linked together at intervals, that ran under the room and off into the distance.\n\"Those are rails.\" 18823 pointed into the distance. \"They lead to Pensionville. This\u2014\" he indicated the little room \"\u2014runs on those rails so it can't ever take a wrong turn. You sit inside and it will take you to Pensionville safely. That's all there is to it. You just sit inside and wait. You don't have to do anything.\"\n\"Just like the bus?\" 10538 looked over the little room. It had no visible windows, just the door.\n\"Even better. Because it's on rails it can't go the wrong way. It's a lot faster too.\" 18823 patted 10538's back. \"Come on, let's get you on board.\"\nThey stood before the door to the little room 18823 had called a 'train'. There was a hiss and the door moved forwards, then sideways along the side of the train. 10538 was aware of movement around him \u2013 the ghosthunters had tensed, the advisor took a step back. He glanced at 18823, whose smile was tight and who appeared to not be breathing.\n10538 stepped through the door. Someone sat in there, someone who looked up at him with one raised eyebrow. The onesie identified them as 71556. 10538 raised his hand in greeting to show his designation. 71556 snorted and looked away.\n10538 turned to 18823. \"Seems I'm not travelling alone.\"\n\"Anyone you know?\" 18823 spoke through gritted teeth.\n10538 felt a little taken aback. It felt as though there was another overlay to this whole situation but he just could not grasp it. \"No,\" he said. \"Never seen this unit before.\"\n18823 blew a long breath, as though relieved about something. He raised his hand. \"Well, 10538, this is goodbye. I hope to join you in Pensionville one day but until then, be compliant, be comfortable, and conform.\"\n\"I will. Be happy in your important job.\" 10538 raised his hand in response until the door hissed closed. Once it had, he took a seat opposite 71556 and wondered if he should start a conversation. It seemed presumptuous to insist on conversation with a higher rank so instead, he stared out of the window.\nThe empty platform slid away as the train pulled out of the station.\nPosted in apathism, Eco-lunacy, Panoptica, Politics, The Church of Climatology, Writing\t| 6 Replies\nThere isn't much to say about current world madness. Apparently Harry and Meghan are going to leave home. Well they are in their thirties, old enough to make their own choices. I rather suspect they'll leave behind more than they think they will, and that there'll be no way back, but still the choice is theirs. Nobody can or should make that choice for them.\nIran has admitted that they shot down the passenger jet in a massive cock-up by the missile crew. I suspected that would be the case. Nothing underhand here, it was a cock-up that resulted in a lot of deaths. Not the first in the world by a long way and it won't be the last.\nThe people of Iran are protesting. They want their oppressive leaders ousted. I hope no other country interferes \u2013 'regime change' is best done from within and with no occupying forces left behind afterwards. Meddling in other countries' governance has never ended well. Let them sort it out themselves. The turning point will come when the security forces realise they are shooting at their own families. That's where the change happens.\nSo, people out there are making changes in their lives. I say, leave them to it. It's nobody else's business unless they ask for help. If they don't ask, don't force it on them.\nWell, Leg Iron Books is off to a busy start. Thanks to Gastradamus for deciding to delay the release of his book while he perfects it to the absolute best it can be. It took a lot of pressure off over Christmas, but that's still moving forward. There is a collection of short stories from Justin Sanebridge in the early stages of assembly and more stories in from a new author, Jude Wanderer, who you'll be hearing more of. In March, we'll have Underdog Anthology 11 (Legiron's Eleven?) starting up and I have promised to do at least a chapter a week on Panoptica. It's the only New Year Resolution I ever made that I had the slightest intention of keeping.\nSo here's chapter 8. I'm still seven chapters ahead. The frequency might decline to one a week if these other books take up much time but I am determined to finally finish this thing.\nIf you think this one is confusing, try to imagine how 10538 feels\u2026\n\"10538. Are you ill?\" Someone shook his shoulder.\n10538 blinked his eyes open. He sat on a soft chair in a brightly lit room with a window. Seated opposite him, behind a wide desk, was 86929 \u2013 no, the barcode read 20929. How could he get that wrong? And yet the face\u2026\n\"Sorry.\" 10538 shook his head. \"I feel a little strange.\"\n\"The doctors did say you were stressed and overworked.\" The voice came from the one who had shaken his shoulder. 10538 looked up.\nStanding beside him, grinning, was 84823 \u2013 no, the code read 18823. Wrong again! Was he losing his touch? Reading the onesie barcodes had become easy, perhaps he was taking it for granted and getting lax.\n\"It's okay.\" 20929 leaned forward. \"We understand. The doctors explained everything.\"\n\"Doctors?\" 10538 raised his hands and stared at them. Weren't these tied or something? He looked around the room. How did I get here? Where am I? \"What doctors?\"\n18823 glanced at 20929 before speaking. \"The ones who visited you at home this morning. They diagnosed you with stress, and they called to say you would be late for work. They also recommended a reduction in your workload.\"\n\"I don't remember any of that.\" 10538 felt panic rise. \"Where am I? What's going on?\"\n\"Stay calm. There is no cause for alarm.\" 20929 moved a glass of water towards 10538. \"The doctors advised us that occasional memory loss and,\" he lowered his head to stare at 10538, \"sometimes even a short loss of consciousness are normal for the overstressed. Don't worry, the effects can be cured.\"\n\"They can? Will I get my memory back?\" 10538 picked up the glass and took a long drink.\n\"Sure.\" 18823 patted his shoulder. \"Everything will be fine. This interview is to decide how best to cure your stress. It's pretty severe and we really want to help you.\"\n\"You have been an exemplary worker, 10538.\" 20929 tapped at his screenpad. \"Never late, no complaints at all, diligent and conscientious. You have put so much into your job it seems you have left little for yourself.\" He put his elbows on the table, clasped his hands and looked at 10538. \"I think we can offer you an early retirement. How would you like to go to Pensionville, where you can relax and recover at leisure?\"\n\"I\u2026\" 10538 realised his mouth hung open. He closed it. Didn't I just go through this same scene, but a little different? Did I dream that? The memory floated, distant and elusive, just like a dream. \"I don't know what to say. I had no idea I was overworked. I love my job, it's important, it makes me feel wanted and useful.\"\n\"We all have important jobs.\" The two units recited the mantra.\n\"There comes a time, for all of us,\" 20929 became serious, \"when we hand over our important job to the next in line. Then we can relax, retire, take it easy for the rest of our lives. You, 10538, by virtue of your diligence and your special skill of reading barcodes, now have the chance to take that retirement. To relax, to spend your days any way you choose, to recover from the stress your work has imposed on you and to be happy all the time. Isn't that what you want? Isn't it what we all want?\"\n\"Yes.\" I suppose. \"But my job. My cameras.\" 10538's head spun. Were there doctors at his home this morning? There was a faint recollection, a hint of memory but it slid away when he tried to focus on it. Something else too. Something about a bus.\n\"Oh don't worry about your job. It will be reallocated. It's time to think of yourself now. You have worked so hard, you have earned this.\" 18823 squeezed 10538's shoulder, gently. \"You can relax now. Take the train to Pensionville and retire in the knowledge you have done well.\"\n20929 nodded his head. \"We are all very proud of you, 10538. You have worked so hard. Too hard, really. You have earned this reward.\"\nReward. I was rewarded for something else. Wasn't I? 10538 could not remember any other reward. Maybe this was his reward. Maybe he dreamed that too. He put his head in his hands.\n\"Aren't you pleased?\" 18823 placed a gentle hand on 10538's shoulder. \"You'll spend the rest of your life in warmth and comfort, doing just as you like.\"\n\"It's just\u2014\" 10538 licked his dry lips. \"I can't seem to tell the difference between reality and dreams. I feel like I've forgotten something but when I try to remember, it just fades away.\"\n18823 squeezed 10538's shoulder. \"That's the effect of stress. Those feelings will fade in Pensionville. You'll be surprised how fast you'll stop worrying when you get there.\"\n10538 pursed his lips and considered his options. There was really only one option. The stress he was under was affecting his mind. He could insist on staying and perhaps go insane and end up in New Bedlam, or he could take the easy, comfortable conformity of retirement. He decided to comply. \"I accept. When do I leave?\"\n20929 leaned back and spread his arms. \"At once. Your retirement, once accepted, is effective immediately. 18823 will take you to the station, and the train is ready to leave.\"\n\"At once?\" 10538 was taken aback. \"But I need to change. This onesie feels like I've been wearing it for days. And I would like to tell 11712 about my good fortune. Is there time?\"\n20929 and 18823 exchanged a glance. 18823 left the room.\n\"There's no time to see your friend. We will convey your good news for you. However, there is time to change your clothing. 18823 is fetching you a fresh one now.\" 20929 nodded and smiled then leaned forward, his elbows on the desk. His face became serious. \"Tell me, 10538, did you ever see a ghost on your monitors?\"\nGhost. Wasn't there one, once? Was it a dream? A wishful thought? 10538 closed his eyes and tried to recall, but the memories flitted out of reach as if taunting him. He took a deep breath. \"No. Nothing but comfortable compliant conformity. I never saw a terrorist on my screens.\"\n20929 seemed to relax. He moved back a little and smiled again. \"That's a good thing. You watched over everyone, and just because you didn't see any threat doesn't mean that your time was wasted. You have spent your time here doing a very important job and now it's time for your reward. Peace and contented conformity.\"\nReward. That word again. It echoed in 10538's brain as if trying to connect with something but at last, finding nothing, it faded.\n18823 returned with a folded onesie and placed it on the table in front of 10538.\n\"We'll give you privacy to change. Only the cameras will be watching.\" 20929 rose and headed for the door. 18823 followed.\nThe door closed. Alone, apart from the ever-present cameras, 10538 stared at the folded onesie on the desk. His head swirled. Retirement. Reward. 11712. Ghost. Terrorist. The words bounced inside his skull looking for a place to connect but every connection was blocked. Stress, they had said. Just stress and overwork. 10538 sighed and reached for the fresh clothing.\nCurrently on a tough patch in chapter 14. 10538 is recovering blocked memories. It's hard to do from the POV of the one recovering them but I think I have a plausible way to do it without killing him with the shock. Anyway, here's chapter 7 for those with nothing to do at the weekend.\nThe room had no clock. No TV. Nothing to mark the passage of time. Cold grey walls, ceiling and floor.\n10538 shivered. The silence was beginning to drive him mad. At home, the TV's muted murmur helped him sleep. At work, the hum of machinery comforted him. Here, there was nothing. Silence, a total absence of sound, something he had never experienced.\nHe tapped his fingers on the cold steel table. He hummed. He shifted in his seat. Anything to make a sound. Any sound, anything at all, just to keep his connection with reality.\nWhat was reality? Was this it? Strapped into a chair in a grey silent room, accused of being a terrorist? How could that be real? Yesterday he was a hero, a lone, unknown catcher of terrorists. Here he sat in the dim grey light of silence, arrested and accused of terrorism himself.\nWhat would they do to him? Demotion? A zero-nine or zero-eight, working at the cleaners where he sent his onesies every evening or maybe in the kitchens that prepared food? Zero-seven, dealing with the recycling? There were even lower ranks, and 10538 had no idea what kind of work they had to deal with. He shuddered.\nWere there worse punishments? Maybe. Cast out into the wilderness, to try to survive in the devastation of global warming? The TV sometimes showed the outside world. Seas rising over ancient cities, burned lands, dead vegetation, decomposing animals. The terrorists survived out there somehow. Could he, with no city to support him, no job, no home?\n\"I didn't do it!\" The sound of his own voice startled him. \"It's a mistake. I was just trying to catch the bus.\"\nThe walls seemed to close in, the silence disapproving of his outburst. 10538 closed his eyes. How long have I been here? Hours? Days? How long must I stay? What will they do to me?\nBehind him, the door opened. A snippet of conversation came to his ears.\n\"He cannot know or we risk noncompliance.\"\n\"It's unethical.\"\n\"But necessary. Quiet now, he can hear us.\" The door closed.\n86929 came into 10538's field of view, smiling. He took a seat at the desk. The other unit stayed out of sight, if he entered the room at all.\n\"Well, 10538, you have caused us something of a problem, it seems.\" 86929 placed his screenpad on the desk and steepled his fingers, his smile unwavering.\n\"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.\" 10538 pressed his knees together, This new terror might make him soil himself.\n\"Oh no, it's not your fault.\" 86929 placed his palms on the desk. \"It seems we have made a mistake. We know now that you are not a terrorist. However, we cannot simply let you go.\"\n\"Why?\" 10538's surge of relief faded as fast as it had risen.\n\"Well, you see, this evening's news has already reported your capture and congratulated the camera watcher who reported you. This means that your home, job and bank account have been reallocated to 10643. We can't just take it all back. Imagine how 10643 would feel.\"\nImagine how I feel! 10538 bit his lip. He could never go home now, he was marked as a terrorist even though the authorities knew he was not. His life, given away, could not be retaken. He took a breath and tried to keep his voice steady. \"So what happens to me?\"\n86929 stared at his hands for a moment. \"There is no punishment for you since you are innocent. However, the police have a reputation as never making a mistake and your life has been reallocated. Therefore we have only one solution to offer you.\"\n86929 looked directly into 10538's eyes. \"Retirement. Early retirement, sure, but you can go to Pensionville and relax for the rest of your life.\" 86929 leaned forward. \"You are not the first mistake and you won't be the last. In Pensionville you can meet your friend 11712.\" He winked. \"The news will say you were found on the rocks too.\"\n\"That's\u2026\" 10538 struggled to assimilate this new information. \"I\u2026 I get early retirement? I can go to Pensionville? Won't they recognise my designation from the news?\"\nFrom behind him came a snort. \"The ones in Pensionville don't get to see the news.\"\n86929 shot a warning glance over 10538's shoulder, then his smile returned. \"It'll be fine. Let me introduce someone, or rather I'll let you surprise him.\" He waved the other unit forward.\n10538 watched the other unit come into view. \"84823,\" he said.\n84823's eyes widened. \"He really can read barcodes!\"\n\"Fascinating, isn't it?\" 86929 leaned back in his chair. \"Well, 10538, 84823 is going to give you a retirement chip and then it's off to Pensionville for you.\"\n84823 rolled his eyes. \"Retirement chip. Sure.\" He reached behind 10538 and brought a tray with a large syringe into view. \"Okay. This one goes into your spinal column at the base of your skull. I'm going to need you to tense every muscle and stay very, very still. Can you do that?\"\n\"I'll try.\" 10538 swallowed hard. \"Will it hurt?\"\n84823 lifted the syringe, checked it was clear of air bubbles, then faced 10538 with a wide grin. \"Yes. A lot.\" He disappeared behind 10538's chair.\n\"Don't worry. It's worth it.\" 86929 smiled. \"We will have to wipe a few recent memories from your mind of course. So that you don't accidentally incriminate yourself in Pensionville. That doesn't hurt though. We can do it through your brain chip while you're unconscious.\"\n\"Brain chip? Unconscious?\" A brief moment of puzzlement was replaced by bright flashing lights and searing pain in 10538's head. It felt as though his neck was being severed. 86929's smile was surrounded by bursts of light and colour, obliterating the face until only the smile remained.\nThen it all went dark.\nPosted on January 8, 2020 by legiron\nI have finally completed my tax return. If I discount the lab rent for 2018\/19 (there won't be any for the next one because I closed down the lab at the end of 2018), Leg Iron Books made a loss of around \u00a345. It is entirely possible that the business will reach break-even next year \u2013 maybe even (dare I say it) a profit! I'm still well within the personal allowance so it'll take a few years of building up profit before I pay any tax, but at least it's going in the right direction.\nStill, I am worn out after finding and adding all those little bits together so here's another bit of Panoptica. Note that the restraining method described is actually in use in Chinese police stations now. I didn't invent it.\n10538 woke to stark grey concrete. Gradually he became aware that he sat in a small cage, his wrists bound by metal hoops to the metal table they rested on. The dim lighting was just enough to allow him to make out a desk and chair opposite. The room, as far as he could tell, contained nothing else. No window and no door that he could see.\n\"Where am I?\" His voice came out as a croak. He pulled at the bonds on his wrists but all that did was make his medichip beep. Behind him he heard the sound of a door opening. 10538 relaxed. Resistance is futile and only makes things worse. He recalled being arrested after running for the bus and felt confident that it was all a mistake. It would be sorted out soon. Although he had never heard of the police making a mistake. Everyone they arrested was always guilty. This must be their first ever mistake.\nThe unit who entered the room passed 10538 without looking at him, placed a screenpad on the desk, sat, and considered the screen for a time. 10538 licked his lips. The unit's barcode identified him as 86929, a very senior unit in the medical ranks. This did not look good at all. He decided it was best to remain silent.\nAfter several minutes, 86929 looked up. \"10538. You have not asked why you are here. Do I take it that you already know the reason for your arrest?\"\n\"I\u2026\" 10538 swallowed and tried again. \"It's a mistake. I was running to catch the bus. I haven't done anything wrong.\"\n\"Catching a bus is not a crime.\" 86929 sniffed. \"You were tasered for resisting arrest after you were seen running. Who were you going to meet?\"\n\"Meet? Nobody. I was just trying to get to work. This is all just a misunderstanding.\"\n\"That's what they all say.\" 86929 tapped his screenpad. \"The police do not make mistakes, 10538. You were arrested because you are guilty. This interview is to determine exactly what you are guilty of.\"\n\"Nothing! I just wanted to get on the bus.\" 10538's medichip beeped furiously.\n88929 tapped a few times on his screenpad. 10538's medichip stopped beeping.\n\"I have disabled the warning signals on your medichip for now. No sense in wasting our overstretched health service's time on a criminal.\" 86929 leaned back in his chair. \"You were an associate of 11712. You became obese. You partook of alcohol and tobacco. And you discussed private information with 11712 after you deliberately walked to his bus stop, from your allocated stop, to speak with him. So, what was the plan?\"\n10538 tensed against his restraints. \"I don't know anything about any plan. I hardly knew 11712. We just talked. I had to walk to his stop because I was overweight. The bus wouldn't let me on. I\u2026 I was the one who reported him when I saw him running. I can't be a terrorist. How can I be a terrorist when I reported two of them in two days?\"\n\"Two?\" 86929 tapped at his screenpad. \"Ah yes, the ghost. Well that one had clearly messed up whatever was planned by losing his chips and was therefore expendable\u2014a liability even, for your insurgency. As for 11712, well, there is no honour among criminals. You could have reported him to raise your own credibility. Going deeper under cover, maybe?\" He fixed 10538 with a hard stare.\n\"I didn't. I'm not.\" 10538 slumped in his chair. Tears rolled down his cheeks. \"I was just running to catch the bus.\"\n86929 snorted. \"That's what they all say. 11712\u2026\" He paused and pursed his lips for a moment. \"Well, no doubt you saw last night's news.\"\n\"He jumped the safety fence.\" 10538 stared at the restraints holding his wrists to the table. \"He fell onto the rocks. So he must have been guilty. But I'm not. I'm not a terrorist. I was just running for the bus.\" He blinked a few times, trying to dispel the doubt entering his mind. Why was 11712 running? Was he running for the bus too? No, no, then why would he jump the fence?\n\"If the police had not tasered you, would you have jumped the fence too?\" 86929 raised his eyebrows. \"Would you be willing to die for your treasonous cause, 10538? Is it really that important to you that our comfortable, compliant conformity is destroyed?\" He leaned forward. \"Why do you hate our way of life, 10538? What would you put in its place?\"\n\"I don't.\" 10538 looked into 86929's eyes. \"I am happy in my life. I don't want it to change.\"\n86929 sniffed. \"Overeating, tobacco, alcohol\u2026 these are rebellious acts. Nonconformity. Noncompliance. You have been reckless with your health and happiness and with that of those around you. You are in very deep trouble here and it would be wise for you to be truthful with me. It would be much better for you in the long run. You don't want to be deleted, do you?\"\n\"No!\" Tears blurred 10538's vision. \"Please. I'm not planning anything. I'm not a terrorist. I don't know anything. I just want my life back to how it was. Safe. Compliant. Comfortable. Conforming. I just want to do my job and be happy again. Please. I'll do anything to go back there.\"\n\"Going back is not possible.\" 86929 narrowed his eyes. \"However, there are options to how you go forward. I will consider those while you consider your crimes and how best to make amends for them.\"\n\"I'll do anything. Anything.\"\n\"Yes, I'm sure.\" 86929 stood. \"One more thing, 10538. Do you know who I am?\"\n10538 dared not even raise his head. \"You are 86929. Please, I'll do whatever you say. I don't want deletion.\"\n\"Hm. So it's true.\" 86929 pushed back his chair. \"I will leave you in this period of self-reflection on your guilt, 10538, and will return with options for your future. I'm afraid none of them will be painless.\"\nHis body shaking with sobs and fear, 10538 heard the door behind him open and close.\nPanoptica 4 and 5\nI have completed chapter 11, now past the 'out-take' that was a separate story, 'Santa is Coming'. I want to stay maybe 3 or 4 chapters ahead so I have a bit of leeway if things get busy here. I'm also working on images for Gastradamus' book and still picking up the tiny bits for the tax return (doing the next one at the same time so it won;t be last minute!) and there are more books coming. There's also Anthology 11 on the horizon, in March\u2026\nAnyway. Chapter 5 was a small one so I've added it on to this post. Remember it's all still first draft so criticisms are welcome. After this it starts to get a little darker.\nPanoptica: Chapters 4 and 5\nVoting day. 10538 cast his vote by pressing the appropriate button on his TV control, secure in the knowledge that he was hurting nobody because no candidate would lose. They would all be elected to the Coalition. The vote determined how much power they had in lawmaking and their effect on the lives of citizens, but no politician would be left behind.\nIt was always a difficult choice. All their policies were the same. It really was a matter of who the voter liked best and the tattooed one-armed unit ticked all the right boxes for proper political correctness. So 10538 cast his vote this time, as before, for 98014. One day his choice of candidate might be Prime, and he could feel that warm glow that said he helped put him there.\nHis vote cast, he dressed and prepared for work. The bathroom wall scale declared him five grams underweight when he stepped into the little room. 10538 grinned. Underweight meant a little extra breakfast.\nNot very much extra, as it turned out. The breakfast flakes portion didn't look any larger than usual. It must be in there, he thought. The coalition won't let anyone starve. He crunched his way through breakfast, once again trying to suppress the memory that told him it used to be served in milk.\nJust as he was ready to leave, his front door opened and three units entered. Clad in white onesies apart from the barcode lines, they were immediately recognisable as medics.\nThe first of them smiled and said \"Greetings, 10538. I am 84\u2014\"\n\"84227.\" 10538 raised his right palm in greeting.\n84227 blinked. \"Have we met?\"\n\"No, I read your barcode. It's easy.\" 10538 felt a slight confusion. Weren't the barcodes clear to all? The other two were 83619 and 83388, high level nurses. 84227 was the doctor in charge. Their codes were as visible to him as their faces.\n\"You can read onesie codes?\" 84227 motioned to the nurses. 83388 made a note on his screenpad.\n\"I look at them all day, every day. It's my job. We all have important jobs.\" A creeping unease entered 10538's thoughts. Had he said something wrong?\n\"We all have important jobs,\" said the three medics in unison.\n\"Hm.\" 84227 assumed a serious expression. \"We received a stress call from your medichip two days ago. It was aborted, but then last night there was another silent alert. There was a bloodstream anomaly. We are concerned about your wellbeing, 10538, so we arranged a house call. Your employer has been notified so your late arrival at work will not be questioned.\"\n\"I'm okay. I don't need to waste medical time. I know how valuable your time is to those who really need it.\" 10538 resisted the urge to wipe the sheen of sweat that formed on his brow. A house call was always a risky thing. One word, one movement out of place could get him sectioned. The medics had quotas to fill, just like everybody else. If they were low this month they would be looking for any excuse. He had to be careful not to give them one. Spending the rest of his life in New Bedlam held no appeal at all.\n\"We just want to be sure. The safety and wellbeing of all our citizens is important to us. The individual is part of the whole, and the whole cannot function without the individual.\" 84227 smiled his doctor smile.\n\"I know.\" 10538 struggled to keep his fear out of his voice. \"What do you need?\"\n\"Only your compliance.\" 84227 maintained his smile as he waved his two nurses forward.\n10538 put up no resistance as 83619 pressed him into his chair while 83388 rolled up his right sleeve and pressed a scanner to his arm. There was a small stabbing pain that made 10538 flinch, then the two nurses moved away from him.\n83388 showed the scanner to 84227, who pursed his lips in medical contemplation.\n\"There are traces of cotinine in your blood. Have you associated with smokers?\" 84227's expression was serious. \"Also alcohol. There are no safe levels of either of these things, 10538. I am most concerned.\"\n\"I've never been anywhere near any smokers.\" 10538 cringed under the doctor's glare. His eyes drifted to the drinks cabinet. Should he admit that transgression? It was less bad than the smoking accusation.\n83619 nodded at him and opened a small case. He took small amounts from each bottle in the drinks cabinet and topped them up with bottles from his case. He smiled at 10538. \"Nothing to worry about. Routine assessment, that's all.\"\n10538's eyes widened. That vodka bottle was probably almost all water by now and the whisky was several shades paler than it should be. He was definitely going to get classified alcoholic and that could mean sectioning.\n\"Look,\" he said. \"Okay. I dipped into the drink sometimes. It helps with memory reassignment when things get hard. My job is really stressful but I never binged. I was never drunk.\"\n\"Calm down.\" 84227 held up his hands. \"We are here to help you. We want to be sure you can be the best you can be. We want to make your life better, not worse.\"\n\"I should get to work,\" 10538 muttered. He tried to rise from his seat but 83619's hands on his shoulders pressed him gently but firmly back down.\n\"There is no need for elevated stress levels.\" 84227 consulted his screenpad. \"Your medichip is reporting fast heart rate and elevated blood pressure. You were overweight recently, weren't you?\"\n\"The effects of obesity can remain for some time after you lose the weight, you know.\" 84227's expression became severe. \"Coupled with your alcohol problem and the cotinine, plus the stress of your job, all this could put you at high risk of sudden heart attack or a long slow death from cancer.\" He put the screenpad inside his onesie. \"I will be making a recommendation that your workload is reduced for a while. Perhaps even some time off to relax. Would that help, do you think?\" His smile was tight and didn't reach his eyes.\n\"Time off work? But who will watch the screens?\" 10538 wrinkled his nose. \"We have to watch for terrorists. We have to be vigilant all the time. You never know who they might be.\" His shoulders slumped. He had never imagined 11712 could be a terrorist, but the news report could not have lied.\n84227 laughed. \"There are other one-zeros who will be happy to cover your holiday time, I'm sure, and we won't keep you away from work too long. Just enough to let you recover. I'll prescribe some relaxant pills for you. They will help you to sleep soundly and make you feel good.\"\nDon't argue. 10538 realised he was getting off lightly. These medics could so easily take him off to New Bedlam with what they had on him. He was being offered a way out and he knew he should grab it with both hands.\n\"Okay,\" 10538 forced a smile. \"Thank you for your prompt and courteous treatment. I will comply with medical advice.\"\n\"Good.\" 84227 motioned with a small movement of his head and the two nurses headed for the door. \"I will put my recommendation to your place of work today. You might find they will interview you before granting your time off. Don't worry, just answer their questions honestly.\" He winked. \"They might have more than just a few days off to offer you.\"\nThe medics left. 10538 stared at the closed door for a while then shook himself and headed out to catch the bus. It had just pulled away but he knew that in this part of town it took a circuitous route and would stop a few streets over in a few minutes from now. If he was quick he could still catch it. 10538 started running.\nJust as 10538 reached the bus stop, the bus appeared at the corner. Gasping for breath, he held on to the bus stop pole and watched it approach.\n\"10538. Do not resist arrest.\" The voice came from behind.\n10538 turned to see two units aiming tasers at him. Their onesies identified them as 33110 and 33517. Street-police designations. He raised his hands. \"Am I under arrest? Why?\"\n\"Suspicion.\" 33110 moved closer, handcuffs at the ready. \"You were running. The camera watchers reported you.\"\nThe bus pulled to a stop and opened its doors. 33517 shook his head and waved to the driver to move on. The door hissed closed and the bus left.\n\"I was running to catch the bus.\" 10538 allowed the officer to handcuff him. \"I wasn't doing anything wrong. I was just late for work.\"\n\"Do not resist arrest.\" 33517 aimed the taser at 10538's chest, his fingers tightening. \"If you were late you must have been doing something to have made you late. We will take you in for questioning.\"\n\"No, I was just\u2014\" 10538 shuddered at the jolt from the taser and fell to the ground. The last words he heard before losing consciousness were 33110's: You shouldn't have resisted arrest.\nYes, okay, it'll settle down to a chapter a week when I catch up with where I am now (currently blending in the train scene in 'Santa is Coming' from 10538's POV). Meanwhile here's a little more of the happy life of Panoptica.\nHe had been only forty grams overweight so was able to sit on the bus on the way home. 11712 had not joined the bus at his usual stop. Could he have really been the runner? Maybe he had been overweight and had to walk and catch the next bus. It could be just that. Could be.\n10538 pressed his palm to the scanner on the doorframe, waited until his home recognised him and let him in. The door swung closed behind him.\nInside his home was the only place he could remove his onesie. He unzipped, stripped and put today's clothing into the wash slot. Yesterday's had already emerged, cleaned and ready to wear.\nNaked, he took the few steps to the kitchen side of the windowless room and pressed the food button. Today's evening meal was another low-calorie preparation. Biscuits and low-fat cheese. He still had forty grams to lose. 10538 stared at the contents of the paper bag containing his meal and almost squealed with delight. There were tomatoes in there! Three fresh tomatoes! It had been years since he had seen, never mind tasted, a fresh tomato. He picked one up and turned it in his fingers.\n\"I must be really in the Coalition's good books today,\" he said as he bit into the first one. Its juice filled his mouth with flavour and a sensation that he had thought gone forever. Savouring every bite, he finished the first tomato and reached for the second. He paused. Better to eat the boring part of the meal first and then take the time to enjoy the tomatoes afterwards.\nHis meal over, 10538 put the remains into the recycle slot. There were no remains of the tomatoes. He had caught every drop of juice. Feeling more satisfied than he had in a very long time, he sat on the bed and turned his attention to the television.\nIt was on because it was always on. There was no way to turn it off, only to reduce the volume to a subliminal murmur when it was time to sleep. 10538 turned it up and waited for the news.\nThe program currently showing was about some strange creature called a 'penguin'. This fierce beast only appeared when deep snow covered the ground and it had a long hard mouth called a beak, which was filled with sharp spikes. Now mercifully extinct due to the utter destruction of their home by global warming, the creatures were once able to reach 100 metres in length, could both fly and swim and were able to run on land at twice the speed of the fastest human.\n\"Good thing we don't have those any more,\" 10538 muttered, then wished he hadn't. Fearsome though the creatures might be, it was global warming that killed them and global warming was bad. It was the reason it now only snowed in winter and the cause of summer sweating, a human adaptation to the changing climate. It should never be considered a 'good thing' under any circumstances, and you never knew when TV was listening as well as talking.\nFinally the monsters of the past left the screen and the news started with its fanfare of uplifting music.\n\"Good evening, citizens,\" beamed from the mouth of the presenter with perfect teeth. As he did every time, 10538 ran his tongue over his uneven teeth and probed the gaps in them. The dentists had done what they could but he had eaten sugar in his months as a Feral and the damage was done. He had to live with his past sins.\n\"Welcome to the news show. We try to bring you good news but we have to face the bad. The good news is that we have had no terrorist attack for fifty-eight days now. The terrorists cannot defeat us!\"\nThere were cheers from an unseen audience. 10538 managed a half-hearted cheer, more in case the TV scanner was pointed his way than from any heartfelt belief. He now knew the terrorists could be anyone, anywhere, any time. It was hard to feel as safe as he had felt before.\n\"Tonight we have news of two terrorists defeated before they could act. Both taken by our wonderful camera watchers. Of course we can't give you the designations of our camera watchers for security reasons but they have been rewarded for their diligence, you can be sure of that.\"\nMore offscreen cheers. This time 10538 cheered loud and long and punched the air. Three fewer screens to watch and tomatoes in his meal. What a fantastic reward! All the more delicious because nobody knew about it.\n\"When there is nowhere to hide, there can be nothing to fear.\" The TV presenter intoned the words. The unseen audience and 10538 intoned them in response.\n\"Unless you're a terrorist.\" He winked and pointed his finger from the screen. The audience laughed. 10538 chuckled.\n\"First we have the ghost.\"\nThe audience gave a long and faux-frightened 'oooh'. 10538 snorted. If they only knew what 'ghost' really meant. Nothing supernatural. It meant someone on screen with no report from the RFID scanners.\n\"He was just strolling along, minding his own terrorist business, when our alert and ever-vigilant camera watcher saw him. This is what happened next.\" The screen cut to a grainy CCTV clip.\nA unit walked along an empty street. The ghosthunter van pulled up in front of him. Two ghosthunters emerged and pointed their tasers at the ghost. He pulled a gun \u2013 a live-round pistol, long since illegal \u2013 and fired at them.\nThe two ghosthunters stepped aside to dodge the bullets and fired their tasers. The ghost went down in a fury of twitching arms and legs, his gun flung aside. The ghosthunters dragged him into their van and drove off.\n10538 watched in silence. That was not what he had seen on his screens. The ghosthunters had stopped the unit on a busy street. The ghost was unarmed and had raised his hands at the sight of the tasers. He had been handcuffed and had gone quietly into the van.\nAnd yet, this was the news. The TV cannot lie. What has been seen is real. What has been imagined is wrong. 10538 considered the imperfect images his monitors showed him. He could not be sure the unit he saw running today was 11712 because the cameras couldn't get a decent image of his barcode. Perhaps he was wrong about yesterday too. He felt so sure. The ghost had gone quietly. No tasers were fired. Could he be wrong? Every other citizen saw this report on the news. Only he had seen the event as it happened. Everyone but him believed the ghost had to be tasered into submission. Only he believed otherwise. Therefore he must be the one who was wrong.\n10538 tried to adjust his memory as he had been taught as a child, to bring it into compliant comfortable conformity, the CCC of happiness. It had mostly been easy to do so far but today it just would not take. His eyes strayed to the drinks cabinet, a feature of every home, an exercise in self-control and restraint. Everyone had some alcoholic drink in their homes but nobody touched them. They were there to demonstrate the power of the individual will over the base instincts of the primeval brain.\nOh he had tasted alcohol before, a great deal of it in his Feral months. Almost everyone had. It left a sour taste and a sore head but it did bring forgetfulness. He rubbed his hand over his mouth. One little taste, just to take away the wrong memory\u2026\n\"One terrorist taken down.\" The news presenter grinned from the screen. \"He won't be terrorising anyone any more. He'll be spending his days in prison and we will all be safe from him.\"\nCheers from the audience. A confused silence from 10538.\n\"There was another today.\"\nThe audience gave a collective 'Aaah'. 10538 winced. This one used to be a friend of his.\n\"Running through the streets, an easy catch for our wonderful camera watchers. They watch over us everywhere, always, and they will catch every terrorist. We are safe in their eyes.\"\n\"Safe in the eye of the camera,\" intoned the audience. 10538 glanced at the drinks cabinet again.\n\"It was one we believed was a citizen. One who was trusted and loved by us all. He was designated 11712 and he turned out bad.\" The news presenter shook his head in a slow, sad movement. \"Anyone could be a bad one.\"\nIt really was him? Up to that very moment, 10538 hoped it had been a terrorist using designation theft to imitate his friend.\n\"He ran and ran, right to the edge of town where the precipice is fenced off. You might think he would stop there, but he jumped the fence.\"\nA gasp of disbelief from the audience coincided with 10538's wrinkling of his nose. 11712 would never do anything that stupid.\n\"He fell, onto the rocks below. We might never know his plans but we do know he cannot now carry them out.\" The presenter's grin widened. \"Two terrorists lost the war against us today and while I cannot tell you who saved us, I can tell you it was the same camera watcher for both events.\"\nThe audience exploded in applause and cheering. 10538 made abortive hand motions towards the drinks cabinet.\n\"Now we have a pattern in the paint on a door that looks like our dear leader.\"\nThe audience roared with laughter. 10538 muted the TV and lay back on his bed. There was something very wrong. The ghost had not fired anything and 11712 would never have jumped the precipice fence. Not everything was as it seemed.\nPerhaps if he just took a little from that whisky bottle and then topped it up with water. Nobody would know and it might let his memories comply with what he was supposed to believe.\nIt wouldn't be the first time.\nMartin Scriblerus\nClick to visit the Martin Scriblerus bloglist\nAh dinnae ken\nAngry Exile\nAngry Ranting Man\nAnonymong\nbella gerens\nBolton Smokers' Club\nCounting Cats\nDavid Nuttall\nDeniersaurus Rex\nDick Puddlecote\nDioclese\nEngland's Freedome, Souldier's Rights\nF2C Scotland\nFausty\nFrank Davis\nFreedom-2-Choose\nFuel Injected Moose\nGoing fast, getting nowhere.\nLetter from Amerika\nMan Widdicombe\nNannying Tyrants\nNominedeus\nNothing2Declare\nObnoxio\nOldRightie\nOrphans of Liberty\nPavlov's Cat\nProdicus\nPub Curmudgeon\nReal Street\nSnowolf\nThe Bill Sticker Alternative\nThe Libertarian Alliance\nThe Raccoon Arms\nThe Ranting Penguin\nThe Skinner\nThe View from Cullingworth\nUK Bubble, UK Economy\nUK Libertarian\nWh0ops\nEssential information for smokers\nThe Smoker's Club\nTobaccoControl Tactics\nWordpress Stuff","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Vision Beyond\nTo restore the gift of vision to every Special human being.\nYashovardhan Kothari\nVisionary & Co-Founder\nYashovardhan is currently 17 years old and studying in B.D. Somani International School; he was previously studying in Dhirubhai Ambani International School. Currently, he is in the 11th grade and is pursuing physics, maths and geography at the higher level.\nDev Kapashi\nDev is 17 years old and has completed the IGCSE course in grade 9 and 10. He is currently doing the IB diploma at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School and will graduate with the diploma in 2021\nDhruv Jhaveri\nVisionary & Co- Founder\nDhruv is 17 years old and has completed the IGCSE course from grade 9 to 10. He is now pursuing physics, chemistry and maths at the higher level in the IB Diploma Programme at the Dhirubhai Ambani International School and will graduate with the diploma in 2021.\nVisionBeyond stands testament to the many hours and hard work Dev, Dhruv and I put in to effect positive change in society. Our brainchild embodies every characteristic of a game soon to be made universally available - affordable, portable and user friendly. Its genesis stems from our intent to include Dhruv's brother Moksh in our doings and games.\nDhruv's brother has been visually challenged since birth, which often precluded him experiencing the world like us. Our initiative that rose from our compelling need to entertain and involve Moksh, soon enough led to us three collaborating on an exciting journey: to create a level playing field for those who are so challenged.Through this game, we hope to increase society's interactions with the visually challenged, bring those impacted into the mainstream, and make them feel less alienated. I hope that our endeavour helps propagate enduring change in our community and impacts the lives of those denied the joy and learning outcomes embedded in simple board games.\nDhruv has been my friend for the past 12 years and I have gotten to know his brother, Moksh who is visually impaired, equally as well over that period of time. Over the years, on spending time with Moksh, I, along with Dhruv and Yashovardhan came to a realization that there weren't enough board games that catered to every need of a visually impaired player. They would show flaws such as their lack of portability and high complexity. Therefore, it became our mission to create a game that would satisfy the basic requirements of visually impared people by creating a user friendly, electronically run game. My vision for the game is to create a product that would be sold in the market making it readily available to visually impaired people. Being a trivia game, it would be ideal if it would be adopted by NGOs or visually impaired centres so that children and adults could be entertained by it.\nMy brother Moksh is visually impaired since birth. Over the years I have noticed that there is a shortage of board games for the visually impaired and all the games on the market are rather expensive. In fact most of the games we had were from the UK or USA since the Indian market sells no such games. Therefore, while brainstorming with my friends Dev and Yashovardhan, we decided to create a technology based general knowledge game so that enjoyment and learning can take place simultaneously. The game is easy to use and involves technology-based learning so that everyone can play together. So ultimately, my vision for the game is such that the game can reach schools and NGOs for the visually impaired all over the city so that the children there can enjoy playing it. Even though my brother has fortunately been able to access and play games for the visually impaired, even the others should be given an opportunity to play and experience them. Therefore, our game provides a great platform for this cause.\n\u00a9 Copyright VisionBeyond 2020","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home Blog Brain Injuries New Tests for Brain Trauma Create Hope, But Is It Premature?\nNew Tests for Brain Trauma Create Hope, But Is It Premature?\nSibley Dolman Gipe Accident Injury Lawyers, PA | January 7, 2014 | Brain Injuries\nThousands of former professional football players have claimed they incurred severe brain trauma from injuries on the field. Since these claims and the lawsuits that followed, several medical professionals have seized the chance to develop assessments for brain damage. Many experts say the validity regarding such claims of accurate brain damage assessment techniques are premature and as such, unfounded.\nPreviously, it was widely believed that chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E. for short, could only be diagnosed posthumously from analyzing brain tissue. Most researchers still believe this to be true. At UCLA however, some researchers have recently developed a test that they are alleging could identify the condition in a living person via injection of a compound that clings to proteins in the brain and later actually appears in a PET Scan. Many medical professionals remain skeptical of these claims.\nRobert Stern could be considered one of those skeptics, noting \"My fear is the people out there who are so much in need, scared for their lives and desperate for information, it might give them false hope,\". Stern, a professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine and a founder of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy stated \" There has been so much hype surrounding C.T.E., so there is a real need for making sure the public knows that this type of science moves slowly and must move very carefully. Currently, Stern is part of a group that is developing a different biomarker to identify tau, the protein that is a hallmark of C.T.E.\"\nRecently Tony Dorsett, a Hall of Fame Running Back for the Dallas Cowboys, as well as other prominent former players claim they were found to have C.T.E. after having the experimental test developed by U.C.L.A. Since these claims were made by Dorsett, the debate over the validity of such brain exams has intensified. Dorsett, 59, told CNN that his memory lapses, short temper and moodiness were \"all because of C.T.E.\" and that \"they came to find out I have C.T.E.\"\nNeurologists, researchers and bioethicists question whether the doctors at U.C.L.A. and at TauMark, the company with the exclusive license to commercialize the test, may leave some with false hopes or undue worry. TauMark, which has helped find former players to take the test, states on its website that the test could soon provide a \"clinical diagnosis and summary.\" One of the doctors backing TauMark even called the test \"the holy grail of C.T.E.\"\nAlthough called a diagnosis, the experimental test is actually likely years from gaining federal approval. An antidote is even more unlikely in the near future because C.T.E. is a degenerative condition with no current known cure.\nThis test is certainly not the first one promoted as a new window to an emerging medical problem. Several medical experts are now creating and marketing treatments for former players that include vitamin regimens, strict diets, testosterone treatments and other therapies. A successful test to identify C.T.E. in living patients could also provide a big payoff for its inventors and rights holders.\nFor example, Dr. Daniel G. Amen, the founder of Amen Clinics Inc., said this year that he had developed \"an interventional strategy\" that would \"reverse brain damage\" in athletes. Additionally, former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar received oral and intravenous treatment for brain trauma from Rick Sponaugle. Sponaugle is the director of the Sponaugle Wellness Institute in Palm Harbor, Fla.\nDiagnosing C.T.E. in living players would have potential legal and financial consequences as former players fight for insurance coverage, workers' compensation and other medical benefits well after getting injured.\nJust remember: Quick fixes in medicine are rare, even when fortunes are being spent developing solutions. For C.T.E., which still lacks a clinically accepted diagnosis among living people, let alone a biomarker approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the answers are even more elusive. We regularly represent injured victims of negligence when they suffer a traumatic brain injury. Sibley Dolman Gipe Accident Injury Lawyers, PA is available for a free consultation to discuss the impact of serious trauma. Call us at 727-451-6900.\nhttps:\/\/www.dolmanlaw.com\/practice-area\/brain-injury\/","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Stocks Tech Stocks\nHow Does Spotify Make Money?\nBy Adam Hayes\nIn 2006, the popular Swedish audio streaming platform Spotify was launched to combat dropping music revenues and slowing album sales, due to increasing music piracy over the Internet, which annually costs more than 71,000 American music industry jobs, $2.7 billion in workers' earnings, and $422 million in tax revenues.\nSpotify Founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon consequently developed a system where users could legally stream music\u2014either by paying a subscription fee for premium service, or for free, if they agree to listen to advertisements. In either case, artists and record companies receive their due royalties.\nIn 2006, audio streaming platform Spotify was launched to counter increasing online music piracy.\nSpotify users are legally able to stream music, either for free if they agree to listen to advertisements, or they may pay a subscription fee for a premium service.\nSpotify aims to make sure artists and record companies receive the royalties that are due to them.\nSome artists have accused Spotify of failing to properly pay them.\nSpotify went public on April 3, 2018, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol SPOT. In its first earnings report for Q1 2018, Spotify reported 170 million daily active users, and a revenue of $1.36 billion. As of April 2019, there were 217 million active consumers, who use Spotify to legally download secured online music. Since inception, Spotify has paid out over $10 billion in royalties to the music industry.\nSpotify's Model\nUnlike other streaming services like Pandora, Apple iTunes (AAPL), and Google Play (GOOGL), Spotify stores all of its music on its own servers, in order to smoothly deliver songs with no delays or latency. Furthermore, individual users keep temporary copies of recently-played tracks on their computers, stored in cached files, so if they wish to replay a tune, they may locally draw from those files, without re-downloading the song.\nSpotify also networks users with one another, so they may directly share stored songs among themselves. This prevents Spotify's main servers from overloading, and lets music play uninterrupted, around the clock.\nHow Spotify Generates Revenues\nA free advertisement-supported tier. This lets users play any song from Spotify's catalog on-demand after they listen to ads. Advertisers pay money to Spotify for exposure, which in turn funds the royalties Spotify pays out.\nA paid subscription premium tier. This gives subscribers free access to unlimited music across all of their devices, including smartphones, tablets, and televisions. Users can also temporarily download songs to their devices, in order to listen to music offline. The range of monthly subscription rates includes $4.99 for students, $9.99 for standard accounts, and $14.99 for family accounts.\nPast Criticism Over Unfair Royalty Payouts\nAccording to its 2017 F1 SEC filing, Spotify reported annual revenue of $4.99 billion\u201470% of which was funneled back to the artists, record labels, publishers, and distributors, resulting in a $460 million loss for the company. But despite its pledge to fight online piracy, Spotify has been repeatedly accused of failing to fairly compensate its artists, by bands like The Black Keys, Radiohead, and a host of independent musicians.\nIn November of 2014, award-winning artist Taylor Swift famously pulled her entire music catalog from Spotify, following a dispute over the streaming of her new album, entitled 1989. Swift argued that it was more lucrative for artists if iTunes users pay to download their albums than to take royalties from Spotify. In fact, in 2013, Spotify revealed that on average, it paid record labels merely a fraction of a penny per song play (between $0.006 and $0.0084), while the artists themselves received even less cash.\nIn response to Swift's criticism, Spotify has since limited its offering to free ad-supported tiers. In March 2018, Swift released a special version of the music video for her new song \"Delicate,\" exclusively to Spotify. She restored her entire song catalog back to the platform, soon after.\nHow Pandora And Spotify Pay Artists\nUnicorn Profile: Spotify\nThe Brand and Businesses of Beyonc\u00e9\nHow Shazam Makes Money: Referrals and Data Fuel Value\nHow Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Got Rich\nHow SoundCloud Makes Money (SNE)\nBowie Bond\nA Bowie bond is an asset-backed security which uses the current and future revenue from albums recorded by musician David Bowie as collateral.\nApple iTunes (AAPL)\nApple iTunes is multimedia management software used to play music and video on Apple devices.\nLearn About Jay-Z\nJay-Z, born Shawn Corey Carter, is an American entrepreneur, investor, music producer and rapper with a net worth of $1 billion as of 2019.\nHow Cloud Computing Works\nCloud computing is a model for delivering information technology services where resources are retrieved from the internet through web-based tools.\nTor Definition\nTor is an open source privacy network that permits users to browse the web anonymously. Tor is short for The Onion Router.\nBioremediation is the use of living organisms such as microbes and bacteria to remove contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil and water.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese\nYasushi Nakano\nThe purpose of this study is to develop a new functional visual field assessment system for young children and people with intellectual disabilities who cannot read sentences fluently. To specify the reliability and the clinical usefulness of this system, two experiments were conducted. The results of the experiments showed the possibility of this assessment system being a useful tool when determining the font size and reading direction suited for maximizing reading performance.\nInternational Congress Series\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\n\u533b\u5b66(\u5168\u822c)\n10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\n\u300cThe functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese\u300d\u306e\u7814\u7a76\u30c8\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u3092\u6398\u308a\u4e0b\u3052\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3053\u308c\u3089\u304c\u307e\u3068\u307e\u3063\u3066\u30e6\u30cb\u30fc\u30af\u306a\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\u30ac\u30fc\u30d7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u3092\u69cb\u6210\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\nVisual Fields Medicine & Life Sciences 100%\nReading Medicine & Life Sciences 87%\nDisabled Persons Medicine & Life Sciences 55%\nNakano, Y. (2005). The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese. International Congress Series, 1282, 669-673. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\nThe functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese. \/ Nakano, Yasushi.\nIn: International Congress Series, Vol. 1282, 01.09.2005, p. 669-673.\nNakano, Y 2005, 'The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese', International Congress Series, vol. 1282, pp. 669-673. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\nNakano Y. The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese. International Congress Series. 2005 9\u6708 1;1282:669-673. doi: 10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\nNakano, Yasushi. \/ The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese. In: International Congress Series. 2005 ; Vol. 1282. pp. 669-673.\n@article{0e803974f8ba4b0f9b29dd7d87ee1c5f,\ntitle = \"The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese\",\nabstract = \"The purpose of this study is to develop a new functional visual field assessment system for young children and people with intellectual disabilities who cannot read sentences fluently. To specify the reliability and the clinical usefulness of this system, two experiments were conducted. The results of the experiments showed the possibility of this assessment system being a useful tool when determining the font size and reading direction suited for maximizing reading performance.\",\nkeywords = \"Japanese, Letter-recognition, Reading direction, Visual field, Young children\",\nauthor = \"Yasushi Nakano\",\ndoi = \"10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\",\njournal = \"International Congress Series\",\nT1 - The functional visual field for detecting letters and its effects on reading direction in Japanese\nAU - Nakano, Yasushi\nN2 - The purpose of this study is to develop a new functional visual field assessment system for young children and people with intellectual disabilities who cannot read sentences fluently. To specify the reliability and the clinical usefulness of this system, two experiments were conducted. The results of the experiments showed the possibility of this assessment system being a useful tool when determining the font size and reading direction suited for maximizing reading performance.\nAB - The purpose of this study is to develop a new functional visual field assessment system for young children and people with intellectual disabilities who cannot read sentences fluently. To specify the reliability and the clinical usefulness of this system, two experiments were conducted. The results of the experiments showed the possibility of this assessment system being a useful tool when determining the font size and reading direction suited for maximizing reading performance.\nKW - Japanese\nKW - Letter-recognition\nKW - Reading direction\nKW - Visual field\nKW - Young children\nU2 - 10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\nDO - 10.1016\/j.ics.2005.05.044\nJO - International Congress Series\nJF - International Congress Series","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Drugs Brit Dawson March 7, 2022\nRolling With Wario MDMA, the Supposedly Supercharged Ecstasy Pill\nThick, angry-looking and reportedly containing twice the amount of MDMA considered to be a 'high dose,' these sought-after pills are on the tip of everyone's tongues\nMDMA pills come in all shapes, sizes and doses, many of which are often pressed into the logos of various brands or (usually bad) celebs. For years, people have been popping pills that look like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin or Marvel's The Punisher (the latter is reportedly the \"world's strongest\" ecstasy pill, containing 477 milligrams of MDMA) or tabs designed to mimic the logos of Tesla, Sprite or Facebook. (In 2019, harm reduction organization The Loop warned that many of these pills contained a dangerously high dosage of MDMA \u2014 some have even been linked to deaths).\nBut it appears that one brand in particular is especially popular with drug users: Nintendo. As well as cylindrical pills pressed with the Nintendo logo, there are also offerings in the shape of Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Yoshi Kid and, most notably, Wario.\nWario is a Super Mario character, who's the evil archnemesis of the series' protagonist, Mario. It's unclear exactly when and where the pills first emerged, but posts online about them seem to date back to 2019, while the DrugsData report appeared to source them from Switzerland. The Wario pills are usually light or dark pink, and per a 2019 KnowDrugs report, can contain over 300 milligrams of MDMA \u2014 which is double what's considered to be a high dose. Therefore, they can be potentially lethal if taken all at once.\nThe rumored high dosage could be, in part, because of their size. Wario pills are especially boxy at approximately 10 millimeters by 11 millimeters by 10 millimeters, while the aforementioned Nintendo pills are about half as tall and deep. Meanwhile, Tesla pills are roughly 10 millimeters by 11 millimeters by three millimeters, also a smaller volume than their Wario brethren. However, it could be that the Warios are more highly concentrated \u2014 as someone on Reddit suggested, dealers might do this to avoid carrying more pills on them, and therefore protecting themselves if they get stopped (meaning that in some cases, they may be charged with possession rather than dealing). Either way, for anyone considering taking them, it's worth testing them for purity first, then starting out with a quarter of a pill.\nBut despite the pill's strength, the (limited) reviews on Reddit appear to be mostly positive. \"Really good roll,\" wrote redditor Bvr. \"These are really good!! Had a blast!\" It's unclear how much of the pill Bvr took, though. For reference, one user, commenting under a post about the Wario pills, recalled a time when they took a tablet that contained 350 milligrams of MDMA. \"I ended up overdosing in a Target parking lot at 3 a.m.,\" they said. \"It felt like my heart was gonna give out.\"\nWhy are there so many Nintendo character shaped ecstasy pills, I'm fucking losing it. pic.twitter.com\/28kvYT55WA\n\u2014 Ultima | #\u0432\u029f\u043c (@UltimaShadowX) July 5, 2021\nWould you take the Wario Pill\u2122? pic.twitter.com\/kvrRFnI1bD\n\u2014 Lumiknight (@Lumiknight_) August 1, 2020\nHigh and potential overdose aside, Super Mario superfans are going crazy over the fact that they even exist \u2014 mostly by meme-ing them into The Matrix. \"You take the blue pill\u2026 the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe,\" wrote Twitter user @sd_eclipse, quoting the film. \"You take the Wario pill\u2026 you stay in Mario land, and I show you how deep the warp pipe goes.\" Someone else Photoshopped the pill into Wario's stomach, and tweeted it alongside the caption: \"I can never fail when I've taken the Wario pill.\"\nAlthough these kinds of memes emerge all the time, the Wario pill hit the headlines in June 2019, when a 27-year-old man was caught with over 100 of them in Japan. This news also sparked its own memes. \"WAHAHA! It is I, WARIO!!! I've been arrested for distributing MDMA in Japan! Help me!!!\" one Twitter user joked.\ntake the wario pill pic.twitter.com\/AkLSGqyEBQ\n\u2014 Gazoogaloo (@Gazoogaloo) January 12, 2021\nDespite warnings that ecstasy is being \"increasingly being marketed with child-friendly logos,\" character or logo-shaped pills are, as Forbes previously pointed out, likely created simply because it's a good marketing technique. Mitchell Gomez, the executive director of harm reduction organization DanceSafe, told the publication that the phenomenon is \"about recognition,\" adding that \"people remember corporate logos, and it's a way to piggyback on their popularity as well as an easy way to describe a particular press.\"\nBut, for whatever reason, these pills do often seem to be more potent than other MDMA pills \u2014 meaning it's essential for users to test them beforehand and go easy on dosage. Then, once you're sure you're taking it safely, you can let it turn you into a-me, Wario!\nBrit Dawson\nBrit Dawson is a London-based journalist who mostly writes about sex, women's rights and sex work. She is also the staff writer at Dazed.\nDrugs: How Often Can You Take Shrooms?\nDrugs: Sorry, but 'Requiem for a Dream' Is a Terrible Movie\nDrugs: How Many Shrooms Should You Take If It's Your First Time?\nDrugs: How to Care for Your Very Stuffed-Up, Slowly Disintegrating Coke Nose","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Baker Homerun Leads Softball to Split With UIW\nHome \u00bb News \u00bb Baker Homerun Leads Softball to Split With UIW\nSan Antonio \u2013 Kelly Baker's three-run homerun in the bottom of the second helped ninth-ranked St. Mary's University rally for a 7-6 win over the University of the Incarnate Word and gave the Rattlers a split of the Heartland Conference softball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Rattler Field.\nThe Rattlers took an early lead in the second game of the doubleheader, but UIW scored three unanswered runs to take a 6-4 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth. Pitcher Amanda Sparks came on in relief in the third inning and retired 10 of the first 11 batters she faced, including the first two in the sixth. But with two outs the Rattlers started to rally. Lia Provence (Fr., Bastrop) walked and Nikki Flores (Jr., Friendswood) followed with a single to left. That brought up Baker (Fr., Arlington), who smashed her sixth homerun of the season to dead center, giving the Rattlers a one-run lead.\nMalissa Magee (Sr., Katy), who had come on in relief in the sixth inning, retired the Cardinals in the seventh to pick up her 33rd win of the season. Sparks fell to 5-9 with the loss.\nIn the first game Magee was nearly perfect, but four errors over the last two innings sent the Rattlers to the loss. St. Mary's took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning when Sarah Cooper (Sr., Houston) smacked a double to right-center that scored Flores. However, the next inning the Cardinals rallied. With one out Allison Britt singled to center. Stacey Smitham laid down a sacrifice bunt, but the throw to first sailed high, allowing both runners to advance. An error on the return throw allowed Britt to score the tying run. Another error allowed Smitham to score the go-ahead run.\nThe Rattlers tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Cooper drew a two-out walk with the bases loaded. However, the Rattlers left the bases loaded, among the eight they left on base in the game. In the seventh another error helped UIW to the win. Cece Duron singled to left and Michelle Luna reached on an error. A suicide squeeze bunt by Britt brought home Duron with the go-ahead run and Patty Madera hit a sacrifice fly to score Luna.\nMagee allowed just three hits and two walks, while striking out seven, but suffered her sixth loss of the season. Perez improved to 17-6 with the win.\nWith the split the Rattlers saw their 13-game win streak end, but are now 50-10 overall and 26-2 in Heartland Conference play. UIW is now 30-24, 19-9. St. Mary's will return to action on Thursday in the first round of the Heartland Conference Tournament, which will be played at Rattler Field.\nStudents and faculty showcase the formation of faith at St. Mary's","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Are you ready for Common Rotation's next album?\nSeptember 09th, 2011 | Category: 2011,Info\nI know they are ready to share it with you. Check out this song from the upcoming album, \"Keep an Open Gallery,\" and then make a donation so it can get printed and in our hands already!\nMy Wedding Day, My Setting Sun\n(TL;DR? Donate via PayPal!)\nFrom the guys on Facebook:\n\"Hey there friends of Common Rotation!\nIt's been a few months since we started our fundraising campaign for our two new albums and we couldn't be more thrilled with our progress. We are happy to report that we've raised a little over $5000. All of us here would like to express our gratitude to those that have donated so far. Your generosity won't be forgotten. Every step further along in the production of our records we're reminded of how we couldn't do this without you.\nAs we stand now the first of the two albums has been recorded. With the help of our good friends Brian Speiser and Julie Wolf we are proud to say we managed to track 13 songs in seven days. This means we have all of the vocals, guitars, banjos, bass, assorted stringed things, metal things you blow into, things with piano keys, and other things you bang on recorded for these songs.\nNow comes the intensely boring and irritatingly long process of mixing and mastering. Not only is it time consuming, but it's also quite expensive. This is why it's essential we keep the contributions coming. There's a lot more to be done before we get to picking out artwork and deciding whether or not we should press on clear vinyl\u2026y'all have turntables right?\nThough there's a lot more funds to be raised to reach our goal of releasing two separate albums in the same year, we are on our way and it's all because of supportive fans like you. By donating it not only helps us get our new music to you faster but it reminds us that Common Rotation has a place in your daily playlist. We do, right?\"\nDon't forget there are perks to donating. A donation in the amounts listed gets you \u2026 :\n$25 An autographed first-run copy of one of the new albums (your choice)\n$50 An autographed first-run copy of one of the new albums PLUS a disc of rarities (an assorted mix of Union Maids, unreleased demos, and live recordings)\n$75 Autographed first-run copies of both new albums plus the disc of rarities\n$100 Same as above PLUS a special limited edition signed poster\n$150 and higher Your name in the thank you's of the both albums' liner notes, plus autographed advanced copies of both records\n$200 Signed page of original lyrics (your choice of song) PLUS autographed copies of both albums and signed limited edition poster\n$250 Phone serenade (the band will perform a song of your choice over the phone)\n$350 Private Skype Q&A with the band\n$500 Band member of your choice will record your answering machine or voicemail message\n$750 Common Rotation will record your favorite cover song and send it to you with autographed copies of both new records\n$1000 Common Rotation will write you a song about anything you'd like, record it and send it to you with autographed copies of both new records\n$1500 Personal Skype performance (you pick the set list)\n$1750 Join the band onstage to perform your favorite Common Rotation song\n$2000 House concert for you and your friends in your home (This will need to be booked 2-3 months in advance and if your home is 300 miles or more outside of Los Angeles we will need to negotiate travel costs)\n$2500 \"This record brought to you by [your name here]\" (featured thank you in liner notes), PLUS any item above (except house concert)\n$5000 We're your new best friends. That puts you on the guest list with backstage passes for life. (PLUS any item above)\nDonate via PayPal!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Wrestlemania 33 Spotlight: Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker\nPosted on March 31, 2017 by Andrew Henderson\nDay five. Wrestlemania is just two nights away, and the excitement is definitely building. We have the Hall of Fame ceremony tonight, NXT TakeOver tomorrow night, and then the big one. This time of the year, and this show in particular, has almost become synonymous with one man over the decades. That man's match on Sunday night is today's spotlight match: Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker.\nThe Undertaker will be competing in his 25th, and possibly final, Wrestlemania match, with a win-loss record of 23-1. Roman Reigns will be competing in his 5th, and definitely not final, Wrestlemania match, with a record of 3-1. There are twenty years worth of difference between their Wrestlemania appearances, twenty years worth of wins between their records, and twenty years difference between their ages. Passing of the torch anyone?\nThis match was set up at the Royal Rumble, where Reigns eliminated the Phenom before declaring \"this is my yard now\". The rivalry picked up again after Fastlane, when Undertaker answered Braun Strowman's call for Roman Reigns to come out to the ring. Reigns didn't take too kindly to this, and when he said as much he got a chokeslam for his troubles. Reigns responded a couple of weeks later with a spear to the Deadman. Taker has told Reigns that after Wrestlemania, a graveyard will be the only yard he can lay claim to. Reigns has told Taker \u2013 and Shawn Michaels \u2013 that Reigns is going to put the big dog down once and for all.\nAnd really that is the intrigue of this match. It's whether this will be Undertaker's final bow. And if it is, how will Reigns be booked around it.\nSo here's the thing. With every passing year, it becomes more and more likely that it is Undertaker's final match. Part of the reason the streak was apparently ended three years ago was because Vince wasn't sure Undertaker would keep wrestling. He has reportedly retired after each of his last few Mania matches, only to return at the start of the next year. Even if he's going into Wrestlemania 33 with the intention of it being his last match, and even if people say afterwards that it was, we won't really know until he doesn't show up for a Wrestlemania \u2013 whether that's next year of a few years down the line.\nWhat does seem to be true, is that Undertaker is hurting. He has had minimal physicality over the last few months, but there have been several reports of him being in a lot of pain. It's no secret he needs hip surgery again, and he's been putting it off because when he has the surgery it will likely mean the end of his career. As the pain becomes more regular and more severe, it stands to reason that the need for surgery becomes greater, and the end of Mark Calaway's career comes closer.\nBut I think we all know we are at least near the end of Undertaker's career. What we don't know, is how Roman Reigns will be booked in the aftermath.\nWhat challenges are Undertaker throwing Reigns head-first into post-Mania?\nObviously, there is the train of thought that this is finally the heel turn. His promo on the go home Raw was a great promo, but specifically a great heel promo. Maybe this is the time WWE finally gives in, and Vince McMahon accepts the Roman Reigns project isn't working.\nBut how often have we said that about John Cena? That the best thing for him to do is turn heel? There are similarities even though Reigns isn't anywhere near the level of Cena. He's not as much of a TV or house show draw, but he's the top merchandise mover of the full-timers in the company (if you don't count Cena as a full-timer, and it's ever more difficult to do that now).\n\"Enjoy it while it lasts Cena, I'm coming for you\"\nAnd this is Vince's pet project, he's not one to give up on them easily. The working plan as of right now is for Roman Reigns to defeat Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania 34. In Vince's mind, Reigns will be the triumphant hero displacing the tyrannical monster. I'm not sure it has to be that way, and think that Reigns can actually play the role of tyrant in that match, but somehow I doubt WWE will go down that route.\nThe ironic thing is a Reigns heel turn would probably get him cheered. I think he's a step further than Cena got to, where it felt like if he just added a bit of an edge to his squeaky clean character he would be cheered by more sections of crowds. It feels like whatever Reigns does, short of a full blown heel turn, isn't going to be enough to change people's minds on him.\nIt would take a heel turn similar to The Rock's in 1997 to make Reigns a next level star\nThere are so many ways you could do it. Reigns could give Undertaker his second Wrestlemania loss straight up, and brag about it and turn heel through his character more than his actions. He could get so frustrated that he cheats to beat Undertaker at Wrestlemania, which would probably be the scenario for maximum heel heat. Or, he could even potentially still lose to Undertaker come Sunday night, and attack him after the match \u2013 injuring him to the extent Undertaker has to retire.\nOr, WWE could give him a bit of an edge knowing what the crowd is going to be like at Wrestlemania then on Raw, and keep him face long term, accepting his reactions are going to be mixed at best. I think I can tell you which scenario 99% of wrestling fans on the internet would prefer.\nThe question is over whether WWE are happy with the level Roman Reigns is at, knowing he could very well have peaked with the way the current crowd reactions are, or whether they are willing to take a short term hit for long term gain. Turning him heel would cost Reigns and WWE money in merch sales for now, but his eventual face turn afterwards could see him universally loved and able to draw in much higher figures than he is right now.\nWill we ever see a time Reign's is liked enough that he could use this entrance again and it would make any sort of sense?\nEither way, it seems we are destined to have Roman Reigns at the top of the card for the foreseeable future. Whether that's on Raw or SmackDown, as a face or a heel, we don't really know. I know what I'd do (Raw and heel), and I have a gut feeling as to what WWE will do (SmackDown and face). Either way, it's going to be a fun ride seeing what he can do.\nBut I want to turn the final word for this preview back to The Undertaker. We've thought before that it was the end of his career, and I've written about that possibility before. I just want to echo those previously written statements again here, where it looks more likely than ever that this is the end of The Undertaker. He is possibly the most legendary WWE superstar ever. His longevity is unparalleled, he has been in the ring with the best of the best across four or five generations. He is, for me, the greatest of all time. So if this is the end, thank you Mark Calaway. It's been an absolute pleasure watching you work.\nThe Phenom. The Deadman. The Greatest of All Time. The Undertaker.\nCategory: PPV SpotlightTags: Heel Turn, Retirement, Roman Reigns, The Undertaker, Wrestlemania 33, WWE\n\u2190 Wrestlemania 33 Audio Preview\nWrestlemania 33 Spotlight: Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt \u2192","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Arundel Journal\nNews, People and Places.\nYour Community Connection\n\"Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn in no other\"\n--Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac\nSubscribe for Premium Content! $1 each month. Cancel Anytime.\n\"Prayers and Provender hinder no journey.\"\nPoor Richard's Almanac\nNational\/World figures & Map (CDC)\nInternational cases (Johns Hopkins)\nMaryland cases (State of Maryland)\nMaryland cases by county (AAC)\nTwo grand openings heat up battle between best bargain supermarkets in AAC\nA new Lidl supermarket opened Wednesday December 16 in Glen Burnie and a new Aldis supermarket opened late last week, Thursday, December 10 in Severn. The pandemic, a fierce winter storm, and new Anne Arundel County business restrictions did not keep either chain from welcoming customers to its newest locations. Folks outside the new Lidle at 7700 Ritchie Highway in Harundale Plaza, Glen Burnie, braved 30-degree temperatures to wait in line outside the store before entering yesterday. A DJ welcomed them to the store with upbeat music. Lidl staff, donned in red and white Santa hats greeted, and chatted with those who had come to the grand opening. Lidl said in a press release, the new Glen Burnie location is their 14th store in Maryland. The German company has 1,200 stores active in 32 countries, employing more than 310,000 employees globally. Its U.S. headquarters is in Arlington County, Virginia. The company claims, according to a new study from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, that its prices are up to 45 percent less expensive than nearby groceries. Some of the stores grand opening customers already appeared to be fans when interviewed Tuesday. \"I had just seen the store in Brooklyn Park and stopped in and loved it,\" said shopper Sharnae Hunt, from Glen Burnie. \"I love that it's affordable. You get a lot of great stuff. Everything I've gotten so far has been amazing. It works.\" Shopper Priscilla Berry of Glen Burnie was a little more reserved in her review of Lidl, but she did buy $45 worth of groceries there Tuesday, she said. \"I came to see if the prices were comparable to Walmart and Giant, and other stores around here,\" Berry said. \"I found the prices were pretty good\u2014produce prices were excellent.\" She said she was able to buy a pineapple for 99 cents. She got caught up in the pastry department and bought some glazed donuts too, Berry said. Down the road in Severn, brand loyalty to a different German grocery was also apparent. The new Aldis at 7858 Quarterfiled Road in the Shoppes at Quarterfield plaza offers yet another new local Aldis location for thrifty food shoppers. Aldis, also a German-based supermarket, said the new Severn location is part of its $5 billion expansion plan to build new stores and remodel older stores. \"I've shopped at Aldis since 1994,\" said Severn resident Liz Brosey. \"I've grown accustomed to it. They have great prices. I remember when bread was 15 cents per loaf. I'm not even that old.\" Brosey said she really liked how accessible the new Aldis location was to her. \"It's going to be so much more convenient\u2014so much closer,\" she said. In comparing Aldis to Lidl, both Berry and Hunt gave the edge to Lidl. \"I think it compares to Aldis with the prices,\" Berry said. \"It's bigger than Aldis and you don't have to pay for a shopping cart. They have more brand names, and they have an app.\" Hunt also recognized that Lidl might have more of an advantage regarding the variety of product sources. \"One thing I like better\u2014Lidl has a little better selection,\" Hunt said. \"I kind of feel like shopping at Lidl is more similar to big name grocery stores.\" For it's part, Aldis stated in its press release that grocery delivery is available in more than 10,000 ZIP codes now, and the company recently announced the expansion of Curbside Grocery Pickup to nearly 600 stores nationwide The new Lidl will operate from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Sunday. The new Aldis will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m\nDeepSports\n\u00a9 COPYRIGHT 2020 Arundel Journal Holdings LLC","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Episode 256 - Hard-Boiled Howard (Sam Spade & Burns and Allen)\nWe tip our fedora to Howard Duff in honor of the star's November 24th birthday. To celebrate, we'll hear him in his signature role as Dashiell Hammett's famous private detective Sam Spade. With his wry humor and unique take on the material, Duff as Spade gave us one of the best gumshoes of the era. We'll hear...\n\"Wire Paladin, San Francisco\"\nIn the latter days of the Golden Age of Radio, several programs made the move to television - chasing advertisers and the public's focus. Dragnet aired on radio and TV simultaneously for years, along with comedies like Our Miss Brooks and The Jack Benny Program. Generally, it was a one-way street, but in 1958 CBS...\nEpisode 255 - Talking Turkey (Our Miss Brooks)\nTo keep you smiling on Thanksgiving, here's a comedy side dish courtesy of Eve Arden as Our Miss Brooks. Jeff Chandler \u2013 radio's Michael Shayne \u2013 co-stars alongside the amazing Ms. Arden in this Turkey Day story about a live turkey slated to be guest of honor at the Madison High feast. Co-starring Gale Gordon...\nEpisode 254 - It's a Plane! (Adventures of Superman)\nDon't touch that dial \u2013 the thrilling conclusion of our Superman-Batman radio team-up is coming your way. The Man of Steel and the Caped Crusader are fighting to save Robin and Jimmy Olsen in the exciting final chapters of \"The Monkey Burglar,\" originally aired on The Adventures of Superman on the Mutual Network...\nEpisode 253 - It's a Bird! (Adventures of Superman)\nThe Man of Steel and the Dynamic Duo are teaming up to keep the airwaves safe! We'll hear a serialized story from The Adventures of Superman that brings Batman and Robin to Metropolis to join forces with Superman. Bud Collyer is Superman, Matt Crowley is Batman, and Ronald Liss is Robin in \"The Monkey Burglar,\" a...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"David Isenberg, Contributor\nAuthor, 'Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq'\nUndercounting Contractor Casualties in Iraq\n07\/30\/2012 01:05 pm ET Updated Sep 29, 2012\nA new report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) provides some detail on the sacrifices made by private contractors who engaged in reconstruction or stabilization activities in Iraq between May 1, 2003, and August 31, 2010.\nThe total number includes 318 Americans (U.S. military, federal civilian employees, and U.S. civilian contractors), 111 third-country nationals, 271 Iraqis and 19 of unknown nationality who were working in support of the U.S. reconstruction or stabilization mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\nOf course, the actual total number, as opposed to the merely official one, is almost certainly higher, according to the report\nFor several reasons, an exact calculation is not possible. First, no agency managed a central database for reconstruction or stabilization casualties. Each U.S. government entity involved in Iraq's reconstruction--the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of State (DoS), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)--maintained its own employee casualty database. The Department of Labor (DoL) maintains a database of civilian contractors of all nationalities that were killed in Iraq who worked for or were contracted by U.S.-based companies or were insured through U.S. insurance carriers and notified DoL through the Defense Base Act.\nSecond, the databases we could access often did not contain enough detail to confirm whether a casualty was stabilization- or reconstruction-related. For example, there were 1,047 military casualties where the type of mission could not be determined.\nFinally, there was no central source of information on third-country nationals or Iraqi civilians killed while working on or in support of U.S. projects.\nWhat the report, \"The Human Toll Of Reconstruction Or Stabilization Operations During Operation Iraqi Freedom\" does say is that \"Americans suffered 44 percent of the total reconstruction or stabilization-related deaths, including 264 from the Department of Defense (37 percent) and 54 U.S. federal civilian employees and U.S. civilian contractors (8 percent).\" So, looking just at the very limited subset of contractors working stabilization and reconstruction-related activities, you get 57 deaths.\nThe report organized the types of projects undertaken into Iraq into three categories: infrastructure and governance, police training, and Iraqi armed forces training:\nThe majority of reconstruction-related casualties occurred in the infrastructure and governance category. At least 513 personnel (71 percent), died. The report does not say what portion of that were private contractors, although it notes the majority of deaths were Iraqi (240).\nThe police training category proved very dangerous as well, especially for contractors, accounting for 145 casualties (20 percent) overall. [...] Sixteen U.S. civilian contractors, twenty-two contracted Iraqis, four third-country nationals, and six others of unknown nationality (all interpreters) were killed while training the Iraqi police.\nThe report identified a total of at least 786 people reportedly wounded while performing reconstruction or stabilization-related missions in Iraq. This included 109 third-country nationals, almost all of which we can assume worked for various contractors, and 334 Iraqis, at least some of whom would have worked for a contractor. Like deaths, this is certainly an undercount.\nThe report stated:\nAs with the total death number, the actual number of wounded or injured is probably much higher than what we found.\" Later on the report also states, \"Data on third-country nationals killed in Iraq while working under U.S.-funded contracts is incomplete because of the paucity of information on what third-country nationals may have been working on at time of death.\nWhen total U.S. civilian deaths the report distinguishes between federal civilians working for the Defense and State Departments, USAID, and the United Nations and contractors. That latter number, from May 2003 to August 2010 totaled 44.\nIn terms of security contractor casualties the report found that:\nTwenty third-country nationals were killed supporting USACE reconstruction efforts during OIF, including16 killed while providing security for USACE reconstruction or stabilization projects. In addition, 10 third-country nationals were killed while transporting reconstruction materials on other reconstruction convoys that USACE tracked.\nOpen-source Information\nFrom open-source articles, SIGIR identified 57 third-country nationals killed on reconstruction or stabilization missions that were not noted by any other agency.\nFinally, although not well understood back in the USA, many Iraqi civilians worked for contractors.\nTheir deaths too were not well documented. The report concluded that:\nSIGIR identified at least 271 Iraqis who were killed while working on reconstruction or stabilization projects. This included 95 reported by USAID, 91 reported by USACE, 40 other local national contractor deaths noted from previous SIGIR inspections, 30 identified from open-source articles, and 15 identified in official DoD records and significant activity logs.\nIn all likelihood, there were significantly more Iraqi civilian casualties killed while working on U.S.-supervised reconstruction or stabilization efforts than the available data revealed.\nBusiness Iraq Casualties","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"RSVP: Why this CISO thinks SBOMs aren't the silver bullet\n@fluid-experimental\/bubblebench-sharedtree Releases\n0.59.2004 September 15th, 2022 22:22\n0.59.2003 May 25th, 2022 20:35\n0.59.2001 May 3rd, 2022 21:37\n0.59.2000 April 27th, 2022 21:33\n0.59.2000-63294 April 22nd, 2022 21:10\n0.59.2000-61729 April 14th, 2022 20:38\n0.58.2002 March 28th, 2022 18:56\n0.58.2000 March 23rd, 2022 20:41\n0.58.2000-58133 March 18th, 2022 22:12\n0.58.0-55983 March 5th, 2022 00:51\n0.57.2 March 11th, 2022 23:54\n0.57.1 March 4th, 2022 01:45\n0.57.0 March 2nd, 2022 23:58\n0.57.0-51086 February 12th, 2022 01:10\n0.56.11 March 29th, 2022 00:22\n0.56.7 March 3rd, 2022 20:14\nSubscribe to an RSS feed of @fluid-experimental\/bubblebench-sharedtree releases","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Velocity Files Prefeasibility Technical Report on SEDAR for the Rozino Gold Project, Southeast Bulgaria\nOctober 15, 2020 13:41 ET | Source: Velocity Minerals Ltd. Velocity Minerals Ltd.\nVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Velocity Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: VLC) (\"Velocity\" or the \"Company\") announces it has filed on SEDAR an independent Prefeasibility Study (\"PFS\") Technical Report (the \"Report\") for its Rozino gold project (\"Rozino\" or the \"Project\") located in southeast Bulgaria. The Report entitled \"Rozino Gold Project, Pre-feasibility Technical Report\" is dated October 14, 2020 (effective date August 30, 2020) and was prepared by CSA Global, an international mining consultancy with experience in Bulgaria, in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.\nThe PFS results were previously disclosed in the Company's news release dated August 31, 2020.\nThe PFS establishes the Rozino deposit as supporting an economic open pit mine operation with gold recovery by a combination of on-site concentration in a flotation plant and further processing to produce a gold-silver dor\u00e9 in the existing and operating processing plant located in Kardzhali, 85 km by road from Rozino, where dor\u00e9 would be produced.\nAll amounts are reported in United States dollars (US$) unless otherwise specified.\nPrefeasibility Study1 Highlights\nAfter-Tax Financials: After-tax NPV5% of CAD$163 ($123) million and after-tax IRR of 27.4% using a base case gold price of $1,500 per ounce.\nLife of Mine Earnings: $293 million before interest, taxes, and depreciation.\nCash Cost: All-in sustaining cost2 of $755 per ounce of gold and cash cost3 of $699 per ounce of gold.\nCapital Costs: Total estimated capital costs of $94.8 million and pre-production capital costs of $87.1 million (including an 11% contingency).\nMineral Resource: Indicated Mineral Resource at a 0.3 g\/t gold cut-off grade of 20.5 Mt at 0.87 g\/t gold, for contained gold of 573,000 ounces and an Inferred Mineral Resource at a 0.3 g\/t cut-off of 0.38 Mt at 0.8 g\/t gold for 10,000 ounces4.\nInitial Mineral Reserve: Probable Mineral Reserve at a 0.5 g\/t gold cut-off grade of 11.8 Mt at 1.22 g\/t gold for 465,000 ounces.\nMining: Open pit with 0.5 g\/t gold cut-off grade (COG), low strip ratio of 2.2 and 1.22 g\/t life of mine (\"LOM\") gold grade.\nConventional Process Flow Sheet: Returns 79.3% gold recovery to dor\u00e9 at the operating Processing Plant.\nProcessing: On-site flotation producing gold-bearing pyrite concentrate assaying from 15 to 40 g\/t and transportation to the Processing Plant (located 85 km from the Project) for processing to produce dor\u00e9.\nLow Environmental Risk: Small project footprint with benign, non-acid generating and non-hazardous waste and tailings material.\nOpportunities for Project Enhancement: The Rozino gold deposit is open to the southeast and exploration is ongoing. Additional pit tailings storage capacity exists to accommodate potential increases in ore production.\n(1) Base case parameters assume a gold price of US$1,500\/ounce and an exchange rate (CAD$ to US$) of 0.75. Financial results on 100% equity basis.\n(2) All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC) is defined as all cash costs related to production costs such as mining, processing, refining, site administration, and NSR royalty to final product (direct and indirect), and mine closure and rehabilitation. Sustaining capital costs related to continuing the business including development and equipment required to sustain production are included. Taxes, working capital, M&A, disposals, and acquisitions as well as new mine development capital costs are excluded. See \"Use of Non-IFRS Financial Performance Measures\" below.\n(3) Cash Costs include production costs such as mining, processing, refining, site administration, and NSR royalty, divided by gold ounces sold to arrive at a cash cost per gold ounce sold. See \"Use of Non-IFRS Financial Performance Measures\" below.\n(4) Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Inferred Mineral Resources are considered too speculative geologically in nature to enable them to be categorized as Mineral Reserves and there can be no certainty that all or any part of an inferred mineral resources will ever be upgraded to Indicated Mineral Resources or Measured Mineral Resources.\nThe Technical Report is available for download at www.SEDAR.com and at the Company's website.\nAbout Velocity Minerals Ltd.\nVelocity is a gold exploration and development company focused on southeastern Bulgaria. Velocity's strategy is to develop a low cost centralized \"Hub and Spoke\" operation whereby multiple projects within this emerging gold district produce gold concentrates for trucking to a central processing plant for production of dor\u00e9. The Company envisions staged open pit mining of satellite deposits and processing in a currently operating CIL plant. Velocity has a 70% interest in the Tintyava prospecting licence, which includes the advanced Rozino gold project and the Kazak exploration target, option agreements to earn a 70% interest in the Obichnik and Makedontsi gold projects, and an option agreement to earn a 100% interest in the Iglika project.\n\"Keith Henderson\"\nE-mail: info@velocityminerals.com\nWeb: www.velocityminerals.com\nNeither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.\nCAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: This news release includes certain forward-looking information (collectively, \"forward-looking statements\") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statements with respect to: our estimates, expectations, forecasts and guidance for production, all-in sustaining cost, cash costs and capital expenditures, cost savings, Project economics (including net present value and internal rates of return) and other information contained in the PFS; as well as references to other possible events, the future price of gold, and silver the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the realization of mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, costs and timing of the development of the Project and mining and processing activities, permitting timelines, currency fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, and environmental risks. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Often, but not always, forward looking statements can be identified by words such as \"will\", \"pro forma\", \"plans\", \"expects\", \"may\", \"should\", \"budget\", \"scheduled\", \"estimates\", \"forecasts\", \"intends\", \"anticipates\", \"believes\", \"potential\" or variations of such words including negative variations thereof, and phrases that refer to certain actions, events or results that may, could, would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved. The forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. The estimates, models and assumptions of the Company referenced, contained or incorporated by reference in this news release, which may prove to be incorrect, include, the various assumptions set forth herein and in the PFS, our annual 2020 and first quarter 2020 Management's Discussion and Analysis as well as: (1) there being no significant disruptions affecting the operations of the Company whether due to extreme weather events and other or related natural disasters, labour disruptions, supply disruptions, power disruptions, damage to equipment, pandemics, including, COVID-19 or otherwise; (2) permitting, development, operations and production from the Project being consistent with the Company's expectations; (3) political and legal developments in any jurisdiction in Bulgaria being consistent with its current expectations; (4) the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar, the Canadian Dollar, the Euro and the Bulgaria Leva being approximately consistent with current levels; (5) certain price assumptions for gold and silver; (6) prices for diesel, natural gas, fuel oil, electricity and other key supplies being approximately consistent with current levels; (7) production and cost of sales forecasts meeting expectations; (8) the accuracy of the current mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates of the Company; (9) labour and materials costs increasing on a basis consistent with the Company's current expectations; and (10) asset impairment (or reversal) potential being consistent with the Company's current expectations. Known and unknown factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These uncertainties and contingencies can directly or indirectly affect, and could cause, the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company, including but not limited to resulting in an impairment charge on goodwill and\/or assets. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.\nReaders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking information in this news release or incorporated by reference herein, except as otherwise required by law.\nCAUTIONARY NOTE TO UNITED STATES INVESTORS CONCERNING ESTIMATES OF MINERAL RESERVES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. The Company prepares its disclosure in accordance with the requirements of securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of U.S. securities laws. All mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates contained in this news release or in documents referenced in this news release have been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators, which established standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. The terms \"Mineral Reserve\", \"Proven Mineral Reserve\" and \"Probable Mineral Reserve\" are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards. These definitions differ materially from the definitions in the Securities Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\") Industry Guide 7 (\"SEC Industry Guide 7\") under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"U.S. Securities Act\"). Under SEC Industry Guide 7 standards, a \"final\" or \"bankable\" feasibility study is required to report mineral reserves, the three-year historical average price is used in any mineral reserve or cash flow analysis to designate mineral reserves and the primary environmental analysis or report must be filed with the appropriate governmental authority. The terms \"Mineral Resource\", \"Measured Mineral Resource\", \"Indicated Mineral Resource\" and \"Inferred Mineral Resource\" are defined in and required to be disclosed by NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards; however, these terms are not defined terms under SEC Industry Guide 7 and are normally not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part of a \"Mineral Resource\", \"Measured Mineral Resource\", \"Indicated Mineral Resource\" or an \"Inferred Mineral Resource\" will ever be converted into a \"Reserve\". In addition, \"Reserves\" reported by the Company under Canadian standards may not qualify as reserves under SEC standards. Under SEC standards, mineralization may not be classified as a \"Reserve\" unless the mineralization can be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time the \"Reserve\" determination is made. Accordingly, information contained or referenced in this news release containing descriptions of the Company's mineral deposits may not be compatible to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of U.S. federal securities laws, rules and regulations. Inferred Mineral Resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Historical results or feasibility models presented herein are not guarantees or expectations of future performance.\nThe SEC has adopted final rules, effective February 25, 2019, to replace SEC Industry Guide 7 with new mining disclosure rules under subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K of the U.S. Securities Act (the \"SEC Modernization Rules\"). The SEC Modernization Rules replace the historical property disclosure requirements included in SEC Industry Guide 7. As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of \"Measured Mineral Resources\", \"Indicated Mineral Resources\" and \"Inferred Mineral Resources\". In addition, the SEC has amended its definitions of \"Proven Mineral Reserves\" and \"Probable Mineral Reserves\" to be substantially similar to international standards. The SEC Modernization Rules will become mandatory for U.S. reporting companies beginning with the first fiscal year commencing on or after January 1, 2021.\nUSE OF NON-IFRS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES: This news release refers to all-in sustaining cost (AISC) and cash costs. These measures are not recognized under IFRS as they do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are, therefore, unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company uses these measures internally to evaluate the underlying operating performance of the Company. The use of these measures enables the Company to assess performance trends and to evaluate the results of the underlying business. Velocity understands that certain investors, and others who follow the Company's performance, also assess performance in this way. The Company believes that these measures reflect our performance and are useful indicators of our expected performance in future periods. This data is intended to provide readers with additional information and should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.\nGold ARTG Artemis Gold DPM VLC Velocity Minerals Bulgaria Rozino Prefeasibility Technical report MUN TETH","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Sana Sheikh: On connecting 'Next Gen' passion with family legacy\nEntrepreneurs 13-12-2019\nSenior Associate Solicitor at GSC Solicitors LLP, Sana Sheikh is leading the 'next gen' programme at the firm, working with the children of existing clients and the younger generation of business owners and decision makers.\nAWM asks Sana about becoming a leader in her own family business and how GSC Solicitors LLP can support multi-generational family businesses.\nAWM: How does it feel to join the family business? Was it always your game plan?\nSana: Funnily enough it was never my plan at all; I sort of fell into it whilst training with a large city law firm in London when I realised that I wanted a more boutique experience with more client contact and responsibility at an earlier stage in my career.\nAWM: What kind of law do you specialise in?\nSana: I am a commercial disputes lawyer which means that I help clients resolve disputes whether through the medium of court litigation or alternative dispute resolution methods such as arbitration and mediation.\nAWM: With you being a prime example of the 'next gen' of GSC, how does your position and experience equip you to work with second generation of clients?\nSana: I am always trying to empathise with clients and understand their personal or business circumstances so that here at GSC I can give them the most tailored and relevant advice possible. This is particularly relevant with the 'next gen' and I try to think how I myself would like to receive advice and then apply that to the way I approach my own 'next gen' clients.\nAWM: What's a typical day for you at GSC?\nSana: In a typical day I try to find a balance between fostering client relationships by way of meetings and calls and getting my head down into the detail of the law by drafting documents or researching complex areas of law.\nAWM: How do you think the second generation can maintain family values while venturing onto new turf?\nSana: There is an inevitable tension between forging a new path and honouring family legacy, which is best resolved by the second generation being clear in their objectives from the outset. I would suggest that the second generation map out their goals for the company when taking over the reins (and even before) and on the same piece of paper (or computer screen) have a list of the family and company values so that the two can be correlated.\nAWM: How do you think GSC can support companies to transcend generations?\nSana: GSC Solicitors can help companies identify potential pitfalls and put in place mechanisms to avoid such pitfalls occurring long before they become in issue, which eases generational transition and the likely tensions it can bring. In the past decade businesses have evolved in line with technological advances and wealth too has grown with asset bases diversifying. So with a much savvier 'new generation' client it's all about providing legal advice also based on more entrepreneurial thinking.\nAWM: What do you think a GSC can offer multi-generational families over a larger city law firm?\nSana: GSC can offer multi-generational families an intimate and dedicated approach, taking the time to understand each family's precise needs, wants and desires and keeping up-to-date with developments in the family, whether it be professional milestones, births or marriages! At GSC we have a very personal approach and in fact have many longstanding clients who have stayed with the firm for over 30 years. It's extremely important to maintain that our lawyers see themselves as 'trusted advisors' to clients and much of our work comes to us through word-of-mouth and personal recommendation\nAWM: What factors influenced you to choose law as a career?\nSana: I always knew I wanted to do something people-oriented as I feel I learn the most from engaging with others from different backgrounds. I ultimately chose law as I found it fascinating as an academic discipline and being a solicitor allowed me to combine my passion for people with my thirst for the law. It's also become a bit of a tradition in my family to pursue legal profession as a career choice \u2013 my parents are also lawyers.\nAWM: Can you describe some of the most exciting\/ notable cases you've worked on?\nSana: I'm afraid I can't spill all the details (respecting client confidentiality of course), but I have just finished a five-day shipping case that was full of twists and turns and am currently involved in a High Court claim brought by a Georgian businessman against a national bank. However, no matter how challenging the case can be, I always find it to be an interesting and extremely valuable experience,\nAWM: What do you wish you had known about the legal profession before becoming a solicitor?\nSana: I wish I had known that it is nothing like how it appears on TV shows such as Suits or the movie Legally Blonde. Whilst it is an extremely rewarding profession, I can't say it is as dramatic or glamorous as it is sometimes made out to be. It is hard work and keeps you challenged all the time, especially now that clients are much more sophisticated and selective when choosing a lawyer, but it is always rewarding.\nWhat is success? Seven influencers reveal what success means to them\nThe word 'success' can be defined in a multitude of ways. We all want success, and will do anything to achieve it. But what does that really mean? We partnered up. MORE\nAkash Vaghela: Changing the philosophy of fitness\n\"We're not just about the physical\u2026the physical is just the vehicle. We strongly believe that by going through the physical journey, you can unlock confidence, courage, and the ability to. MORE\nHas Covid-19 been the idea generator that entrepreneurs have been looking for?\nThe pandemic has been a massive shake-up for businesses. In order to survive and flourish, many businesses have had to redirect their focus, pivot into new areas, and even start. 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+{"text":"Celebrating 100 Years of The Royal British Legion in Dunmow\nPublished: 1:48 PM May 24, 2021\nA wreath was laid at Great Dunmow War Memorial to commemorate 100 years of the Royal British Legion for May 2021 and 100 years of Dunmow & District branch for June 2021 - Credit: Dunmow & District Royal British Legion\nDunmow & District Royal British Legion celebrate their 100 year anniversary on June 29, having been formed only six weeks after the Legion was founded.\nAs part of centenary celebrations, residents are invited to view and contribute to a branch history display in Dunmow Library during the month of June, and to join a virtual challenge.\nYou may have stories or memories of Legion related events in the Dunmow area, or have family members that are remembered on one of the memorials or came home and had a tale to tell. Email dunmow.poppies@gmail.com\nOne notable resident was long-time Dunmow resident Donald Banks, a veteran of World War I, who was 16 when he joined the 4th Lincolnshire regiment.\nOver many years, Mr Banks contributed greatly to branch activities, and also helped other charitable organisations. In 1981, the then British Legion Housing Association developed Banks Court in Dunmow, still prominent today. The second phase was completed in 1984 and this was named Donald Banks. If there are family members of Donald Banks still living in the area, the branch would like to hear from you.\nAs a nod to the 100th year and in the spirit of Capt. Tom Moore, residents are also being asked to take on a challenge that completes 100 of something.\nThis could be just for fun, or to raise money for The Royal British Legion or Captain Tom Foundation. The challenge can be done by individuals, teams or families in one go or over several days throughout June.\nSome of the suggestions put forward are baking 100 cakes, walking 100km as a team, a challenge to walk, hop, skip or sing your way around 100 metres or laps of your garden or nearby park, staying silent for 100 minutes, or cycling 100km.\nAn online sponsorship page has been set up at www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/dunmow100\nAlternatively, sponsorship forms will be available from Dunmow town library, or donate directly to www.captaintom.org where the Royal British Legion has been chosen as one of the beneficiaries.\nIf you'd like to donate, but don't know anyone taking part, the Dunmow Poppy Appeal Organiser will be walking 100km in June and is grateful for encouragement and support.\nThe Dunmow & District Poppy Appeal Organiser is in training for a 100km walk - Credit: Dunmow & District Royal British Legion\nRoyal British Legion's formation\nOver six million men served in World War I. Of those who came back, 1.75 million had suffered some kind of disability and half of these were permanently disabled.\nThe Legion was established to provide welfare, support, hope and comradeship. The aim is to ensure that no one who has served is disadvantaged because of the sacrifices they have made, and support encompasses not only members of the Armed Forces, but families and veterans too.\nThe Dunmow & District branch is still very active today. The branch has a new meeting venue for 2021 and welcomes new members, whether they have served in the Armed Forces or not.\nDunmow & District Royal British Legion celebrate their 100 year anniversary on June 29 - Credit: Royal British Legion","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Desmond and Hoover, by Alice M. de Munnik\nDesmond opened one eye, peered around the room, then opened the other. He flexed each paw, extended his toes and bared his claws. Great! Everything was in working order. Desmond arched his body into a Hallowe'en hump, relaxed and settled back into the corner of the sofa where he'd been dozing for the past two hours.\nGood sleep! The best he'd had for a while, nice and quiet, no one to bother him. And the dream he'd just had was everything a Maine Coon Cat could want \u2013 delicious, indulgent, satisfying. There was no snot-nosed baby to insist, despite his best efforts, on wiping her dirty, sticky hands on his fur. It took hours for him to lick his black, maroon and brown-fur coat back into pristine condition. And after all, he had a reputation to maintain. He came from pure stock. Both parents were Maine Coon Cats. His mother was given to stoutness at an early age just like Desmond was. But, make no mistake, that didn't mean he couldn't move fast. It just meant he took a little longer to get his 30-pound body where he wanted it to go.\nWhat also made his dream so good was it didn't have Hoover in it, the overgrown, slobbering Labrador, with whom he shared the house. If Hoover had been a female, Desmond would have called him theatrical, a \"diva\" for sure. Those sad liquid brown eyes were always on call for the next soft-hearted human he wanted something from. Hoover would look up at his human owners and anyone who came to visit and turn on his smarmy, martyr charms.\n\"Oh, look,\" the hapless human would croon. \"Isn't he the saddest dog you've ever seen? He's going to cry any minute now. See how he bows his head and looks like he hasn't got a friend in the world?\" Desmond's gag reflex worked overtime when Hoover was in his feel-sorry-for-me mode.\nHoover was well fed and certainly didn't lack for food. It made Desmond sick to see how he mooned over the baby in her highchair at meal times. Not only did the baby offer Hoover little bits of whatever she was having, but she spilled so much of her food on the seat and the trough at the bottom of the highchair that Hoover had trouble controlling himself. He couldn't wait for the baby to be pulled out of her highchair and taken to the bathroom for a good hosing down. In a flash, Hoover would gulp down the spilled leftovers and be ready for more.\nDesmond couldn't stand it anymore. He was going to do something about that dog and he was going to do it soon. He'd made a plan that involved Hoover being blamed for everything that went wrong. And that would be the end of Mr. garbage disposal. Adieu Hoover, hello freedom!\nFor now, he relived his wonderful dream. It included bowl after bowl of cat food. Not the regular canned variety, but the gourmet hand-churned kind that Nancy, his human owner, bought from Essence Par Excellence every year as his Christmas treat. In his dream, Desmond spent endless hours together with Nancy. There was no noise, no baby to wash, feed, diaper and rock to sleep. No husband to cater to.\nIf truth were told, Desmond believed that Nancy was a most excellent specimen of what a human should be. She was tall, trim, beautiful, had long auburn hair with dark highlights and high cheekbones, like he had, and she loved him. When she rested after putting the baby to bed and read the historical romances she was so fond of, he always lay by her side. She would stroke his thick fur and give him a massage. He purred more contentedly when there were just the two of them. Nancy always saved some catnip for those quiet nights together. And there were saucers of thick cream, morsels of salmon saved from dinner and, his favourite of all, cashew nuts. Desmond knew that they were fattening, but he just couldn't help himself.\nOf course, these magical moments always came to an end when Nancy's husband, Gary, came home from work. Desmond knew that if it were just he and Nancy in the house, he would want for nothing more. Nirvana would have been achieved.\nThe back door slammed shut. Footsteps intruded on Desmond's reverie. He sighed. He knew he couldn't expect to have lovely dreams all the time. He was a realist, but still ...\nNancy came into the family room and kicked off her shoes. Gary was behind her, carrying the baby whom he set down on the carpeted floor. Then he went back out to the hallway. The baby crawled to where Desmond sat, yanked on his tail and reached out her arms to him. She buried her face in Desmond's fur.\nBaah, he cried out. Get away from me, you dirty little cretin. The baby was an ankle biter and a smelly one at that and he would not let her anywhere near him.\nHoover came running from the basement, jumped on Nancy and licked her face. \"Down Hoover!\" Nancy yelled. Gary returned carrying what looked like a small animal carrier. There was something moving inside it.\nOh my God! It was a cat. A tiny, ugly, striped little thing. Desmond couldn't believe it. He'd been the only cat in the house for the past twelve years. What did they need another cat for? There must be some mistake, some misunderstanding surely.\nGary took a grey tabby gently out of the cat carrier, settled it on his knee and slowly rubbed his finger along its tiny nose. The kitty looked frightened. It wanted to climb down from Gary's leg, but Desmond saw that it was too high and it seemed too afraid to try. The kitten already had a little collar around its neck with an S.P.C.A. tag and its name on it. Fiona! Oh, no! It was a female. What was he going to do with a female cat in the house?\nGary set the kitten on the carpet. \"Come on, Fiona, that's it,\" he said. \"Here's the baby.\" As he said this, he lifted the baby up and set her back down onto the carpet beside Fiona. The kitten sniffed the baby all over, turned up her nose and moved away.\nI don't blame you, Desmond thought. The baby's a real stinker, especially when\u2026 He was too well bred to say it. A disgusted meow was his only comment.\nHoover nosed around the baby and, like the kitten, quickly moved away. Instead, he hunkered down on the carpet and started licking the kitten, curling his massive front paws around Fiona in a protective arc.\nThis can't be happening, Desmond thought. He hissed and gave the dog and kitten a stare that would have withered most humans.\nNaturally, Hoover was oblivious and kept on licking the cat. A contented purr escaped from the kitten's tiny mouth. She relaxed and settled into the big dog's embrace.\nThat's it, Desmond thought. It was over. My life's over. I've nothing more to live for. After all I've had to put up with in this house, now this betrayal. He stepped to where Nancy stood observing the scene on the carpet. Desmond held his head high. His fur bloomed out and his claws were itching, ready for anything that came. He slid his large body around Nancy's legs. He expected a pat on the head or some indication of her love from her. There was nothing! Nancy completely ignored him.\n\"Isn't that the living end, Gary? Who would have thought that a big dog like Hoover would take to her? They make a nice pair. We won't have to worry about anything happening to Fiona from you know who.\"\nGary laughed and pointed at Desmond. \"Look at him. Never thought he'd be jealous. He wasn't when the baby was born. But, just look at him. He's in a major snit. Fur all bushy, claws out, eyes focused and nothing good on his mind.\"\nNancy giggled and looked down at Desmond. \"What is it, Desmond? You never seen a kitty before? Come on now. You didn't think you'd be the only cat in the house forever, did you? You're getting old and we want to make sure that when it's your turn to leave us, the baby will have another cat to play with.\"\nHow could Nancy do this to him? They'd had a bond, a love for each other that transcended species, that he was sure would never end, death notwithstanding. He just wouldn't stand for it. He knew his Nancy wasn't to blame. She loved him. In fact, she adored him. It was Gary's doing. Of that he was certain.\nDesmond sprang onto Gary's lap and dug his claws into his arm. The blood started immediately. Gary yelped and jumped out of his chair. \"That's it, Nancy. I've had it! That cat has got to go!\"\nGo? Well maybe till Gary calmed down, Desmond decided, and tore off towards the basement stairs.\n\"You'd better run!\" Gary shouted. \"And run fast, you fat brute. I'm serious, Nancy. I want him put down today.\"\n\"Oh, no. Not yet, Gary. He's not sick and he'll behave. It was just such a surprise to him, that's all.\"\nGary muttered something, and Desmond muttered something back as he slunk down into the basement. He skulked there for the rest of the week and barely touched his food. He'd have to rethink this whole thing and decide the best way to get rid of not only Hoover, but also Fiona. No one was going to replace him. But, first, he was going to have a nice long sleep. Then he'd decide. It's what his Mother would have done.\nAwakening, Tabitha Kot\nSitting innocently in my car,\nweaving my way through rush hour traffic,\ndistracted and crunching on a tart Macintosh.\nShe silently, invisibly, slinks through the\nsliver-crack\nof my open window.\nGliding across the breadth of my shoulders,\nlicking Her way up the back of my neck,\nShe slides seductively across my jawline,\nrises up to my ear and\nwhispers, hotly,\nis your sacred space.\nAnd She is gone.\nI blink once,\nslowly,\ndeliberately.\nMy eyes open to a\nShe is in everything I see.\nShe is in everything I hear.\nShe is in all that I touch,\nall that I taste,\nall that I smell,\nall that I know.\nI see the jewel of Aphrodite sparkling\nin everything I behold.\nThe world becomes precious to me\nin a heartbeat\nin it.\nI am home.\nNote: For information about Brian Henry's upcoming writing workshops and classes see here.\nLabels: All literary, Poetry\nPillow Talk, Gloria Nye\nI knew I was in trouble when the pillow started slipping. Mrs. Greenspan, the wardrobe assistant, had just finished pinning up my hair and I suggested she secure the strap tighter. She patted my opulent bosom with a reassuring, \"You're fine, my dear.\" Then added, \"If we pull the strap any tighter across your midriff, it will leave a dent. The director's orders were to make you look like an opera singer.\" She cocked her head. \"And you do look large enough for one.\"\nI loved amateur theatre, and that fall when my grade nine teacher announced a drama class, I eagerly joined. For five months, we practiced diligently for the annual year-end school concert, culminating in a successful dress rehearsal.\nFinally, it was on opening night. There I was in front of my family and friends, and I was playing opposite, Kevin, the best looking boy in school. I thought Kevin would laugh when he saw my high-necked, salmon-coloured dress stuffed with pillows and dragging on the floor, but he looked equally strange. Wearing football pads under a white shirt and a black jacket two sizes too big for him, he resembled a crash-test dummy about to run into a brick wall. His head and shoulders moved stiffly as one, and his string necktie seemed to be strangling him. Would we pass as soprano and tenor?\nThe play was a take on a talent contest with a variety of acts: a spinning ballerina, a tap dancer, a frantic hip hopper, a comedian, a pop singer, a baton twirler and us - the hopeful opera duo. Sitting in a row of chairs, lined up in the middle of the stage, we all waited for our turn to audition. After each performance, the audience clapped politely. Kevin and I were last in line.\nFinally it was almost our turn. Kevin gallantly (and briefly) took my hand as I stood up. I was feeling quite confident until I took my first step forward and that's when I felt my front pillow drop an inch. I had four more steps to centre stage, enough I figured, to cause my stomach to fall completely to the boards.\nPuccini's noble music swelled. It was our cue. Kevin stepped up and flung his left arm out from his oversized shoulders and chest. Tentatively, I took another step, then wrapped both arms protectively across my front. Would it be enough to keep me together? I glanced over at the wing where the director was gesturing wildly for me to lift my arms. A trickle of sweat rolled down my forehead into one eye, no doubt leaving a white trail in my makeup. I blinked at the audience, took another step and began drawing in my breath for the aria. I gasped as the pillow, tied to my backside, started its slow descent.\nKevin twisted around to see why I was not keeping up with him and saw me whip my left arm behind my back to grab a fistful of flopping salmon. A strangled note escaped from my throat as I glanced desperately at the director who was now pumping his arms up and down gesturing to me to lift my arms. Alas, although I'd memorized the grand movements of divas, my arms were busy containing unruly body parts.\nA titter came from the audience. The comedic parts of the play had already been presented; my part was serious. My voice cracked again as I attempted to lift my bosom back to its appropriate place and, with the other hand, tried to hold up my posterior. Kevin, singing loudly and raising his arms aloft, saw my plight. My face felt hotter and I knew it was turning red under the rivulets of sweat; he would never ask me out now.\nA pin flew from my up-do and a thick strand of hair escaped. The tittering from across the footlights changed to laughter. It rose louder when Kevin reached out to grab my falling bosom but snatched his hand back abruptly before he got a handful of me under the collapsing dress. Meanwhile, I was contorting myself in vain trying to control the activity of my front and back pillows, which, being feathers rather than foam, had a mind of their own.\nAnother hairpin let loose and a large clump of hair tumbled down to rest on my sagging shoulder. The laughter swelled to loud guffaws and Kevin's broad smile had turned his usually rounded notes into a wailing siren. The director was now holding his head in both hands; was he laughing or crying?\nAt that precise moment, I made my decision. Finding my voice, I joined Kevin in the last musical phrase as I twisted and turned in mock horror, while grasping and yanking at my falling anatomy. The higher the notes climbed, the lower the pillows sank and, as the final crescendo sounded, I raised my arms high. Then I reached down, swept both pillows majestically up into my arms, and, as the curtain fell, made a grand and awkward curtsey to a standing ovation.\nNote: To get to the main page, click the Home button at the bottom of this page, or you can go straight to another story by going to the blog archive at the top of the page on the right and clicking on any story.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"By Faine Greenwood\nIranian women wait in line at a polling station to vote during presidential elections in Qom, 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP\/Ebrahim Noroozi)\nIranians are voting in the first presidential election since the hotly disputed poll of 2009, which saw current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad controversially returned to power.\nThe polling stations opened their doors at8:30 AM local time on Friday and are set to close ten hours later, although voting can be extended until midnight. There are over 50 million eligible voters in Iran.\nVoters have six candidates to choose from, after two of the eight approved to compete by national election overseers dropped out of the race\u2014leaving many voters conflicted over whether they should participate at all.\nFormer Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was barred from running, angering many\u2014although Rafsanjani has put out a formal call to voters to avoid a boycott on his behalf.\nFormer nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani, the only moderate left in the race, is expected to put in a good showing and has been endorsed by two former presidents, both Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami.\nHe will be challenged by conservatives Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the mayor of Tehran, chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, none of whom are expected to give much resistance to Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\nSanctions are putting serious pressure on the Iranian economy and both unemployment and inflation are rife, meaning that economic issues will figure big in this election.\nMany voters remember the bloody government response to the 2009 \"Green Movement\" following Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election, which saw many protesters and dissenters jailed.\nKhamenei asked his people to turn out in large numbers to vote in the election but kept mum about his own preference\u2014including on his Twitter account.\nI also voted for one of these gentlemen in this election but no one is aware of my vote even my close friends & relatives #IranElection\n\u2014 khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 14, 2013\nThis article originally was published at Global Post.\nAli Khamenei\nThe Military Industrial Complex Loves Left Wing Hawk Adam Schiff\nDivine Missions of Destruction: Why a US War with Iran is Virtually Inevitable","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Satya Nadella: Microsoft Will Continue Investing To Improve the Xbox Platform\nNewsXbox\nBy Shibu S On Apr 27, 2018\nAfter Xbox One faced an uncertain landscape after the years that followed its debut, the platform was integrated into Microsoft's new plans and strategies for its games division and everything indicates that stability and growth are coming. In the presentation of the company's recent financial report, Satya Nadella said that they are committed to their platform and will continue to invest in expanding their gaming and services environment.\nDuring the presentation of the financial report that ended last March, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, confirmed the company's commitment to Xbox, considered a platform surrounded by a gaming and services environment. Initially, Nadella assured that Microsoft's gaming division is still thinking of investing in Xbox in order to expand the gaming experience and take advantage of new opportunities to develop the way titles are created, played and viewed.\nRegarding the services sector, the Microsoft manager said they will seek to establish new relationships, and maintain existing ones, with companies that have integrated the Xbox LIVE experience, Xbox Game Pass, and Mixer. According to Nadella, currently, the game division is motivated by the reception that Sea of Thieves has had between the players and the transmission platform, something that they have achieved thanks to the integration of a shared game environment between Xbox One and Windows 10.\nFinally, the top executive of the US company, said that the financial results of Xbox One speak for themselves and account for the strength of the platform and its services; In addition, he promised that Microsoft will continue investing in the console and its environment, especially now that they are focused on working in Azure and thinking about their integration to the gaming and services experience, with the objective of satisfying the needs of developers, players, and spectators.\nSee also Digital Foundry: DOOM on PS4 Pro Achieves Maximum 1440p, Native 4K on Xbox One X\nMicrosoftSatya Nadellavideo gameXbox\nShibu S 1094 posts\nNews Contributor at GameTransfers.com and Sniper-specialist in Counter-Strike 1.6. Loves to write and share things about video game news in general for most of the gaming platform.\nNintendo Announces Dragalia Lost, A New Mobile Game\nNintendo Announces Its Plans for E3 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The Myth Of The Individual DVD\nIt's not that Scott (Mike Griffin) doesn't care about the women in his life: he just cares about himself so much more.\n\"The Myth Of The Individual\" chronicles Scott's adventures in deception, with trickery and headgames taken to such extremes that not even he knows what's real any more. But once a woman who loves him discovers what he's been up to, Scott's life is turned upside down: how can a liar escape a lie?\nHugo Lunny's first film is an intense mixture of comedy and pathos, of the sublime and of the ridiculous, that has earned comparisons to Dostoyevsky's \"Notes From The Underground\" and Robert Greene's \"Art of Seduction.\"\nAn emphatically modern battle of the sexes, \"The Myth Of The Individual\" offers an essential portrait of contemporary relationships.\n\"The Myth Of The Individual\"\nWritten and directed by Hugo Lunny\nD.O.P. Brandi Rose\nEdited by Patrick Britton\nMike Griffin, Wendy Podgursky, Edward Vint, Jamie Crawford, Hilary Schweitzer, Melissa Robertson and Randall Edwards\n| About Us | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us |\n\u00a9 2001-2016 MVRemix Media","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"\u00ab 'Priest' Has Committed Many Sins\nThe Blues Brothers Are On A Mission From God And Will Appear on Blu-ray July 26! \u00bb\nToga! Toga! Animal House Parties Its Way to Blu-ray this July!\nMay 16th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson\nStarring comedy legend John Belushi (The Blues Brothers, \"Saturday Night Live\"), National Lampoon's Animal House is the ultimate college movie filled with food fights, fraternities and toga parties! Follow the uproarious escapades of the Delta House fraternity as they take on Dean Wormer (John Vernon, Dirty Harry), the sanctimonious Omegas, and the entire female student body. Directed by John Landis, the most popular college comedy of all-time also stars Tim Matheson (Sometimes They Come Back, \"The West Wing\"), Donald Sutherland (The Eagle, M*A*S*H), Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Kevin Bacon (Mystic River, Footloose), and Thomas Hulce (Amadeus), along with music legends Otis Day and the Knights performing their show-stopping rendition of 'Shout.'\nThis Blu-ray is jam packed with extras! Take a look!\nNational Lampoon's Animal House Blu-Ray Exclusives:\nU-CONTROL: Universal's exclusive feature that lets the viewer access bonus materials without leaving the movie!\nScene Companion: Watch cast and crew interviews during key scenes with this picture-in-picture companion.\nThe Music of Animal House: Instantly identify the songs heard while watching the film, create a custom playlist of your favorites and even purchase them from iTunes\u00ae!\nBD-LIVE: Access the BD-Live\u2122 Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more.\npocket BLU: The groundbreaking pocket BLU\u2122 app uses iPhone\u00ae, iPod\u00ae touch, Android\u2122, PC and Macintosh to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray\u2122 player. Also available on the iPad\u2122, owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU\u2122 made especially to take advantage of the tablet's larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray\u2122 content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that's bigger and better than ever before. pocket BLU\u2122 offers advanced features such as:\nAdvanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray\u2122 player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live\u2122 functions with ease.\nVideo Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.\nMobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray\u2122 discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.\nBrowse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU\u2122-enabled titles available and coming to Bluray Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.\nKeyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device's intuitive keyboard.\nuHEAR\u2122: Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your Bluray disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed.\nAdditional National Lampoon's Animal House Blu-Ray Features:\nThe Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion: An original documentary featuring interviews with Director John Landis, Producers Ivan Reitman & Matty Simmons, cast members Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Stephen Furst, Peter Riegart, John Vernon & Kevin Bacon, Composer Elmer Bernstein and Writers Chris Miller & Harold Ramis plus behind-the-scenes footage and clips with John Belushi.\nWhere Are They Now? A Delta Alumni Update: A hilarious mockumentary featuring the original cast.\nSCENE IT? Animal House: Relive all your favorite moments from your favorite fraternity through real movie clips, trivia questions and an array of on-screen puzzlers with these two games.\nWritten by: Sean Ferguson on May 16, 2011.\nSean Ferguson\nTags: John Belushi, John Landis, John Vernon, Karen Allen, Tim Matheson.\n3 Responses to \"Toga! Toga! Animal House Parties Its Way to Blu-ray this July!\"\nAaron Neuwirth\nAnother Classic. \"Otis, my man!\"\nComment on May 16th, 2011\tat 1:03 pm\nI'm two-for-two today with Aaron \ud83d\ude42\nIt won't last.\nThis entry is filed under Amazon Pre-Orders, Sean Ferguson . You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0 . Both comments and pings are currently closed.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Request Sheet\nMy Everything \u2013 98 Degrees Sheet Music\nArrangement Piano, Guitar\nSong Genre Pop, Classic\nFile Format Online PDF\nAvailable Pages 6 Pages\nDate Added September 9th, 2012\nArtist: 98 Degrees\nSheet Music: 5 Sheets\n2.50 average based on 6 ratings.\nSong Details:\n\"My Everything\" was released on 6 Nov 2000 as the second single taken from 98 Degrees' third studio album, \"Revelation\" (2000). It is a pop song, which was written by band members Nick Lachey and Justin Jeffre, Anders Bagge and Arnthor Birgisson, with production handled by the last two.\nSheet Music Print and download options may vary.\nPopular Sheet Music:\nTake Me to Church \u2013 Hozier 29 views\nWe'll Meet Again \u2013 Vera Lynn 24 views\nAll of Me \u2013 John Legend 22 views\nI Don't Want to Talk About It \u2013 Rod Stewart 16 views\nAnother Love \u2013 Tom Odell 15 views\nSheet Music You May Like:\nBecause Of You \u2013 98 Degrees I Do Cherish You \u2013 98 Degrees The Hardest Thing \u2013 98 Degrees True to Your Heart \u2013 98 Degrees\nMary June 9, 2013 at 11:44 am #\nMail (Optional)\nLink Removal Policy\n\u00a9 2020 Piano Sheet Music Online All rights reserved.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Do Parents Have to Excuse Members of the IEP Team?\nPosted on 04\/08\/2010 by Wrightslaw \u2014 100 Comments \u2193\nThe bottom line is no. If you do not agree, a required member of the IEP team may not be excused. If the school asks you to consent to excuse a member and you don't agree, write a short polite letter to explain that you don't consent because the individual has valuable information and insights to share with the team.\nDo you know the required members of the IEP team? Submit your answer below \u2013 then read more about the excusal rule.\nWho is not a required member of the IEP team?\nThe parents of a child with a disability\nThe principal of the school\nA regular education teacher\nA special education teacher\nAn individual to interpret evaluations\nThe Excusal Rule\nThe law includes two circumstances that allow a required team member to be excused from a meeting.\nIf their area of expertise will not be discussed or modified during the meeting\nIf their area will be discussed, they must submit a written report to the parent and school team members before the meeting\nAs a parent,\nyou may agree with the school that the team member does not need to attend because their area will not be discussed\nyou may, together with the school, consent to excuse this member whose area will be discussed and they must submit a report prior to the meeting\nBoth parental agreement and consent must be in writing.\n20 U.S.C. 1414(d)(1)(C) and 34 CFR 300.321(e)\nRequired team members do not include related services providers or others who attend at the discretion of the parent.\nThis excusal rule allows for more flexibility of scheduling for meetings. For the initial or annual IEP meeting, all team members should participate. If a meeting is to review or revise a specific or limited issue, then fewer members may result in a more efficient meeting.\nThe Commentary says the excusal rules are safeguards to prevent parents from feeling \"pressure\" to excuse members and says the school cannot unilaterally excuse an IEP Team member. Check the Commentary, p. 46673 \u2013 https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/comment\/46661-46688.reg.320-328.ieps.pdf.\nAre there penalties for schools that routinely excuse IEP team members?\nYes. Some school districts may abuse the excusal rule. All districts are subject to the state's monitoring and enforcement provisions. A school district that routinely excuses IEP team members from meetings is not in compliance with the law. Some schools have a staff member that manages excusals and addresses complaints of excessive excusals.\nBottom line \u2013 schools should not routinely excuse team members. Do things right the first time. Rescheduling or reconvening meetings so that all members can participate in the IEP decision-making process is inconvenient for everyone.\nThis entry was posted in Eligibility, FAPE, FAQs, IEPs, Legal News, Parent Rights & Responsibilities, Special Ed Law, Special Education Regulations and tagged IEP Team Meetings, IEP Team Members, Parental Rights, Rights & Responsibilities by Wrightslaw. Bookmark the permalink.\nDarlene D. on 07\/24\/2021 at 1:44 PM said:\nMy son had his annual IEP but the problem we had was that the principal invited people from another school that had nothing to do with my child. We protested that those individuals should not be present but the principal said he could do whatever he wanted. How is this possible?\nChuck on 07\/26\/2021 at 1:49 PM said:\nIDEA rules say the parent, & school can invite people that they feel are relevant to the discussions & decisions about a child.\nLynsey R on 04\/18\/2022 at 4:52 PM said:\nSo if the school says they want someone there~they have the final say so?\nYes. 300.321(c) of the IDEA regulations says this. But the parent has the final say on who they bring.\nLinda J on 11\/19\/2022 at 2:05 AM said:\nThe parent has the final say so, especially if the invited members do not play so role in the child's educational plan. Seems like a breach of confidentially.\nRecently, I requested a review of my grand-daughter's annual IEP completed in April. (1) for clarification to new GenEd and Sped teachers of goals\/accommodations etc., and (2) to discuss Assistive Technology services and goals. Although invited, the A.T. person (i.e., a contracted service which provides individuals with complex communication needs (CNN) in communication and are referred to as augmentative and alternative communication) did not attend. According the school's Speech and Language Pathologist (i.e., identify, assess, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders) she was asked by the school to attend instead and said she was there to speak on the A.T.'s behalf. She stated A.T. services should be discontinued. After a brief discussion between she and myself it was agreed A.T. was not her field of expertise, she had never met my grand-daughter or myself, and was therefore not qualified to provide any information, and most importantly, I was unaware she would be attending or that she would be discussing the discontinuation of any service. Additionally, I was not in agreement with excusal the A.T, and questioned where a progress report was. The SLP sat quietly for the duration of the meeting, and services remained intact. I also indicated on the IEP excusal form I was not in agreement with the school's unilateral excusal of the A.T. from the IEP, and requested she be replaced as she only had two sessions with my grand-daughter since July 2022\nMicah on 11\/21\/2019 at 12:35 AM said:\nIs it okay if the IEP team member (such as the principal or teacher) comes in a little later to the IEP meeting?\nGenerally it should be, if they are able to provide input, participate in making decisions.\nLaura on 10\/02\/2019 at 8:01 AM said:\nI wish I would have known this before! Thank you for clarifying this key protection for parents. We actually felt pressured to excuse a member of the IEP team due to a 'family emergency', but then regretted it after the fact as that person's information and recommendations needed to be discussed, but were not. When the district wanted to excuse the special education teacher at a subsequent IEP, we declined. Parent protections are only helpful when you realize the consequences and intention of the protection. Our initial agreement to excuse a member was to accommodate the IEP committee and not have to reschedule the meeting. Oh how wrong we were.\nOne question, when a required member is not present, can they legally briefly attend by phone? This has happened without the excusal consent.\nRenee on 10\/01\/2019 at 4:35 PM said:\nI find the district special education administrator is always listed on the invite then something came up and he or she can't be in attendance. Parents excuse this person not knowing the law. The district administrator that has the ability to approve something must be in attendance.\nParents here, \"Let me check and get back to you\".\nSheila on 10\/01\/2019 at 9:33 AM said:\nIn cases where a decision is being made to implement or continue an IEP, should team members who have attended only part of the meeting, then been excused, be allowed to \"vote\" making a determination? In my sons case, a team member presented their portion, was then excused. The team exited my son from his IEP, the absent team member, signed that they agreed with the team decision, even though they were only present for a small portion of the meeting.\nDeborah on 10\/01\/2019 at 8:42 AM said:\ngeneral educator\nMo on 11\/19\/2022 at 11:31 AM said:\nnot administrator- LEA which does not have to be an administrator but someone who can commit to services.\nKaren on 02\/26\/2019 at 7:13 AM said:\nIs there a specific number of Team members required by any laws to form the IEP team?\nMy child's IEP team consists of 3 people myself the director of instructional support and some other lady . Please tell me how is this legal let alone proper for my child's education??\nI dont understand how to get anything put into the iep when it's already been decided before the meeting and everything requested is denied???\nLost In Georgia\nLeo on 02\/26\/2019 at 3:09 PM said:\nRequired participants include: general education teacher, special education teacher, evaluator (may also be the special education teacher) and a local education agency representative (could be a different special ed teacher, a building administrator or a county level administrator). Also, if your child receives any related services such as speech or OT, those people should attend.\nYes, there is, see above. A parent can request in writing that specific persons attend. The school should respond in writing, yes or no. A state could have additional requirements. Your state parent training and information center can tell you the rules on members, and help you in getting things into the IEP. http:\/\/www.parentcenterhub.org\/find-your-center\nPeter on 03\/01\/2019 at 10:00 AM said:\nRegarding the team members, near the back of the IEP there is a signature page for participants \u2013 are there only 3 people listed there? Then, also somewhere in the document there should be an excusal sheet that you would have signed to excuse one or more participants. I know that schools sometimes push a bunch of things in front of you to sign as if it's just a formality\u2026but it's worth getting to know what it is you're agreeing to.\nLinked to the information that Chuck gave you is: http:\/\/p2pga.org\/ \u2013 see if you can find a parent mentor or an advocate to assist you in your next meeting (or before). These folks may be provided as a free service through other community groups, and some of them are very good. If you join a support group in your area they'll tell you who they are.\nBriana on 10\/01\/2019 at 9:40 AM said:\nPredetermination is against the law. An IEP \"draft\" may be presented to you. But it is only a draft with the expectation that it may change during the meeting.\nMiya on 04\/19\/2017 at 12:00 PM said:\nI'm a parent and planning to participate the IEP over the phone , do I give an excusal letter to the Occupational Therapist who cannot participate.\nAlso, id the parent is not in attendance do I give an excusal letter to the teachers who cannot attend.\nJag on 04\/19\/2017 at 7:29 PM said:\nMy perspective \u2013you are \"in attendance\" if you are participating by phone. Does the occupational therapist have relevant information for the team (very likely if s\/he is a service provider)? Does the teacher (also very likely)? Just because YOU will not be physically be in the room does not mean the school can make only a half-hearted attempt to have the necessary team members available for an an IEP meeting. Why can't the teacher or OT make it? Is this an annual meeting? How does the school plan to include important input by the teacher and OT who are not there physically or by some technological means? From what I understand, having the team together is not just an exercise in checking off procedural boxes. It actually *takes* a team to a create a comprehensive, effective IEP.\nSusan on 04\/09\/2017 at 10:52 AM said:\nCan a principal sit in on an IEP meeting and then refuse to have his name on the DEC 5 and referral form? He was asked if his name should be included.\nMary Jo on 10\/01\/2019 at 8:25 PM said:\nIf the principal is present at the IEP meeting, they need to sign & identify their position on the form.\nEmberly on 12\/11\/2016 at 12:26 AM said:\nOur school has a principal, a vice principal AND an assistant principal. Its the new assistant principal that we loath and need out of our meetings -too much crap to even write on this site- What I need to know is can we ask the principle or vice principal to attend instead?\nYou can make that request in writing. I suggest not getting into the \"crap\" in the letter.\nMary on 05\/19\/2016 at 2:45 PM said:\nI'm a parent of a disabled child. In an IEP meeting, I confronted the staff about their mistreatment of me as a parent because what they did to me. If I did however get services for my child. Does what I confronted them about have to be in the IEP as well? They seem to have left out the subject of the confrontation, when I got the copy of the IEP papers.\nCan the team leave things out like a parents complaint about the staff?\nTamra on 10\/10\/2017 at 10:24 PM said:\nIf you refused any portion of the IEP, then that should be included with an explanation. If it was a grievance over a staff member, then it should be included in the meeting notes, but would not be a part of the IEP.\nMaria on 04\/05\/2016 at 2:46 PM said:\nDo I have the right to excuse the person who is administration and ask for another person and until there is someone else available to reschedule the meeting?\nNo just like you can invite who you want \u2013 the district is allowed to bring who they want as long as you had the 10 day notice\nCindy on 08\/20\/2015 at 5:55 AM said:\nWe just had our first IEP meeting for our autistic son, and I have a question: is the principal required to be involved? We do NOT get along, and I would feel better if she were not directly involved (i.e. having to meet with her). She has an entitled attitude that is not helpful in this situation.\nJC on 10\/18\/2015 at 2:51 PM said:\nYou need an LEA which is generally the principal to be there. See if the school could appoint someone else that could serve in the LEA role.\nCharles on 09\/23\/2016 at 8:48 PM said:\nWhat is an lea\nJulie on 09\/25\/2016 at 9:09 AM said:\nLEA stands for Local Education Agency. In this case, they are meaning someone representing the Local Education Agency, which is usually a member or the school's administrative team.\nsandy on 05\/10\/2015 at 2:32 PM said:\nIf you are looking for an excuse to miss or leave early a IEP Team Meeting, then I don't want you on my team. If this happens then there is not a coordinated effort to help the student. Use your common sense, please.\nAlissa on 09\/22\/2014 at 10:49 PM said:\nCan a parent request that principal not attend ard?\nTerry on 08\/10\/2014 at 6:41 PM said:\nMy disabled child has missed one of the two years he has attended school, due to the fact the school refuses to listen to us about our child's safety need the school refuses to meet. We have two years of documentation showing the school intentionally place our son life at risk by telling us everyone was trained to save his life. We of course found out the school lied to us and no one was in fact trained. We, the parents, will not have an IEP with the school if they invite a person who in our opinion, and documented opinion, is 99% of the problem. This person the school wants at the IEP Meeting is not required to be there. Because we have been lied to over and over by the school about the safety (which is very much life-threatening issues) we will be calling the shots until the school can start proving to us they can be trusted.\nJenn on 12\/28\/2013 at 3:45 PM said:\nHere's a new one: they reused an attendance signature page from a former IEP meeting for the new IEP they sent home.\nNot okay! The page must have the correct date of the actual meeting and who actually attended.\nChristine on 09\/29\/2013 at 11:09 AM said:\nYour articles and information are excellent. However an LEA is a required member who may or may not be the principal. So your poll question is somewhat inaccurate .\nJudi on 09\/24\/2013 at 2:25 PM said:\nHow does an IEP team member know if their area of expertise will or will not be discussed at a meeting ahead of time? My daughter is gifted and talented as well as having Aspergers. She's in a community work program that doesn't fit with someone who is gifted. (She's done things like wipe off tables and arrange retail merchandise.) We feel that a better placement would be in an office environment \u2013 like at our local SPCA. She has very poor social skills and they are looking to put her in an environment where she can practice social skills. Her career aspirations and abilities are that of a gifted student, but a gifted teacher isn't invited to her IEP meetings so those areas aren't looked at. I feel a gifted teacher should be required with a 2X exceptional student.\nKari on 10\/02\/2019 at 11:11 AM said:\nWe had to request that the head of the GT program be included and in fact in the end invited her ourselves. We had spoken with her at a lecture about the lack of support for 2x exceptional students. She was excited to be able to attend to educate the IEP team. They were all surprised when she showed up because they had never had it happen before. . She informed them that many of the accommodations\/modifications we were seeking they actually do often for gifted only students. That some gifted only students have a plan similar to an IEP to allow these things. The whole team was unaware of this. After that for awhile they made the General Ed teacher his GT teacher in an effort to make a more balanced 2x exceptional IEP.\nSoleil on 09\/24\/2013 at 12:06 PM said:\nI have been refused the option of tape recording meetings. Does the team or an individual team member have that right?\nEleonora on 10\/01\/2019 at 4:30 PM said:\nThey cannot refuse but parents must give minimum 24 hour notice.\nAnne on 03\/30\/2021 at 9:01 PM said:\nIt depends on the state. Some states require two-way consent for audio (or video) recordings. The district cannot consent for all individuals.\nRachel on 09\/24\/2013 at 11:15 AM said:\nThe principal is not required so long as an LEA representative is. An LEA reap does not have to be a school principal, but they must have the authority to commit resources.\nbrenda on 09\/24\/2013 at 11:03 AM said:\nI've asked very respectfully for the replacement of a Parent Liaison (school district); and am being ignored. I have placed it in writing; and now I received an email saying both the new ESE Director and the PL that we do not like nor trust will be coming on the date we last agreed upon. The new ESE Director wanted me to change the formerly agreed upon date for the IEP meeting and I said NO, as that would disrupt the 6 Advocates that had already made arrangement to be there for over three weeks.\nThe PL does not function as a help to the Parents; she is very biased, and has told us some things that were not true previously; as well as saying, since\u2026has left\u2026I'll speak for the team\u2026NO\u2026you can't have this; you don't need that!\nIs not respecting my request in getting us a new PL or not allowing this PL to attend a State Complaint?\nCynthia on 10\/11\/2017 at 8:44 AM said:\nBrenda, this is my humble opinion as a retired special education teacher, now an advocate. Just as the school does not get to choose who you employ as an advocate, you do not have a right to dictate who the school chooses to employ in various positions. There is a possibility that others could be chosen, but not liking a certain personality does not disqualify that person from serving on the IEP Team, teaching your child, etc. I go through this with parents, and try to get them to \"play nice in the sandbox\", which does not always happen. You do what is right, treat them fairly and respectfully, and they should do the same for you. As a teacher, I always advocated for my students, even when parents and advocates may have believed otherwise. I know it is difficult, but such is life. \ud83d\ude42\nCHERYL on 09\/24\/2013 at 9:12 AM said:\nEven though their presence is not required, I think the principal of the school should be at the IEP meeting or the VP, so they know the child's modifications and the parents' concerns. They are often involved in the PTO and fundraising. Why not special ed? It seems like a no brainer to me.\nTammy on 10\/01\/2019 at 11:49 PM said:\nAll IEP meetings must have an administrator, either principal, assistant principal or their designee. Must be able to speak to the resources of the school, program and commit funding for such decisions.\njackie on 03\/04\/2013 at 1:17 AM said:\nCan a team member (RSP Teacher) excuse herself from the IEP meeting because she does not agree with your questions. The RSP Teacher could not answer our question so she removed herself from the IEP meeting. (She is my son's RSP Teacher).and can the School academic counselor leave shortly after without requested she be excused.\nPat on 01\/20\/2013 at 7:18 PM said:\nCan a school district deny a parent to bring a friend to a parent teacher conference of a seven year old special needs child?\nThe parent has a right to bring whomever they choose to a meeting. The number of people you bring might be an issue, but one friend is certainly fine.\nHopefully that friend is there to take good notes for you.\nJennifer on 03\/05\/2012 at 5:47 PM said:\nTo Lelah\u2013\nWhether your child is included in science and social studies for academics or for socialization, I say let her carry the textbook(s) at least. If she's capable of following along looking at the pictures, she could get some exposure to new vocabulary. The goal is to make her school day like that of her peers whenever possible.\nSharon L. on 03\/04\/2012 at 12:07 PM said:\nLelah \u2013 That is a new one for me. If your daughter is in an inclusion academic class there is no reason they cannot accommodate her via the IEP, If a team meeting is needed to add more accommodations\/modifications to make the inclusion class work by all means have that meeting. Socialization is good and she needs the academics as well.\nSharon L. on 03\/04\/2012 at 12:19 AM said:\nGiGi \u2013 I have found that when I let the IEP team know I am bringing a digital tape recorder to the IEP meeting not only is it easier for me to remember what was said later on & and I don't have to take so many notes I find that the team acts more professionally. Make sure you let them know you are bringing a tape recorder. You may see quite a change in the tone of the meeting.\nD. Orr \u2013 This happened to us as well and we did not understand it. We thought about taking it to a higher level but did not deciding instead that this was not a battle that we were going to pick with the school. We accepted the written document and moved on to items that were more important to us. I agree with you completely but the school does have the right to decide if an aid can attend or not as it is not required by law.\nGiGi on 02\/29\/2012 at 2:46 PM said:\nI wish we could get our principal excused from the IEP team. He is completely out of control. He believes that \"Special Education Kids\" are causing the demise of the public education system in America. He is hostile, condescending, an absolute bully! He openly does not like my child and is just horrible. Can we ask that the principal not be a part of the team? I would be thrilled if I never had to set eyes on that bully again!\nPlease help us defeat spam. Thank you. * 8 \u2212 = four","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"A passage to India: Israel's pivot East\nMENASource by Grace Wermenbol\nIndia Israel Middle East\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi raise their arms upon Netanyahu's arrival at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi, India, January 14, 2018. REUTERS\/Adnan Abidi\nAs Israel gears up for an election do-over in September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will once again look to foreign leaders to bolster his leadership potential and diplomatic experience. In the wake of the high-profile visits to Russia and the US prior to the April 9 elections, Netanyahu is turning east this time, towards India to inch ahead of his main rival, Kahol Lavan.\nThe prime minister announced in early July that he plans to visit India before the next elections; according to diplomatic reports, the second-most populous country extended the invitation to Netanyahu at his initiative. While Israeli-Indian relations have received a boost under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Netanyahu's intended passage to India comes at a time of increasing diplomatic and economic cooperation. Last month, for the first time, India voted in favor of Israel at the United Nations over a decision to grant consultative status to a Palestinian NGO. This vote will likely be leveraged as a further sign of India's willingness to cast aside the post-independence, pro-Palestinian stance and instead, in the words of Netanyahu, \"stand [\u2026] with Israel.\"\nNew Delhi's vote at the United Nations (UN) on June 6 is the latest sign of a deepening cooperation between Israel and India, and one that has affected the country's voting patterns in international fora. In 2015, a year after Modi assumed office, in another diplomatic victory for Israel, India\u2014together with only four other countries\u2014abstained from voting on adopting the UN Human Rights Council's report on Operation Protective Edge, a seven-week military operation led by the Israeli army in Gaza which led to a disproportionate number of Palestinian deaths and casualties. According to India's foreign ministry, New Delhi's recent vote at the UN was meant to ensure proper vetting of an NGO; nevertheless, the country's decision to return the organization's request to the application committee for further scrutiny was heralded by the Israeli government as clear sign of support for Israel and a vote against a \"terrorist organization.\"\nIsraeli-Indian relations have undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Although New Delhi recognized Israel in 1950, ties between the nations were long frosty, in part resulting from India's desire to foment ties with the Arab world to garner support for claims to the disputed territory of Kashmir, a Cold War alignment with the Soviet Union, and India's anti-colonial position.\nIndicative of this latter stance, Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement, consistently highlighted India's steadfast support for the Palestinian cause, claiming in 1938 that \"Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English and France to the French.\" In the wake of the 1991 multilateral Madrid Peace conference and an intentional pivot towards Washington, however, India decided to upend the prior recognition-without-relations policy and establish full diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the latest major non-Arab, non-Muslim nation to do so.\nIn line with the pre-established foreign policy initiatives of Prime Minister Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, Netanyahu has sought to reinforce relations with India. In 2017, he oversaw Modi's \"ground breaking\" visit to Israel, the first visit by an Indian prime minister in seventy years. One year later, Netanyahu reciprocated, becoming the second Israeli premier to visit the South Asian country. While Netanyahu has emphasized the nations' shared threat of radical Islam, the leaders share more than a nationalist and\u2013\u2013at times\u2013\u2013exclusionary agenda. The increased strategic alignment between the nations thus hinges on India's security objectives, in addition to water and agricultural needs.\nSince 2014, India, which has longstanding territorial disputes with neighbors China and Pakistan, has turned to Israel for military hardware; India continues to be Israel's most important arms market with sales worth an average of $1 billion each year. According to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Institute, India accounted for 46 percent of Israel's arm exports between 2014-2018, which is 29 percentile points more than Israel's second-largest recipient, Azerbaijan.\nLast month, the Indian Ministry of Defense revealed that Israeli defense companies are engaged in nearly half of India's current offset deals. One of these companies is Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, which signed a $100 million contract with Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems Ltd. India (KRAS) in mid-July to manufacture and supply 1,000 surface-to-air missile systems for the Indian army and air force. According to reports, Rafael's 'Spice 2000' missiles were used in airstrikes on alleged militant targets in neighboring Pakistan in February 2019 following a suicide bombing in Kashmir.\nThe state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel's largest defense firm, has equally secured large military deals in India. In 2017, IAI struck Israel's largest defense deal ever, when it signed a contract worth almost $2 billion to supply India's army and navy with missile defense systems. The following year, IAI won a $777 million contract with Indian state-owned company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to supply Barak-8 long-range surface-to-air defense missiles and missile defense systems for the Indian navy.\nThe joint venture between the Israeli company and BEL reflects Israel's adjustment to the \"Make in India\" initiative launched by Modi in 2014 to encourage domestic manufacturing. Indeed, last month, it was revealed that India once again scrapped a $500 million arms deal for Spike anti-tank missiles after a domestic developer claimed it could deliver an alternative within two years\u2014in spite of repeated attempts by National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat and Prime Minister Netanyahu to reauthorize the 2014 deal.\nWith the establishment of formal diplomatic relations in 1992, bilateral trade between Israel and India has also increased, from $200 million in 1992-3 to $5.84 billion in 2018. Beyond the ongoing trade in diamonds, investments, and human capital cooperation in the agricultural and water sector have witnessed\u2014and will likely continue to see\u2014significant growth.\nIsrael, which is one of the world's leading experts on water management and irrigation technology, has offered assistance to address India's water-related challenges and combat desertification. In a statement made last month, Israel's ambassador to India, Ron Malka, thus noted that \"as part of our growing partnership with India, Israel is keen to work together and share all its experience and cutting edge technology in our joint fight against desertification, including a strategic partnership on water management and water security.\"\nThe current Chennai water crisis\u2014much like the rest of the nation\u2014is due to poor water management and limited clean water supplies despite increasing demand. According to a 2018 report by the government-run think tank NITI Aayog, 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress while an estimated 200,000 people die each year due to inadequate or unsafe water. In an effort to address India's water crisis, Modi has sought foreign expertise in water conservation and consumption, including from the Israeli private and public sector. Under the Indo-Israeli Agricultural Project launched in 2008, Israel's agency for international development cooperation (MASHAV) has instructed thousands of Indian farmers on raising crop productivity by using improved irrigation and fertigation technologies.\nIn 2018, the India-Israeli Innovation Bridge, which helps Israeli startups leverage their technology in India, selected Aquallence to become one of only six companies to commercialize its water purification and disinfection systems in rural areas. More recently, in June, experts of Mekorot, Israel's national water carrier, began assisting the northern Indian state of Punjab to develop and manage its water resources as part of an agreement signed earlier this year.\nIn his forthcoming visit to India, Netanyahu will seek to highlight the areas of increased cooperation as a result of his leadership and, simultaneously, as a sign of a waning international commitment to the Palestinian cause. Nevertheless, India's attempts to downplay the significance of its recent vote at the UN demonstrate that\u2014for now\u2014New Delhi is trying to balance cozier relations with Tel Aviv with an ongoing commitment to the Palestinian cause.\nModi's first visit to Israel thus was followed by a separate and equally-historic visit to Ramallah during which the Indian leader pledged to fund $41.35 in Palestinian aid projects.\nSuch a de-hyphenated relationship, as has been pursued by Modi in recent years, however, will become a more difficult sell to his Palestinian counterpart. A pre-election endorsement by Modi for his \"dear friend Bibi,\" who\u2014with the backing of US President Donald Trump\u2014is enforcing a more aggressive policy vis-\u00e0-vis Palestine, stands to challenge the viability of this hyphenation strategy.\nGrace Wermenbol is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. She previously served as a lecturer on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the University of Oxford and held a research position at Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations. She holds a Masters and PhD from the University of Oxford, where her research focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"9 Shevat 5765 - January 19, 2005 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly\nOpinion & Comment\nLife Will Prevail Over Death\nEven the Americans have learned something from their experience in Iraq. \"This is a negative insurgency,\" Brig. Gen. Erwin Lessel, deputy director of operations for the multinational forces, told a reporter for the New York Times. \"Unlike a classical insurgency, these groups don't offer anything.\"\nThis is true of the Palestinians as well. All they advocate is Jihad and shihad \u2014 that Arabs of all ages should be willing to martyr themselves as long as they murder a few Jews at the same time. The only program that they follow is to murder and maim.\nPeople in the West who have been brought up to believe in progress and the spread of civilization, tend to believe that \"deep down\" everyone thinks like them. They have been taught that every national movement is driven by politics or by economic interests. The Western press repeats incessantly that the Palestinians are fighting because they want a state of their own. They ignore the facts of recent history which are that the fighting broke out right after they were offered a state by Israeli Prime Minister Barak.\nProof that their prime motive has become destruction of Jews and has nothing to do with self-interest in any reasonable sense is the fact that they are largely unconcerned about murdering fellow Palestinians \u2014 including themselves \u2014 as long as they can also murder a few Jews.\nLast week two suicide bombers attacked the Karni Crossing. This is a vital crossover point through which pass Palestinian produce on its way to Israeli markets and Israeli products on their way to Palestinian markets. The people and products that pass through it are vital to the daily life of virtually all residents of Gaza.\nFor security reasons that are evident to anyone \u2014 so that the guards can survey the surrounding area to ensure that suspicious folks do not get close \u2014 the Crossing was only open during daylight hours. In response to constant humanitarian pressure to ease life for the innocent Palestinians, Israel had recently consented to keep it open until 11 p.m., and was considering operating it 24 hours a day. All this to make it easier for Palestinian commerce, to ease the difficulties that the demands of security impose.\nThis easing was almost immediately exploited by the murderers to approach the gate that leads into the Israeli part under cover of darkness, to attach a huge bomb to it and blast their way through, and then to come through with guns blazing, murdering Israeli civilians until they were shot by the defenders.\nIt goes without saying that now the Karni Crossing will be closed entirely for some time.\nThose responsible are not the Israeli authorities who do the actual closing, but the bloodthirsty terrorists who care nothing for human life and human suffering. If the Palestinians stop the terror, Israel will no doubt move very quickly to ease life for the Palestinians who are not involved in terror.\nWhen Israelis are murdered, the Palestinians dance in the streets. Families return to their apartments in the line of fire from both Palestinian terrorists and Israeli defenders even after being hospitalized.\nSome Palestinian spokesmen have claimed that they have an advantage since they are not afraid to die and the Jews are weak because we are too concerned about living.\n\"No nation can negotiate with terrorists,\" US President Bush said, \"for there is no way to make peace with those whose only goal is death.\"\nIt is also hard and painful to make war with them. But we are sure that life will triumph over death, and especially we who have the true wellspring of life: Eitz chaim hi lamachazimim boh.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Rape victim leads law change initiative\nUnlike most rape victims in Mexico, 19-year-old Osiris N. decided not to remain silent.\nOsiris was raped four months ago in Guadalajara after she accepted a ride from a motorist she believed was an Uber driver.\nFewer than 8,000 official denuncias of rape have been filed throughout the entire country so far this year \u2013 a much smaller proportion than in most western nations. In many cases, the investigations stall due to \"lack of evidence,\" or prosecutors refuse to follow through because they believe the women are fabricating their stories.\nScarcely two percent of all rape victims in Mexico report the crimes to authorities, according to lawyer and women's activist Patricia Olamendi, a member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the author of several books on discriminatory laws in Mexico.\nDespite her young age, Osiris wouldn't be deterred.\nSupported by various NGOs and women's rights groups, Osiris this week turned up at the Jalisco State Congress building to present legislators with a proposal that will reinforce the punishments for rapists and sexual offenders. Known as the Ley Osisis, the proposal not only seeks to increase prison terms, but also change existing law so that the state can confiscate the property or belongings of persons found guilty of rape or other sexual crimes. (In Mexico this is referred to as the Ley de Extinci\u00f3n de Dominio.)\nThe proposal is also seeking to create a database that includes the fingerprints and DNA of all drivers of cars for hire in Jalisco, including regular taxis and those who work for digital platforms.\nPrior to presenting the bill to Congress, Osiris joined several hundred others, mostly women, to march from the Glorieta Minerva to the Guadalajara city center last Sunday, drawing attention to the initiative and the issue of rape in Mexico.\nSupporters of the bill hope to extend its reach by subsequently presenting it to the federal Chamber of Deputies, with the expectation of it eventually becoming the law of the land.\nThe issue of rape in Mexico was brought to the attention of the international news media in August when hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of Mexico City demanding justice for two teenage girls who were allegedly raped by police officers.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"suso saiz-odisea 2lp (music from memory)\nSKU: mfm009lp\nsuso saiz: odisea\nOdisea is a retrospective showcase of solo work from Spanish electronic music pioneer Suso S\u00e1iz. Having been at the forefront of Spain's experimental music scene since the late 1970s, multi-instrumentalist Suso S\u00e1iz formed the pivotal group Orquesta de las Nubes and studio project M\u00fasica Espor\u00e1dica, releasing a string of albums on Madrid's now cult label Grabaciones Accidentales, which was also home to groups such as Finis Africae, Mec\u00e1nica Popular, and Ishinohana. A prolific producer, he has recorded with Spain's most singular popular musicians as well as with a number of luminary electronic and world music artists such as Steve Roach, Jorge Reyes, and Salif Keita. Odisea draws material from Suso's early solo works, including music from the rare cassette-only Confidencias as well as pieces from his more recent compositions, soundtrack works and previously unreleased tracks. An artist dedicated to experimentation, Suso's sparse compositions manifest a solitary and stripped back approach to making music. Fascinated by the possibilities of new technology he experimented with guitar loops, synthesizers, and drum computers creating a unique form of musical hypnotism absorbed by avant-garde\/minimalist and non-Western musical influences. The most representative figure of Spain's now cult experimental scene, Suso S\u00e1iz remains an exploratory musician in a musical universe that knows no boundaries.\njd emmanuel-electronic minimal music 1979-83 3lp (black sweat)\namm-aMMMusic lp (black truffle)\njoan la barbara-voice is the original instrument lp (arc light editions)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"HomeState Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC)State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC)\nState Employee Charitable Campaign\nThe State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) is a statewide annual giving campaign that Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) and the Texas Tech University System participate in each year.\nThe SECC was created by legislation in 1993. The first campaign was run in 1994, and raised $2,027,751. In 2013, the campaign celebrated its 20th anniversary and through the efforts and generosity of many state employees, the campaign exceeded $9 million in donations for more than 500 charitable organizations. The Texas campaign is one of the largest state employee campaigns in the nation \u2014 and it's still growing! State employees have so generously given to the SECC because:\nIt's an easy, effective, and cost-efficient way to give to charity.\nOur contributions help improve the quality of life for people in communities locally, across the country, and around the world.\nThe campaign supports a wide variety of vital health and human services.\nAll charities in the campaign must meet strict eligibility criteria.\nThe campaign is for state employees and is governed by state employees.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"HomeBetter LivingHealth and WellnessLiving Longer, Living BetterTony Bennett at 94: Still a Creative Force\nTony Bennett at 94: Still a Creative Force\nThe acclaimed author, artist and singer was once at the bottom looking up, but at 94 years of age, he's still going strong.\nby Brett Leveridge\n- Posted on Aug 2, 2020\nThere's an old saying that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life, and it surely follows that if you never work a day in your life, you'll never need to retire, right?\nTony Bennett, who celebrated his 94th birthday on August 3, 2020, has been doing the things he loves\u2014singing and painting\u2014for more than 70 years and he's showing no signs of slowing down.\nBennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto\u2014\"blessed one\" in Italian\u2014on August 3, 1926, in Queens, New York. His father was a grocer, his mother a seamstress and both of their families emigrated to the United States from the Calabria region of Italy around the turn of the last century.\nHis father died when Bennett was just 10 years old. His family struggled financially, but like many kids of the Depression, he was enthralled by the singers he heard on the radio, from Al Jolson to Eddie Cantor and Bing Crosby as well as many of the prominent jazz artists of the day such as Louis Armstrong and Joe Venuti.\nBennett, whose uncle Dick was a tap dancer in vaudeville, was already singing by age 10; he performed at the opening of NYC's Triborough Bridge, standing right next to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (and received a pat on the head from His Honor for his trouble).\nBy 13, Bennett was helping to support his family by working as a singing waiter at various Italian restaurants, and by 16, he had left school in order to further assist in supporting his family. Having already exhibited a skill for drawing, he expected to pursue a career as a commercial artist, but singing won out.\nAfter basic training at Fort Dix and Fort Robinson, Bennett served with the 255th Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Infantry Division during World War II. After participating in the liberation of a Nazi concentration camp near Landsberg as the war drew to a close, Bennett was reassigned to a Special Services band unit that entertained American forces in occupied Germany, singing under the stage name Joe Bari with the 314th Army Special Services Band.\nUpon his return to the State in 1946, Bennett studied at the American Theatre Wing for a time while performing around NYC and making a few records that made no splash. In 1949, Pearl Bailey asked Bennett to open for her at a show in NYC's Greenwich Village. Bob Hope was in the audience for that performance, and impressed by Bennett's talent, Hope asked to him come out on the road with him (it was on that tour that Benedetto was shortened to Bennett). A year later, Mitch Miller signed Bennett to a contract with Columbia Records.\nBennett's first big hit, Because of You, sold more than a million copies and topped the charts in 1951. His next big hit, later that same year, was a decidedly non-country version of Hank Williams' Cold, Cold Heart. Soon, Bennett was singing for throngs of bobby-soxers, performing seven shows a day at NYC's renowned Paramount Theater.\nBennett's early recordings were strictly pop, but by the late '50s, his records were showing a jazz influence, as he worked with greats such as Art Blakey, Chico Hamilton and the Count Basie Orchestra. In 1962, Bennett released the record that would become his signature song, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, a tune that had been written nine years earlier for Claramae Turner, an operatic contralto who performed it regularly but had never recorded it. With his recording of the song, Bennett made it his own.\nWith the rise of rock 'n' roll and, especially, the ascent of the Beatles and other bands from England, Bennett found it harder for his records to chart, and at the urging of his management and record label executives, he made a few unsuccessful attempts to cover the hits of the day. He never felt comfortable with that approach.\nThe struggles his family had experienced during the Depression had given Bennett a heightened empathy for those who are less fortunate or are being treated unfairly. As such, he was a strong supporter in the 1960s of the civil rights movement, and in 1965, he participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches.\nBy the end of the '70s, Bennett's life and career were in disarray. A record label he had founded went under, he was addicted to drugs and the Internal Revenue Service was threatening to take possession of his home in Los Angeles. He turned in desperation to his son Danny, an aspiring musician himself who was struggling with music but had exhibited a good head for business. Danny told his dad to focus on the music and let him handle the business end, and it was an arrangement that proved beneficial to both men.\nAs for his addiction, he started on the road to recovery when a friend told him he had \"sinned against his talent.\" In a 2011 interview for ABC-TV's 20\/20, Bennett told Chris Cumo, \"That one sentence just changed my life. It meant that I had to drop everything I was doing. I stopped all drugs completely.\"\nDanny felt confident that young people would take to his father's music if exposed to it, so Bennett moved back to NYC and began to book shows in small theatres and on college campuses. He re-signed with Columbia Records, began to appear with some frequency on Late Night with David Letterman and, later, shows such as Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Simpsons. He appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards, alongside popular rock and hip-hop artists of the day. His record sales took off like a rocket; Danny's decision to market Bennett to young people without changing his music or his image had paid off handsomely.\nBennett remains active in a number of charitable causes. He and his wife, Susan, founded Exploring the Arts, a charitable organization that promotes and supports arts education. They also founded a public high school in Queens that is focused on the performing arts, naming it after Bennett's old friend, Frank Sinatra, who once said of Bennett, \"For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business.\"\nThrough it all, Bennett has continued to tour, record and, yes, even paint. He devotes time every day to sketching and painting, and his acclaimed works are found in prominent collections around the world, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the United Nations and NYC's National Arts Club. His work has also been featured in ARTnews and other arts publications and collected in a pair of art books of his own, Tony Bennett: What My Heart Has Seen and Tony Bennett in the Studio: A Life of Art & Music. He was even the official artist for the 2001 Kentucky Derby.\nBennett has also published several memoirs, among them Life Is a Gift, Just Getting Started and The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett.\nIt's remarkable to think that a man of Bennett's talents and energy was once in despair, looking up from rock bottom. That he bounced back and is still going strong at 94 is enough to inspire all of us and it brings to mind three nuggets of wisdom from Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the founder of Guideposts: \"Live your life and forget your age,\" \"It's always too early to quit,\" and \"Sing at least one song a day.\"\nTags: Addiction,Addiction And Recovery, Stories Of Hope,Creativity,Hope,Inspiration\nMore Articles About Living Longer, Living Better\nLoneliness\u2014How to Reframe It This Holiday Season\n5 Ways to Rethink Retirement\n3 Easy Self-Massage Techniques to Calm Your Body and Mind\nHow Being a Realist Can Make You Happy\n10 Health Apps To Help You Stay On Track","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Home Blog Feminism- A Brief History.\nFeminism- A Brief History.\nby Jack Cogger | 30 Jul, 2021 | bodypositivity, boss, change, courageous, empowering, equality, progress, rolemodel, strong, success | 0 Comments\nIn recent years there has been a push to highlight issues that females face on a daily basis. This has allowed the feminist movement to start pushing for real change throughout society to make it a more fair and inclusive environment for all. Many people still misunderstand what feminism is and the goals it wishes to achieve. Therefore, we decided to dispel the myths and misinformation surrounding feminism and give context to its history. To truly understand something you have to go back to the beginning and with feminism this is no different, the feminist movement has evolved over the decades but its goals remain largely the same.\nThe actual origins of feminism are pretty complex as the idea and argument for women's equality have existed since the times of the ancient Greeks. However, the first female philosopher is considered to be Mary Wollstonecraft and was the first female to argue that men and women should be equal and have the same rights afforded, especially in regards to education. Her book \"A Vindication of the Rights of Women\" written in 1792 is considered one of the cornerstones of the early feminist philosophy. Eventually, the feminist movement has been segmented into different \"waves\" each with its own goals and objectives. The first wave sought to address the restrictions in place to stop women from voting. This fight for women's suffrage was widespread and as we know led to the formation of groups such as the suffragettes and suffragists. Each group had the same goal in mind of enabling women the right to vote in elections. Figures instrumental to achieving this were women such as Emmeline Pankhurst and Sojourner Truth who fought for British and American women's rights respectively. Thankfully women did achieve the right to vote, however, the subsequent waves of feminism were used to challenge other difficulties that women had to face daily.\nFrom the 1960s until the 1990s the Second wave of feminism took place. While the first wave addressed universal issues women faced such as suffrage, the second wave instead raised awareness and concerns of issues of discrimination. Key figures in this wave were females writers such as Betty Friedan who wrote the book \"The Feminine Mystique\" in 1963. The book drastically helped dispel the myth that women were happy and content in their roles as housewives and instead prompted the idea that women should not be bound to a specific role in society. While she has been criticised for focusing on only certain groups of women, notably white middle-class women it is still considered the spark of the second wave of feminism. Furthermore, one of the other objectives of this period was the reproductive rights of women and to allow them more autonomy over themselves. While the second wave was more fragmented compared to the first, it still managed to achieve its aim of highlighting a woman's right to achieve whatever she desired and to not be forced into the stereotypical role of housewife and mother, instead it promoted the idea of independence for women.\nThis led to the development of third-wave feminism which existed from the 1990s until the 2010s. Third-wave feminism sought to fix the issues created by criticisms of second-wave feminism, primarily those involving the predominant focus being on white middle-class females. Instead, there was an emphasis placed on the dual issues and intersections of race and gender\/sex and how these issues could be tackled. Key thinkers in this wave were women such as Bell Hooks who has written many influential books including one of her most famous books \"Ain't I a Woman? Black women and feminism\" (1982), and Chela Sandoval. Each of these writers has changed the global understanding of femininity and females as a whole. While the apparent fourth wave is still in motion it proves that change can still be enacted as equality between men and women has still not been achieved. There are still many milestones that need to be accomplished but these will be addressed in due course.\nThe importance of understanding all of this is the ability to fully appreciate the history and complexity of the feminist ideology. It has proven more than just the mental fortitude of women but their ability to transcend their gender norms as women should not be constricted to a stereotypical manner. Instead, women should become the fair and equal counterparts to their male gender.\nbodypositivity, boss, change, courageous, empowering, equality, progress, rolemodel, strong, success\n#notyyourbodynotyourproblem #women #power, bikini, bodypositivity, boss, change, Charmaine hayden, collection, courageous, delicious, empowering, equality, Face4music, fashion, girlboss, girlcrush, goals, Halle Berry, lifestyle, love, newline, news, princessnyah, progress, rolemodel, selflove, strong, success, summer, vibes, women, womenagainstwastemen","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Moths in the Hesperiidae (skippers) family\nLatin name Common name\nPyrgus malvae Grizzled skipper\nHesperiidae overview\nButterflies in this family are commonly known as the skippers, this common name comes from their flight pattern of darts and skips. There are over 3000 species world wide, 38 species in Europe, and these are mainly small, brown grey or orange, 8 species in the British Isles, and only one (Dingy skipper) in Ireland. The caterpillars usually shelter in leaves folded around themselves and held in place with silk. The adult butterflies tend to have a rather wide head when compared to other butterflies (see below). They are often seen in a basking pose with their wings held flat and spread out.\nGrizzled skipper, Pyrgus malvae\nThe Grizzled skipper, Pyrgus malvae, above is found throughout Europe (except the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland) and eastwards as far as Mongolia. It is found in downland, woodland margins and coarse grassland. There is usually one generation a year, but sometimes two. The eggs are laid singly on the leaves of the foodplant in May, and hatch after about ten days. At first the tiny caterpillar spins a silk shelter under which it eats, but when it is larger it folds the leaf over to form a shelter around itself. The caterpillar grows up to 19 mm long. Its foodplants include potentilla, wild strawberry, mallow, bramble and raspberry. It pupates in July in a cocoon on a stem at the base of the foodplant, and adults emerge the following April. In good years adults may emerge in August and produce a second generation. The adult wingspan is 20 - 27 mm, forewing 11 - 13 mm. The pattern when the wings are folded is similar, but paler. The Grizzled skipper is the only species in the genus found in Britain.\nMain insect page\nMain Lepidoptera page\nLepidoptera species list","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Mossad tries to restore its images\nEven among Israelis who welcomed news of the assassination of the Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, there must have been growing disquiet that the faces of so many Mossad operatives would have since become so widely known. So much exposure for a clandestine operation has to be bad, doesn't it?\nIt now appears that Mossad has enrolled the services of Haaretz in order to do some damage control.\nThe Israeli newspaper reports:\nThe passport photographs of the agents who assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai were doctored so the agents would not be identified, a Haaretz probe has discovered.\nThe discovery casts doubt on claims that the espionage agency that carried out last month's hit on the senior Hamas operative committed grave errors.\nVarious features of the people in the photographs, such as eye color or the line of a lip, were changed \u2013 slightly enough so as not arouse suspicion at passport control, but still enough that the real agent could not be recognized.\nAccording to the Dubai police, only a few of the agents were caught on security cameras without their disguises. However, it had been assumed until now that publication of the photos of the 26 agents had blown their cover. Now it appears that the Dubai police still do not have viable information about their real appearance.\nIn an era where investigative journalism has largely become a thing of the past, it's hard not to scoff when one reads that a newspaper has conducted a \"probe\". Some intrepid reporters dug deep and pulled out the truth and now they can proudly display their discovery.\nIn this case, I would counter that there is more to be discovered by reasoning than revelation.\nI'll start with this \u2014 a wild piece of conjecture in which I have absolute confidence: the \"espionage agency\" that Haaretz stuck its probe into was Mossad \u2014 no other spy shop would dole out sensitive information to Israeli reporters.\nSecondly, the idea that Haaretz actually discovered that there were discrepancies between the appearances of the Mossad agents and the images on their passports is absurd. (I don't care how careful an analysis of the CCTV images might be it ain't going to pick up differences in eye color and the like.) Such discrepancies may exist in reality, but there seem to be only two ways Haaretz could know about them. Either, in a friendly meeting with a Mossad officer the newspaper was shown two sets of photographs: one being the ones used in the passports and the other showing the undoctored appearances of the operatives \u2014 but I have my doubts that Mossad would be that candid. Much more likely was a friendly phone call from a trusted source inside the agency, saying: you know those photos of all our guys plastered over all the newspapers? We doctored them. Our guys are safe. No one will be able to recognize them. The intrepid Haaretz reporters would not have been so impertinent as to ask for some proof.\nIn sum, what we can reliably infer from this report is that Mossad is busy working the media. Its cover may or may not have been blown but at the very least it wants to reassure concerned Israelis that the much praised and feared agency remains rock solid.\nMeanwhile, while one thrust of Mossad's PR drive is pushing the message that its operatives identities are well protected, another thrust is actually promoting their images \u2014 as \"young, pretty and dangerous\". The message: assassination is sexy and it doesn't have to interfere with an Israeli woman's plans to start a family. \"Rumors that women are used by the Mossad mostly as [sexual] bait are greatly exaggerated,\" Ynet reassures its readers.\nThis entry was posted in Editorials, Israel, Mossad on February 26, 2010 by Paul Woodward.\n\u2190 Do you have to be Jewish to report on Israel for the New York Times? What the new London embassy says about America \u2192\n2 thoughts on \"Mossad tries to restore its images\"\nJohn Merryman February 26, 2010 at 10:21 pm\nDoesn't that pretty much blow the denial that it was the Israelis, being made to the European governments?\nAlexno February 27, 2010 at 4:40 am\nThe claim that the photos were doctored is openly contradicted by the fact that the Dubai police were able to identify the people between the CCTV images and the passports. It is simply not true.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"PROCESSIONS WALK\nThis was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to mark 100 years of votes for women & take part in the UK's largest artwork with project PROCESSIONS, in June 2018.\nWe took to the streets of London, unveiling our specially commissioned banner made by the women of Bedford & artist Quilla Constance as part of the 100 Years 100 Banners.\nWe invited you to bring along your sisters, nans, mums, daughters, colleagues & neighbours and become part of a living portrait of UK women in the 21st century.\nYou made your own banners and pennants for the PROCESSION, or just turned up, and walked alongside us!\nImage Credit: Cat Lane\nPROCESSIONS was commissioned by 14-18 NOW and produced by Artichoke. With support from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund, and from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. PROCESSIONS Cardiff is produced by Artichoke in partnership with Festival of Voice and Wales Millennium Centre.\n*those who identify as women or non-binary\nJennifer Allen AKA Quilla Constance QC","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"An integral part of Asian Art in London is the promotion of key Asian art exhibitions held at museums and institutions throughout the year. Particularly at this time, when so many museums worldwide are closed to visitors, Asian Art in London is pleased to share a curated selection of online platforms showcasing digitised artworks, collections, talks, papers, and educational videos.\nThis platform allows visitors to explore some of the most well-known objects in the collection in a brand new way, looking at how cultures and civilisations sat together over time.\nA History of the World in 100 Objects \u2013 this ground-breaking series, made in conjunction with the Museum and BBC Radio 4, introduced listeners to 100 objects from the Museum's collection, demonstrating one view of the world and how it has developed since the dawn of civilisation. The full series can be accessed here.\nWherever you are in the world, take a Virtual Tour of the National Gallery.\nFind ways to explore the collections and exhibitions online, tips and tricks on how to keep creative, or blogs to get lost in a world of art history.\nTate Modern and Tate Britain\nTate online have an expansive collection of digitised papers, audio tapes and artists' letters available to read and reference for free here.\nBrowse their extensive collection of digitised artworks online too.\nFrom ancient Chinese ceramics to Alexander McQueen evening dresses, take an incredible journey through 5000 years of human creativity with the V&A's online collections. Online Collections\nTour the virtual gallery. You can still enjoy a (virtual) stroll through each room of the Gallery, as it was before it closed. Click Here\nThe Courtauld's Collection includes 7,000 drawings and watercolours, 26,000 prints, and sculpture and decorative arts dating from Antiquity to the 20th century. Discover some of the highlights Click Here\nThe Courtauld YouTube channel includes films about our world-famous collection and talks about the history of art and conservation. This recent film explores the legacy of their founder, Samuel Courtauld, and his remarkable art collection. Click Here\nFurther Suggestions\nAscott House, Bedfordshire\nAshmolean Museum, Oxford\nAsia House, London\nBristol Museum, Bristol\nBurrell Collection, Glasgow\nCompton Verney, Warwickshire\nDurham Museum, Durham\nFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge\nJapan Society, London\nNational Palace Museum, Taiwan\nSmithsonian Freer-Sackler, USA\nThe Oriental Ceramic Society, London","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Kangen Water \u00bb New York \u00bb New York\nKangen Water New York\nWhat is New York Kangen Water?\nKangen Water in New York is ionized alkaline water (or acidic water) made by Enagic's kangen water machine which is high in anti-oxidants and is hydrogen rich. It is converted from regular tap water into either acidic (Low PH) or alkaline water (High PH), depending on the setting (most kangen machines can produce water between 2.7 PH and 11.5 PH). Kangen water machines are very popular with families all over the US and throughout the state of New York.\nHow Do You Buy A Kangen Water Machine in New York?\nSo why should you choose a kangen water machine vs other water ionizers in New York? After all, there are multiple brands that are actively advertising their products.\nSome of the cities in New York where you can buy kangen water machines\nOakland Gardens, New York\nEast New York, New York\nTonawanda, New York\nElmhurst, New York\nClifton Park, New York\nBrighton, New York\nWest Webster, New York\nHunters Point, New York\nWoodhaven, New York\nUniondale, New York\nCo-Op City, New York\nWorthington, New York\nBellaire, New York\nClay, New York\nFlushing, New York\nDunnsville, New York\nKirkville, New York\nValley Stream, New York\nKitchawan, New York\nMaspeth, New York\nFinancial District, New York\nSpring Valley, New York\nYonkers, New York\nBlissville, New York\nBorough Park, New York\nRidgewood, New York\nEast Village, New York\nElmont, New York\nNew City, New York\nHicksville, New York\nCypress Hills, New York\nDyker Heights, New York\nSunnyside, New York\nGuilderland, New York\nHollis Hills, New York\nLong Beach, New York\nRamapo, New York\nOceanside, New York\nBayside, New York\nSyracuse, New York\nUpper East Side, New York\nSheepshead Bay, New York\nIrondequoit, New York\nForest Hills, New York\nCroton Heights, New York\nWallace, New York\nFlatbush, New York\nFordham, New York\nYorktown, New York\nClifton Park Center, New York\nRichmond Hill, New York\nWhitestone, New York\nThe Bronx, New York\nFar Rockaway, New York\nBushwick, New York\nAuburndale, New York\nFranklin Square, New York\nAstoria Heights, New York\nHuntington Station, New York\nGreenpoint, New York\nChinatown, New York\nBedford Park, New York\nMount Pleasant, New York\nEast Flatbush, New York\nBriarwood, New York\nNorth Tonawanda, New York\nEastchester, New York\nHenrietta, New York\nBath Beach, New York\nNew Milford, New York\nSouth Troy, New York\nBrighton Beach, New York\nPenfield, New York\nGravesend, New York\nAmherst, New York\nCoram, New York\nBedford-Stuyvesant, New York\nFlatlands, New York\nSaint Albans, New York\nSpringfield Gardens, New York\nGlendale, New York\nQueens Village, New York\nWilliamsburg, New York\nUnion, New York\nBrownsville, New York\nGreenburgh, New York\nTroy, New York\nHempstead, New York\nUtica, New York\nMott Haven, New York\nMorris Heights, New York\nCheektowaga, New York\nBeechhurst, New York\nKew Gardens Hills, New York\nForest Hills Gardens, New York\nStaten Island, New York","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Rod Welch\n03 00050 61 00011301\nDr. Thomas E. Connolly, MD\nPhysician Leader\nPermanente Medical Group, Inc.\nPark Shadelands\n320 Lennon Lane\nSubject: Welch; Patient 05519189\nKnee Examination on Sep 10, 1999\nPatient Assistance Report October 6, 1999\nTeam Care Process; Doctor Patient Partnership\nCorrecting Medical Mistakes\nDear Doctor Connolly,\nThanks for your letter dated January 9, 2000, received today, and congratulations on your new assignment as Physician Leader at Park Shadelands.\nJeanne and Mark have done an outstanding job the past 4 months seeking good faith review to correct medical mistakes. The worry in your letter that they have been diverted from assigned duties is incorrect. Extra effort occurred because the medical staff refused and failed to address medical mistakes, and ignored Kaiser procedures on doctor, patient partnership. Inquiry was made on November 9, 1999 for off-site people to accomplish timely, first order review, only after local doctors failed to conduct a review directed by Doctor Ross Armstrong, Chief of Internal Medicine, on October 21, 1999.\nFixing medical mistakes is a continual process of review and adjustment that requires involvement of all hands. Medical mistakes occur along a continuum from administration to direct, hands on care and treatment, that impacts patient health. Continual improvement is not extra work and does not detract from regular duties; it is the duty of everyone to improve quality, as set out by Kaiser's CEO, Robert Pearl, MD, in his letter on October 15, 1999. Doctors, who fail to review process and procedure, fail their patients and the profession.\nWhen Mrs. Connolly assigned a primary care physician on June 25, 1999, you were the first choice, because your examination room had a big message to leave an email address to facilitate communication. I did that; but Sylvia said you were too busy to assign another patient. She suggested Doctor Naqvi instead. We did that, and Doctor Naqvi has done a great job, as previously reported to Kaiser.\nLater, Sylvia did a great job overcoming resistance to get a meeting with a specialist to examine my knees. She was frustrated by lack of response from the orthopedic team, but through persistence succeeded. What followed resulted in a series of errors that have cascaded, and led to your letter, as shown in the record on October 8, 1999.\nThis record invites the question of why, if everyone is doing a great job, did all these mistakes occur? What leads good people to make continual mistakes that cost dearly in treasure and tragedy? Clearly doctors and patients have a common mission to join with President Clinton, who announced on December 7, 1999 a national agenda to overcome the culture of denial that prevents review and correction of mistakes, as occurred in this case.\nKaiser's policy on doctor patient partnership for accomplishing quality health care necessarily implies that patients support review and correction of medical mistakes in order to make both quality and partnership effective.\nYour letter received today is a strong first step. The next step is to review the mistakes, and then decide on a course of action where needed.\nPlease call or submit a letter on how you plan to proceed.\nrowelch@attglobal.net\nJeanne Bradley\nMark Mangrai","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The Questioner\narchitect form\nTHE DECORATIVE ARCHITECTURE PLAYGROUND\nWorld Expo \u2013 the world's biggest fare with the largest number of participating countries, visitors and delegations, takes place every five years.\n\"We tried to build a stage that will allow all actors to be heard,\" said Matteo Gatto, the Design Director of the Expo. Indeed, the Expo is often envisaged as the playground of decorative architecture, featuring famous names like Daniel Libeskind and Norman Foster. As in every Expo, great attention is paid to the architecture of the countries' pavilions. According to various publications, 13 billion US Dollars were invested in the fair (with a million Euros spent on covering up what was not ready for the opening).\nThe UK Pavilion. Photo: Daniele Mascolo\nThe enormous sums invested in the Expo drew criticism about wasting funds, culminating on the opening day \u2013 symbolically held on May 1st \u2013 Labour Day. Demonstrations, sometimes violent, were held in the center of Milano, protesting against the billions spent, according to the protesters, on display constructions only to be dismantled in six months' time. The contradiction between the Expo's official motto \"Feeding the Planet\" and the fact that the Expo is funded by huge corporations like Coca-Cola and McDonald's has also been voiced.\nDavid Knafo, the Designer of the Israel Pavilion, also opposes what he calls \"Figurative Architecture per-se; aesthetics for the sake of aesthetics\". Under the title \"Fields of Tomorrow\", the Israel Pavilion designed by Knafo Klimor Architects, commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assembled under the management of AVS Group, provides a powerful visual experience of a 70 metres long and 12 metres high architectural installation, \"expressing the incredible journey of the Israeli agriculture towards the tomorrow of all humanity\".\nThe Israel Pavilion. Photo: Itamar Aharoni\nThe center element of the pavilion was the vertical field \u2013 an integral part of the pavilion, running along its entire length both visually and in terms of content. The agricultural field is created from modular tiles with various crops mounted on metal constructions elevated above ground. These tiles are holding a computerized drip irrigation system, designated for optimum crop cultivation and nurturing. The field will consist of the following crops: wheat, corn and rice.\nAccording to Knafo, the concept of the pavilion is presenting its message even for those, who will not enter it. Thus, the challenge he faced was \"to seek the aesthetics in Sustainable Architecture or Green Architecture rather than compromise on aesthetics for the sake aesthetics, which degrades the profession. We keep talking about green building but end up with a box that is not much different from the box we know.\"\nKnafo claims that architecture should evolve from the spoiled and passive phase into an active phase: \"a building should not function like the Neanderthal's cave and make do with only the shell that protects it. It can be much more efficient, and we have the technological means for that. It should be able to clean the air and water it pollutes, dispose of the garbage it produces; and it should also be able to produce food for those who live in it, as we show in the Expo. There is no reason for a farmer from the Azrael Valley to provide me with the tomato or cucumber for my salad\".\nThe American Pavilion world expo. Photo: Daniele Mascolo\nThe Russian Pavilion. Photo: Daniele Mascolo\nThe Malaysian Pavilion. Photo: Daniele Mascolo\nThe French Pavilion. Photo: Daniele Mascolo\nThe Brazilian Pavilion. Photo: Daniele Mascolo\nThe Chinese Pavilion. Photo : Daniele Mascolo\nPosted in: inspiration Tagged: featured\nterms-of-use\nAll rights reserved to Caesarstone 2014. Sdot-Yam, Na-Menashe 37804, Israel","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Dharma Heroes: A Weekly Program for Introducing Dharma to Children\nThis assembly planning doc helps educators introduce a diverse range of Dharma Heroes. Using oral storytelling and inquiry as a teaching method, they encouraged kids to ask questions, explore ideas and determine for themselves what was the most meaningful and relevant about these heroes' life stories.\nInterview: \"The Sacred Work of Sandra Cisneros\"\nAng\u00e9lica Paljor wrote this interview with Sandra Cisneros published in August, 2022 on Lion's Roar entitled, \"The Sacred Work of Sandra Cisneros.\" The author speaks candidly about her own struggles, and how writing has been a practice that has helped transform them. An essential ingredient in Buddhist education is seeing how others integrate their view and practice into their work, art, and lives. Cisneros' example is vital as students work on developing their own voice, and considering how their view and self-expression are inextricable.\nTeaching History and Symbolism in Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion\nThis key provides references with links to study the history depicted in Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion.\n9 Books about the Life of the Buddha\nMiddle Way Education reviews 9 English-language books about the life of the Buddha.\nReview of Old Path White Clouds\nA review Thich Nhat Hanh's classic text, great for parents, educators, and students alike.\nWhy Do We Need a New Model of Education?\nKristin Lhatso and Noa Jones briefly summarize why a new model of Buddhist education for children is necessary. They articulate much of what Middle Way Education aims to achieve, and why.\nTake a Harvard Buddhism Course Online for Free\n\"Buddhism Through Its Scriptures\" is a 4-week course offered by Harvard University and edX, and is open to all.\nInternational Dunhuang Project's Buddhism Education Pack\nThis 9-part worksheet set from the International Dunhuang Project introduces basic Buddhist concepts and history to the classroom using source material from the British Library and other institutions.\nAbout the Jataka Tales\nThe ninth worksheet of a 9-part Buddhism Education Pack, drawing in the history of The Silk Road to teach about Buddhist history and culture. This worksheet introduces the Jataka Tales and recounts the Ruru Jataka, or the Tale of the Deer of Nine Colours. It includes cave paintings of the tale from a cave at Dunhuang.\nBodhisattvas and Avalokiteshvara\nThe eighth worksheet of a 9-part Buddhism Education Pack, drawing in the history of The Silk Road to teach about Buddhist history and culture. This worksheet explains the history of Avalokiteshvara and the principle of bodhisattvas.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Toys R Us ramps up holiday hiring\nBy Aaron Smith\nNEW YORK (CNNMoney) \u2014 Toys R Us is gearing up for what it hopes will be a strong holiday shopping season, by hiring 45,000 seasonal workers nationwide \u2014 5,000 more than last year.\nToys R Us announced the extra job slots Monday, saying they will help the company implement various new retail strategies. This includes an enhanced program to buy toys online and pick them up in the store, as well as a free layaway program and its hot toy reservation plan.\nThe retailer said there are growth opportunities for the workers, and the seasonal jobs could become full-time for those who perform well.\nThe company said that 15% of its seasonal employees from last year were hired full-time.\nToys R Us isn't the only retailer that's ramping up its work force ahead of the holiday shopping season. The department store chain Kohl's announced on Sept. 18 that it plans to hire 52,700 seasonal workers, a 10% jump compared to the year before.\nAlso, Toys R Us announced Sept. 4 that it's offering free layaway through Oct. 31. After that date, it will charge a $5 service fee.\nWal-Mart has also made changes to its layaway plan to make it more attractive. The retailer said on Sept. 4 that it's cutting the upfront fee that it charges customers on its layaway plan to $5 from $15.\nThese retailers, and their competitors Target and Sears, are bracing for another holiday shopping season amid a weak economy and high unemployment.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"November 30, 2010 October 28, 2013 \/ Steve Patterson \/ Leave a comment\nYou search and search for a way in, for what are commonly termed \"ideas,\" but what are really doorways into the word room. And then, when they come, you resist because you know, if they really take off, you belong to the words, and there's nothing you can do but see where they take you. If you find a title, forget it. Especially if it's a good one. You might as well snap on the handcuffs because it's gone from \"writing\" to \"being a piece.\" And you just have to hang on for the ride.\nI have a title. Or it has me.\nOf course, you can short-circuit this at any time, just by telling someone what the title is. It automatically dissipates the magic, your attention flags, and you're free to get on with normal life. For example, I could just tell you the title is\u2026.\nBut\u2026then I wouldn't have anything to write, and I'd have to start searching again.\nThis is a weird business I'm in.\nThat Last Waltz\nNovember 24, 2010 October 28, 2013 \/ Steve Patterson \/ 2 Comments\nThirty-four years ago, tomorrow, four Canadians and a wiry guy from Arkansas played their final concert as The Band at Winterland. Martin Scorcese made a magnificent concert film of the proceeding\u2014perhaps the best rock'n'roll film ever. The Band played their own funny, heartbreaking songs (\"It Makes No Difference\"; \"The Shape I'm In\" (pouring out of Richard Manuel); \"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\" (maybe Levon Helm's finest moment); and a transcendent \"The Weight\" along with The Staple Singers, who inspired The Band's multipart vocals), then blithely served as some of the world's greatest sidemen to a parade of defining voices of the era: Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Dr. John, Van Morrison, Paul Butterfield, and others, including a guy named Dylan, who gave The Band a break when they were billed as The Hawks, having split as Ronnie Hawkins' backup band.\nNot too long ago, a four-CD set from the concert was released, and it's filled with wonderful pieces never included in the film or the original, three-LP concert album. Listening to it now, with distance and time, the choice of material is striking: nearly every song can be viewed as a reflection on time's passing. The Sixties were done, consciousness expansion gone in a blur of Quaaludes, coke, and smack. The world had certainly changed, but the revolution failed, done in by Nixon, Vietnam, oil shocks, recession, and its own, inherent contradictions.\nEven the music, once so high and wild, had degenerated into shadows of itself; the same year The Last Waltz celebrated what had been, The Ramones were busy burying it three chords at a time.\nWhat you do hear in The Last Waltz is the blues. Blues and R&B underlies most of the cuts and The Band's sound. Muddy Waters' time onstage is all too brief. The Sixties may have been a bright flare that had burned itself out, but the blues are forever, relevant, and timeless. And the blues still have the power to cut through rock industry bullshit and coked up egos.\nStill, just a look at the song titles, played in addition to The Band's songs (which gloriously reflected the past as in a funhouse mirror), carry the sense of an era's closing: \"Such a Night\"; \"Down South in New Orleans\" (one of the simplest, best songs ever written: 'my ship's at anchor\/my suitcase packed\/got a one-way ticket\/ain't comin' back'); \"All Our Past Times\"; \"Further on Up the Road\"; \"Helpless\"; \"Furry Sings the Blues\"; \"Tura Lura Lura\"; and \"Forever Young.\"\nAnd the closer. Everybody came out to sing it. Ringo sat in on drums, Ronnie Wood on lead guitar\u2014respectively representing the Beatles and the Stones. You don't get much more iconic than that, unless you could drag out Lennon and Jagger (not bloody likely). It was a song from The Basement Tapes, when Dylan had dropped off the circuit and holed up in Woodstock, New York. Informally, he would get together with his neighbors, The Band, and they would have a few drinks, roll the tape, and see what happened. It's amusing to wonder what Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson thought one apocryphal evening when Bob Dylan unfolded a piece of paper and said something like: \"Uh\u2026I got this thing called 'I Shall Be Released.' Wanna' try it?\"\nIt was, as they say, a long time ago. A lot of those folks\u2014Muddy, Butterfield, Bill Graham, Bobby Charles, Danko, and\u2026oh man\u2026Richard Manuel\u2014are no longer with us. Everything had gone to hell and was fucked up. Everybody was fucked up. Everything's still fucked up. But, if you angle your head just right and look down into yourself, you can still see your reflection somewhere so high above that wall.\nIn which your hero wins one for the home team\u2026\nNovember 10, 2010 October 28, 2013 \/ Steve Patterson \/ 1 Comment\nLooks like I up and won CoHo Productions New by Northwest play contest with \"Immaterial Matters\"\u2026my somewhat gentle, period piece about death, photography, and, uh\u2026death.\nSmile for the camera.\nCoHo Productions Presents Steve Patterson's IMMATERIAL MATTERS, 1\/23-24\nUtter Horror and Other Forms of Entertainment\nNovember 2, 2010 October 28, 2013 \/ Steve Patterson \/ Leave a comment\nThere's an election tomorrow. You might have heard that. The conventional wisdom is that Democrats are going to get whacked. And they likely will, but there's something in me that's not quite buying the polls. Maybe I'm in denial. Still, the one thing that seems to be distinguishing the polls\u2014other than they're terrifying Democrats\u2014is that they're all over the place. One week they show Republican momentum, another week they show a Democratic momentum\u2026and now the Republicans are back.\nAs usual, it'll come down to local politics and who's got the best ground game. Rather than get into a whole big analysis, which seems a little pointless when the numbers are all over, I'll just trot out my predictions, and we'll see how it rolls tomorrow.\nRepublicans take back the House. Why? It's the one thing polls seem to hold together, it's an anti-incumbent year, largely because unemployment is so high. Since Democrats have more seats, they're likely to take the biggest share of the blame. (Never mind that the Republicans have no idea how to get out of the economic mess other than \"cut taxes\"\u2026which won't work.)\nThe Senate's going to be close. Boxer will probably hold onto her seat. Harry Reid will likely lose his, even though his opponent is arguably insane. I think the Dems will probably lose Kentucky and Pennsylvania too. God only knows what'll happen in Alaska, though I'd hedge my bets on Murkowski\u2014she's a known quantity and Miller seems less and less stable. But who knows? Miller may be a protest vote. I think it's arguable that a lot of Republicans will pick up seats as protests. Looks like Feingold's over in Wisconsin; and it's worth saying that the last couple of years, Feingold has been something of an arrogant son-of-a-bitch, and that may be partly why his opponent leads.\nBrown probably wins the governorship in California. That's cool. I like the Jerry. He's a much less conventional politician than he seems, and California could use his experience. The real question marks are here in the Pacific Northwest. Patty Murray's running a bare fisted fight with Dino Rossi, and this might finally be the year than Rossi wins one, for the aforementioned reasons. But Murray's really pretty well liked, and Rossi's a perennial loser, albeit by close margins. This one probably won't be settled until the next day or later. It'll likely come down to how the vote breaks in Puget Sound.\nClose to home, we have a nail biter between Kitzhaber and Dudley for governor of Oregon. Dudley actually has a shot, as a moderate Republican in the mold of Atiyeh, and economic times are very similar to those when Atiyeh was elected. Kitzhaber's a good, smart guy, but he burned a few bridges when he was governor, and folks may feel he's had his shot. It'll basically come down to Democratic turnout in Portland and Eugene\u2026as it usually does in Oregon.\nAnd California's Proposition 19, legalizing marijuana? It's been a fascinating ride on this one, but marijuana measures tend to run strong, then fade, which is what the polls indicate here. On the other hand, a lot of people who might turn out to vote on Prop 19 might be off the pollsters' radar, so it's not over. My general feeling is: I'll believe it when I see it, but, after you've watched a president resign, guys walk on the moon, the Berlin Wall come down, and an African-American win the presidency, you hedge your bets. So Prop 19, maybe\u2026but probably not.\nFinally, if the Republicans actually win this thing like some pollsters are saying, then they're going to have to govern. Which they suck at. And that's where it gets entertaining, because voters don't seem to be so much for Republicans as they are against Democrats. Entertaining, that is, unless they don't usher in a second Great Depression with total gridlock and general insanity. Good times\u2026not so much.\nFrom the Stewart Rally\nNote: this is the first time in the history of this blog that \"sanity\" has been a keyword.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Sam Benjamin, MD on Integrated-Wellness Care in 11-Million Member Humana, Inc.\nSam Benjamin, MD, on Integrated-Wellness Care at 11-Million Member Humana, Inc.\nSummary: Long-time integrative medicine leader Sam Benjamin, MD, has served for six years as Corporate Medical Director for Integrative Health Strategies for Humana. He describes the present status and new directions of integrated care as part of Humana's wellness and consumerism strategies, along with sobering information on covered CAM-IM benefits.\nIf you explore the details of the homepage of the website for the 11-million member Humana, Inc., you will find, down at the bottom, center, this link:\n\"The Dr. Sam Show offers a daily dose of healthcare guidance.\"\nClick to the offered portal and one encounters the photo of long-time integrative medicine leader Sam Benjamin, MD imbedded in an array of consumer resources, much of it of his own creation. The promised guidance includes pod-casts, guides, web-links, books and other resources.\nAmong the selections on the web page is a link to the actual Dr. Sam Show - a twice weekly radio program, principally sponsored by the Louisville, Kentucky-based firm. The interview-format program airs mainly in markets in which the insurer (\"benefits company\" Benjamin corrects me) is active: Tampa, Chicago, Indianapolis, Tucson, Orlando, Kansas City, Miami and, of course, Louisville. A benefit to the listeners of the Dr. Sam Show, according to Humana, is that \"since (Benjamin) is a medical doctor, a licensed homeopath and a certified acupuncturist, his listeners can ask questions about both conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).\"\nBenjamin's Background in Two Major Integrative Medicine Initiatives\nBenjamin, who wears the Humana title of Corporate Medical Director for Integrative Health Strategies, and I spoke first of how his relationship with the insurer\/benefits giant was panning out. My question had some history in it.\nBenjamin had led high profile, pioneering initiatives with hospitals and academic centers in integrative medicine's first days-1995-2000. He directed the first, major hospital-based integrative clinic, the 10,000 square foot Arizona Center for Health and Medicine (ACHM) sponsored by the multi-state Catholic Healthcare West. The gorgeous, Zen-gardened and smooth-walled clinic was national news as it rose - and as it collapsed in red ink and amidst conventional physician resistance. A startling, learning experience for many in the field: Maybe linking complementary medicine in a conventional system may not go so smoothly as some imagined ...\nSam Benjamin, MD, Humana's corporate medical director for integrative health strategies\nBenjamin's next position was running an integrative medicine program for an academic medical center at the State University of New York-Stony Brook. Benjamin sought to ensure that funding would not be an issue there, quickly seeking support from natural products industry funders. He found himself in the cross-hairs of anti-CAM warriors and eventually left.\nCAM Coverage Typically Up to the Employer Group\nBenjamin appears to have found a home at Humana, which employs him full time in a capacity which bridges complementary and integrative medicine with the firm's wellness and consumerism interests.\n\"Humana's view is\nthat it is not in the\nbut in the benefits\nbusiness.\"\nA first responsibility when he went to work, in 2000, was to be a system-wide resource on CAM. \"Most people did not know what it was, or had negative attitudes toward CAM,\" he recalls. \"That was step one.\"\nHe feels like the brunt of this mission is accomplished. \"At Humana, we want to champion idea that people can choose the health care provider they want, whatever they feel is in their best interests. We have no prejudices against MDs, or against well-trained NDs (naturopathic doctors)\" The assertion is reflected in directions given to consumers on the Dr. Sam site:\n\"If you want alternative medicine, get your advice from a well-trained ND (naturopath) or MD with integrative medicine training, or some other professional.\"\nBenjamin adds that Humana's openness to CAM approaches is not merely targeting clients: \"Humana even has a CAM resources section on its employee site.\"\nOne of the Dr. Sam stations\nBut how about covered benefits, beyond such guidance to members on their decisions. . Here, Humana is not taking an advance position: \"CAM coverage depends on what the employer wants.\" He notes that through American WholeHealth, whose medical director John Reed, MD is Benjamin's former colleague at ACHM, Humana members have a CAM discount program for acupuncture, massage, chiropractic and some other services.\nHumana does have some interesting points where care is covered: \"We offer glucosamine-chondroitin to our Medicare members in Florida at a $10 co-pay for three months supply. This would probably be $30-$40 month for a good quality product.\" Benjamin also notes that there may be more coverage coming for acupuncture, and for multi-vitamins.\nPressed on specific kinds of complementary and integrative services Humana covers for some of its employer clients, Benjamin deferred: \"It's an issue of competitiveness. We don't usually talk about what a specific employer wants or is getting.\" He notes that , short of hard data showing that CAM services limit other costs, neither employer nor insurer is likely to push more significant coverage of CAM providers. Humana is not presently exploring these cost-offset questions, but, says Benjamin, \"I think we will.\"\nCAM as Part of a Consumerism\/Wellness Benefit\nSpanish language station for the bi-lingual Benjamin\nBenjamin shifts the conversation, making clear his work in Humana has little to do with CAM, per se, or even \"integrative medicine,\" unless an employer requests it. Rather, the focus is on \"every way we can assist members with life and living.\" Says Benjamin:\n\"Humana's view is that it is not in the insurance business but in the benefits business.\"\nHe states that the firm is offering \"an integrated approach to lifestyle issues.\" He defends the approach: \"If a person is not going to walk or get exercise, it's not going to matter much whether they get acupuncture.\"\nBenjamin then ticks off a list of integrated wellness-oriented services:\nA magazine targeting seniors has routine articles on options such as meditation and yoga - \"it's truly integrated, we just don't call it that.\"\nSeniors have a SilverSneakers exercise program and a Posit Science \"brain fitness\" program.\nWeb information on CAM approaches and supplements is available.\nDisease management programs \"increasingly include CAM.\"\nMembers are informed about environmental issues, from problems with teflon to air-water pollution to synthetic beds.\nHumana sometimes provides food and house-cleaning services, for a time-limited period, to members in recovery from a significant health problem.\nThe \"benefits company\" has sometimes assisted employer clients toward healthy vending options.\nThe firm is \"moving enormously toward consumer-directed plans.\"\nThe sponsoring his radio show as an experiment with a kind of \"info-tainment\" meant to better engage people with their health than more typically used educational materials.\nMembers are steering to explore potential problems with some conventional care that may be recommended. He notes: \"We send them to HealthGrades to research the hospitals or physicians they select. We want people to see the costs and dangers of what they are getting.\" He adds: \"I think this transparency favors integration.\"\n\"If a person is not\ngoing to walk or\nget exercise, it's\nnot going to matter\nmuch whether they\nget acupuncture.\"\nBenjamin reflects on the different meaning of integration at Humana compared to the experience a decade ago in the integrative clinic sponsored by Catholic Healthcare West (CHW): \"At CHW, we were a bizarre thorn in their sides. Here, we've not only overcome the ignorance about CAM but there is a dramatic increase in suggestions related to CAM that come from others. The staff is taking things and running with them.\"\nFor Benjamin, his personal, ongoing staff work centers on the radio show, where, he states, Humana gives him \"tremendous leeway - as long as I can back it up.\"\nComment: That the outspoken Benjamin has a multi-city radio show is a sign of a level of dialogue from the inside that parts of health care are learning to stomach. The programs are instructive about the intellectual housing of the integrative discussion in a large, well, benefits company.\nThe status of CAM\/IM\nin Humana is a hard\nreminder of just how\npoorly the CAM-IM\nidea of a clinical\norientation to wellness\nis yet integrated\ninto even a progressive\nuse of wellness\nBut that Humana hasn't taken a more proactive approach toward steering people toward the care of CAM\/IM providers - through more actual coverage - is a hard reminder of just how poorly the CAM-IM idea of a clinical orientation to wellness is yet integrated into even a progressive use of wellness programming.\nWe Need Data on Cost Off-Sets\nHow do we foster this fundamental integration of a wellness-oriented clinical approach and more typical wellness strategies? The answer is a drum I've been beating for years. We need more data on cost and, specifically, cost-offsets, from the whole practices provided by acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, chiropractors, massage therapists and integrative practitioners. Data on effectiveness, alone, will not change the practices of an employer or insurer.\nMight I repeat that again? Data on effectiveness, alone, will not shift the kinds of healthcare services which people with covered benefits are able to access. The action step? We need a new and more significant health services research program at the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Bolton: How Iran beats the sanctions\nManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that the Iranian nuclear threat is a 'deadly serious' threat to the United States.\nSources told FOX News that the Morgenthau probe into Iranian money laundering schemes is broad and ongoing. So far, the Manhattan DA has struck a plea deal with a British bank and, separately, indicted a Chinese citizen and his company on charges related to Iran's violations of international sanctions designed to block its acquisition of nuclear weaponry.\nIn the British case, Lloyds Bank admitted it had engaged in a \"stripping\" scheme designed to hide the Iranian origin of more than $300 million in wire transfers. Bank coding information indicating an Iran address for the money was \"stripped\" from wire transfers.\nSome of Iran's biggest banks -- blacklisted by the U.S. and international agencies for their alleged role in nuclear armament and terror funding -- are believed to have played a role in the illegal money movement.\nLloyds paid $350 million in fines and is cooperating with a joint investigation by Morgenthau and federal authorities. The British bank shut down the stripping scheme in 2004, well before law enforcement learned of the activities. According to published reports, Morgenthau is investigating at least nine other banks for similar practices.\nThere are more details of the Lloyd's case in this press release from the Manhattan District Attorney's office. The problem is that the investigators are trying to catch up when they're starting at a great disadvantage.\nIn the agreement LLOYDS admits that from 2001 \u2013 2004, LLOYDS falsified the business records of banks in Manhattan by engaging in a systematic process of altering wire transfer information to hide the identity of its clients. This process allowed the illegal transfer of more than $300 million on behalf of Iranian banks and their customers; the Iranian banks involved included Bank Melli, Bank Saderat, Sepah Bank and others. While LLOYDS voluntarily exited the Iranian business by 2004, the Sudanese business, which resulted in the illegal transfer of over $20 million, continued into 2007, after the beginning of the investigation. The transfers were made to buy goods and services from U.S. companies and to finance the purchase of goods and services from foreign vendors that sought payment in dollars.\nNew York banks use sophisticated computer systems to monitor and screen all wire transfer activities to ensure that the banks do not engage in prohibited transactions. The banks depend on these automated systems to prevent sanctioned entities from accessing the United States banking system.\nThe investigation revealed that LLOYDS engaged in a systematic practice of \"stripping\" wire transfer information. Stripping is the practice of removing wire transfer information that would identify that the transfers originated from a prohibited source. By stripping out the originator information, the wire transfers could pass through the screening software used by New York banks that would otherwise have rejected or frozen them for further inquiry. The stripping of wire transfer information in this manner made it appear that the transactions originated at LLOYDS in the United Kingdom rather than the sanctioned banks.\nThe investigation of LLOYDS focused primarily on its handling of accounts for financial institutions from two designated countries: Iran and Sudan. Knowing that they could not legally access U.S. banks, Iranian and Sudanese banks with accounts at LLOYDS sought to evade U.S. sanctions. Beginning in the mid-1990s, LLOYDS began removing any information from Iranian and Sudanese wire transfers that would trigger the detection systems at New York correspondent banks. To execute this policy, LLOYDS personnel removed any information that identified the payment messages as originating from Iranian, Sudanese or other sanctioned countries. The falsified wire transfers would then be processed undetected by the OFAC filters in place at the U.S. banks.\nHere's former American ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton talking about the Lloyd's case and the consequences of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. Note what he says about the consequences for Israel from Iranian nuclear weapons, and the likelihood that Iran would use them.\nLet's go to the videotape.\nDoes anyone out there still believe that there is any chance that 'sanctions' will work or that we have time left to find out?\nFor those who believe that not giving sanctions more time to work is over-reacting, please consider this interview with Shimon Peres (yes, I am actually going to agree with Shimon Peres) on Jeffrey Goldberg's blog (Hat Tip: Instapundit).\nPresident Shimon Peres: I want to make the following point about Iran, starting with the United States. The greatest asset for Israel, both moral and strategic, is our relationship with the United States. We should not permit any rift, any rupture. This remains our top consideration. And since Iran is a world problem, we should participate in facing its dangers, but without trying to monopolize it. Now there are many options. Whatever can be achieved diplomatically or economically is better. But if there will be a guarantee that these are the limits of our options, the Iranians may make the wrong call. The Iranian danger is composed of two parts: The weaponry and the character of its rulers. And I don't think that the present rulers of Iran are the permanent answer to the Iranian destiny. There were (government) changes in the past and maybe changes in the future. I don't suggest that other countries will introduce the changes, but others can call upon the Iranian people to come back to their own history.\nJG: Is there a chance that Israel is over-reacting to the language that comes out of Tehran? Let me ask this another way: Is it possible to over-learn the lessons of Jewish history?\nSP: If we have to make a mistake of overreaction or underreaction, I think I prefer the overreaction to underreaction.\nJG: That's a lesson of Jewish history?\nSP: This is a lesson of world history, not Jewish history. Because if the world had correctly read Hitler at the time, it would have saved 50 million lives.\nJG: Are you equating Ahmadinejad or Khamenei with Hitler?\nSP: No. I am equating the danger. I don't say they are the same. I'm talking about estimations. I think one of the greatest mistakes in history was to underestimate the danger of Nazism. All of us paid heavily for it. To prevent is better than to regret.\nNow the Messiah must be on his way: Shimon Peres is learning history.\nposted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:13 PM\nAt 6:04 PM, NormanF said...\nI find it amazing the same man who said history has nothing to teach us warning us now to heed it. Did someone kidnap Peres and replace him with a clone? The last thing one expects from him is common sense. All the same, its welcome.\nBillboards, Sheehan, Amnesty and J-Street\nKrauthammer on Obama's approach to the Israeli-'Pa...\nKerry and State throw the Israeli and Iranian peop...\nTwo can play this game: Israel would inform - not ...\nSyrian government daily: Swine flu a product of Am...\nKhaled Meshaal's Emily Latella moment\nObama plans to destroy Israel?\nCan the United States be taken at its word?\nEven Shimon Peres can't find a saving grace\nAl-Quds Al-Arabi: Change to Saudi plan?; UPDATE: U...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"David Koch, Samantha Armytage and Natalie Barr will host this year's Carols in the Domain.\nSunrise stars ready to go a'carolling\nCHRISTMAS is serious business for David Koch, and not just because he co-hosts Seven's annual Carols in the Domain.\nThe Sunsrise anchor is known for his love of Aussie Rules and finance, but he's also a self-confessed festive season fanatic.\n\"We are a family of Christmas nuts and we always celebrate in a big way,\" he tells The Guide.\n\"We get a live tree, which we buy from a tree farm on the outskirts of Sydney. The grand kids come along, they choose a tree, someone chops it down and then like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation we tie it to the top of the car and try to navigate home without it falling off.\n\"I also turn the back room of the house into a Santa's cave each year with lights, nutcrackers soldiers and a blow-up Santa and reindeer.\"\nSunrise's David Koch returns to host Carols in the Domain. Supplied by Channel 7.\nEach year, an estimated 50,000 people pack into The Domain and set up on the grass for a night of singing, fireworks and other festive entertainment.\nNow in its 36th year, the televised event will feature performances by Troy Cassar-Daley, Samantha Jade, Isaiah Firebrace, Thirsty Merc, Paulini, Mark Vincent and The Tap Pack as well as appearances by The Wiggles, Mickey Mouse and the jolly man himself.\n\"The Carols are the official start of Christmas festivities and it's all about reminding us that yes you can have a busy life and be distracted, but it's the important things that really matter and that's family, giving and the goodwill we should be showing each other,\" Koch says.\n\"It is like a music festival and just like a music festival you can feel the goodwill of everyone there. They've come for a reason - because they love Christmas and what Christmas stands for.\n\"It's infectious; if you could bottle that spirit and goodwill for the entire year it would be wonderful.\"\nSunrise have locked in Edwina Bartholomew, Natalie Barr, Samantha Armytage, David Koch, Mark Beretta and Sam Mac for 2019. Picture: Seven Network\nThe Carols also mark the end to another successful year for Koch and his Sunrise co-stars. Once again they have defeated breakfast TV rivals the Today show in the ratings - a feat they've pulled off for more than 10 years now.\nKoch recently signed another two-year deal to co-host the show alongside Samantha Armytage, newsreader Natalie Barr, sports reporter Mark Beretta, entertainment reporter Edwina Bartholomew and weather presenter Sam Mac.\n\"It is the world's best job without a doubt,\" he says. \"You get to meet some amazing people, do some incredible things and support wonderful organisations. What we love are the values and the culture of the show. We're very lucky to be part of so many Australian households so early in the morning.\n\"Next year we've challenged ourselves to do bigger and different things. We've got exciting things planned.\"\nCarols in the Domain airs on Saturday at 8pm on Seven.\nchannel 7 david koch sunrise television","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Published June 3\nMLS approves post-coronavirus comeback tournament, ratifies 5-year labor deal\nThe deal was announced by the Major League Soccer Players Association on Wednesday following tense talks.\nTurning living rooms into soccer fields amid coronavirus\nSuper Soccer Stars CEO Adam Geisler says while the coronavirus pandemic has caused him to apply for government loans and lay off people, he is staying creative to keep his small business afloat.\nMajor League Soccer and its players' union reached an agreement that paves the way for a summer tournament in Florida after the season was suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.\nThe deal was announced by the Major League Soccer Players Association on Wednesday following tense talks that led to some players skipping voluntary workouts and the league threatening a lockout.\nMLB REJECTS 114-GAME PLAN, WON'T MAKE COUNTERPROPOSAL\nMLS and the union agreed Feb. 6 to a five-year labor contract, but the deal had not been ratified when the season was stopped on March 12 after only two matches had been played by each team.\nThe ratified collective-bargaining agreement was announced in the midst of nationwide protests over police brutality and injustice against African Americans sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Both sides noted the unrest in announcing the contract.\n\"There are problems we face collectively that are both more urgent, and more important, than competing on the field,\" the union said in a statement. \"We hope our return to the field will allow fans a momentary release and a semblance of normalcy.\"\nMICHAEL JORDAN 'SADDENED' BY GEORGE FLOYD KILLING\nMLS Commissioner Don Garber vowed the league will go further with its public stance for equality.\n\"We've tried to create programs that would address some of the things that are important to our core values. I have to say that it's not enough to produce ads, it's not enough just to have programs that talk about these issues,\" he said.\nGarber said the league expects to take a $1 billion revenue hit because of the coronavirus.\nNBA PREPS RESTART PLAN WITH 22 TEAMS, GAMES IN ORLANDO\nThe revised CBA, a six-year deal through 2025, includes across-the-board pay cuts and reduced bonuses.\nOne of the sticking points was a clause that allows either side to opt out of the deal because of unforeseen circumstances, like a pandemic. The agreement does not tie the clause to attendance, something the league had sought.\nThe agreement also changes the players' share of media rights negotiated in the original CBA. The share will drop from 25% to 12.5% in 2023, but will be restored to 25% in 2024.\nDetails of the Florida tournament were still being finalized. The league's 26 teams and limited staff would be based in the Orlando area and matches played without fans at ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World.\nGarber said the tournament would last no longer than 35 days but he would not reveal additional details.\nThe union announced Sunday night that players had voted for an agreement but MLS pushed back on the terms and imposed a deadline for a lockout. As a result, players from teams including Atlanta, Miami, Minnesota and Vancouver did not report to voluntary training Monday.\nGarber said it was his decision to threaten the lockout, a move that was criticized.\n\"It's not something that I did without a lot of thought and without a lot of concern and a lot of understanding as to what impact that would have on our players and on the negotiation. But it was something, as the leader of this league that I believed was necessary in order for us to get to the point today,\" Garber said.\nNashville defender Eric Miller said on social media that he was proud of the players, \"although the process and tactics used by MLS left a mark.\"\n\"Players showed commitment and strength throughout this entire process,\" Miller said. \"We are all excited to get back on the field and be a positive force for change in our communities.\"\nCLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXBUSINESS.COM","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"SCUCE goes into swing with golf tournament benefit for SECUF\nThis year's 10th anniversary SCUCE kicked off with the Southeastern Credit Union Foundation benefit golf tournament at Ritz-Carlton's golf course as a double rainbow arced across the sky. The tournament was played in memory of Joan Lyons.\nMany attendees opted to join a welcome session to learn what was expected during the conference. The Table of Ten luncheon with faciliator Alisha Stair. Enjoy the company of attendees, speakers, and exhibitors you might not otherwise have even met in the relaxed setting of a shared meal. Discuss industry trends, network, and get to know each other.\nAt the end of the day, the Expo opened with an invitation-only CEO Preview 3:30 \u2013 4:30 p.m., sponsored by Corporate One FCU, featuring \"Wine Around the World\" with wine and champagne from four countries.\nThe Exhibit Hall Grand Opening was held 4:30 \u2013 5:30 p.m where attendees networked and met our exhibitors.\nToday, Vinh Giang, entrepreneur and magician, will kick off the opening keynote with a fun twist on perspective.\nVinh Giang's real magic journey began when he finally understood what Robert Houdin (an amazing magician) meant when he said: \"A magician is an actor playing the part of the magician.\" Once Vinh understood the meaning behind this quote, he focused all his energy on studying the art of performance and not the art of presentation. He has spent the last 15 years mastering the art of performance-enhanced communication, helping thousands of professionals worldwide to learn these skills.\nVinh is also the CEO of Luminary Productions which produces exceptional video for individuals and companies all around the globe.\nThere's still time to register for the Advocacy Luncheon with special guest Josh Holmes, a leading voice in Washington politics, will be the keynote speaker.\nJosh is a political strategist and former Chief of Staff to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. Holmes has been a guest on Fox News Sunday as a \"Power Player of the Week\" and was named by the Washington Post as one of the \"10 Staffers to Watch\" in the 112th Congress.\nThursday's Exhibit Hall includes a chance for dessert and more networking between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in the hall, Keynote Giang will demonstrate close-up magic tricks and will be available for a Meet & Greet from 4:30 p.m. \u2013 5:30 p.m.\nBe sure to buy your raffle tickets for a chance to win $5,000 and support the SECUF, courtesy of CUNA Mutual Group. The drawing will be held in the CMG booth at 6 p.m. today. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Tickets may be purchased in the rotunda.\nTimothy Alexander is our closing keynote on Friday who will talk about how his life changed after a life altering car accident in 2006. To close us out, Jim Nussle, president\/CEO of CUNA, will sit down with LSCU head Patrick La Pine and take questions from our audience.\nBy admin|2019-08-22T16:15:56+00:00June 19th, 2019|Top News Stories|0 Comments","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The Enduring Villainy of Little Napoleon\nJohn Swansburg reviews Richard Slotkin's new book, The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution. The book focuses rather singularly on George B. McClellan, chronicling his many misdeeds. Flirting with treason, for instance:\nTo show us McClellan at his self-serving worst, Slotkin takes us back to the Second Battle of Bull Run, in August 1862, in which Robert E. Lee badly outmaneuvered a Union force commanded by John Pope. The North had forces that could have come to Pope's rescue, but unfortunately for the soldiers being cut down by the Confederates, those forces were commanded by McClellan, who saw Pope as a threat to his ambitions.\nDespite repeated orders to reinforce Pope, McClellan dragged his feet, asking for clarification on who would be in command when he arrived on the scene. By the time he got his troops to the field, it was too late. Slotkin quotes Attorney General Edward Bates' assessment of McClellan's performance: \"a criminal tardiness, a fatuous apathy, a captious, bickering rivalry, among our commanders who seem so taken up with their quick-made dignity that they overlook the lives of their people & the necessities of their country.\"\nI first heard about McClellan while watching Ken Burns' The Civil War. I actually couldn't believe the presentation to be true. But among the things that stood up the strongest in my later study, McClellan's mix of incompetence and insecurity rank high. McClellan is also the object of one of my favorite quotes from the War--\"McClellan brought superior forces to Sharpsburg, but he also brought himself.\"\nThe irony, of course, is that it was McClellan's ineptitude which ultimately guaranteed emancipation. Had he won the War earlier, as was possible, the country would look very different.\nTa-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"False Manitowoc library cards may date to 2014\nAlisa M. Schafer\nMANITOWOC - Creation of false library accounts at Manitowoc Public Library may date as far back as 2014, Manitowoc County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer said.\n\"The estimates for the amount of fake entries, fake circulation numbers, is growing, too,\" Ziegelbauer said.\nZiegelbauer stressed the estimates were preliminary, and that none of the information from the investigation into any false library accounts at the Manitowoc Public Library has been finalized.\nRELATED: Manitowoc Library numbers show discrepancies\nRELATED: Manitowoc mayor steps back from library probe\n\"We're not certain yet, but they (Manitowoc Public Library) may have been successful in reporting those fake circulation numbers from 2014, which have already been paid as the 2016 levy,\" Ziegelbauer said. \"Todd Reckelberg (county comptroller) talked with the Green Bay Police and with the Manitowoc-Calumet Library System and reported to me that the problem was more widespread than we thought.\"\nReckelberg said if the money was invoiced incorrectly using the false circulation numbers in 2014, then the county would have already paid money to the library.\n\"It was very disheartening because we could be talking about a substantial amount of money,\" he said.\nThe Green Bay Police Department declined to comment, since its investigation into the library is ongoing.\nReports from Reckelberg's office earlier this month revealed a 3 percent jump in circulation numbers for non-city residents between 2014 and 2015 for the Manitowoc Public Library. However, in the same time period, the total circulation numbers dropped by more than 7 percent.\nZiegelbauer said the discrepancy could be explained by the false library accounts allegedly created at Manitowoc Public Library to boost circulation numbers.\nThose same reports show a decrease of more than 4 percent in circulation numbers for non-city residents between 2013 and 2014. In that time period, total circulation numbers dropped by more than 3 percent.\nReckelberg said Manitowoc County paid $462,270 to the Manitowoc Public Library Feb. 4, 2016. The payment was based on circulation numbers from 2014. The county pays a percentage of the library's operating budget that is equal to the percentage of the circulation among non-city residents.\n\"There's where the point of contention is right now, because we set the levy in the budget and this has a direct impact on the budget,\" Ziegelbauer said at a recent County Finance Committee meeting. \"It's a holding situation right now, but it's urgent and it's a big issue because of the allegations. They are serious.\"\nSince a full investigation into the Manitowoc Public Library has not been completed, no information exists on the extent of how the circulation numbers were affected in 2015 or 2014 by any false library accounts being used.\nInvestigations into alleged false library accounts at the Manitowoc Public Library were initiated after as many as six library employees approached the city attorney's office and the city's human resources office with their suspicions in early July.\nThose employees also implicated former library director Cherilyn Stewart as being involved in creating and using the false accounts to boost the circulation numbers. Stewart resigned July 13 after being the director at the library since February 2009.\nA criminal investigation into the library began in July at the behest of Ziegelbauer after he heard about the allegations. The investigation was recently handed off to the Green Bay Police Department.\nSince Stewart's resignation, the library's managerial team \u2014 Roxanne Staveness, Anne Juza, Ann Herma, Amy Eisenschink and Stacey Bialek \u2014 have been working together to keep the library running.\nAlisa M. Schafer: 920-686-2105 or aschafer@manitowoc.gannett.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Justia \u203a US Law \u203a Case Law \u203a Maine Case Law \u203a Maine Supreme Judicial Court Decisions \u203a 1993 \u203a Gorham v. Town of Cape Elizabeth\nGorham v. Town of Cape Elizabeth\n625 A.2d 898 (1993)\nColeman P. GORHAM v. TOWN OF CAPE ELIZABETH.\nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine.\nArgued September 16, 1992.\nReargued November 3, 1992.\n*899 E. Stephen Murray (orally), Elaine L. Clarke, Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, for plaintiff.\nMichael H. Hill (orally), Monaghan, Leahy, Hochadel & Libby, Portland, for defendants.\nGregory W. Powell (orally), Friedman & Babcock, Portland, for intervenor.\nBefore WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and RUDMAN, JJ.\nCLIFFORD, Justice.\nColeman Gorham owns a single family residence on Bowery Beach Road in Cape Elizabeth. The property is in a Residence-A zoning district. R-A zone permitted uses include single family dwellings, agricultural uses, and schools. Multi-unit dwellings are permitted as a conditional use upon a showing of compliance with conditions set out in the Cape Elizabeth zoning ordinance.[1] In August 1989, Gorham filed with the Cape Elizabeth Zoning Board of Appeals an application for a conditional use permit in order to convert his single family home to a multi-unit dwelling. Gorham sought approval for an apartment within his home; there were to be no changes to the exterior of the building or to the parking facilities. The Board held three public hearings, and considered several letters, three reports from real estate appraisers and the oral comments of a number of residents before it unanimously denied Gorham's application. The Board, in denying the application, determined that the use of Gorham's home as a multi-family unit would \"adversely affect the value of adjacent properties\" under Section 19-4-7(b)(4) of the zoning ordinance.\nGorham brought a three-count complaint in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) naming as defendants the Town of Cape Elizabeth and its code enforcement officer.[2] In Count I, an M.R.Civ.P. 80B, Gorham alleges that decision was not supported by substantial evidence in the record and was arbitrary and unreasonable. In Count II, Gorham seeks a declaratory judgment that *900 Section 19-4-7(b) of the zoning ordinance is unconstitutional because it bears no substantial relationship to the public health, safety, and general welfare, and it impermissibly delegates legislative authority to the Board. In Count III, Gorham alleges, inter alia, that his constitutional right to due process was violated because of the Board's bias and predisposition against multi-family dwellings. The Superior Court rejected Gorham's appeal, entering a judgment for the Town on Count I (Brennan, J.), and granting a summary judgment to the Town on Counts II and III (Lipez, J.). Gorham then appealed to this court. We find no error and affirm the judgment.\nCONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES A. Substantial Relationship to Health, Safety, and General Welfare And Delegation of Legislative Power\nUnder Section 19-4-7(b) of the Cape Elizabeth zoning ordinance, one of the criteria that has to be satisfied before a conditional use application is approved is that \"[t]he proposed use will not adversely affect the value of adjacent properties.\" Gorham, under the due process clause, challenges the constitutionality of the ordinance's \"adverse affect\" criterion in two respects. First, he contends that the criterion does not bear a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, or welfare. See Warren v. Municipal Officers of Town of Gorham, 431 A.2d 624, 627 (Me.1981). Gorham also contends that Section 19-4-7(b)(4) constitutes an improper delegation of legislative authority. We are unpersuaded by either contention.\nThe constitutionality of a zoning ordinance is presumed. Gorham, in attacking the ordinance, has the burden of proof of demonstrating its unconstitutionality. Warren, 431 A.2d at 627-28. Contrary to Gorham's first contention, the maintenance of property values is a legitimate interest served by zoning restrictions. Id. at 628; Barnard v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Yarmouth, 313 A.2d 741, 745 (Me. 1974). Therefore, the Cape Elizabeth zoning ordinance meets the due process requirement that it bear a reasonable relationship to the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare. Warren, 431 A.2d at 627.\nGorham also contends that the \"adverse affect\" criterion set out in Section 19-4-7(b)(4) constitutes a constitutionally impermissible delegation to the Board of discretionary authority not sufficiently limited by legislative standards, see Stucki v. Plavin, 291 A.2d 508, 510 (Me.1972), and argues that the criterion is too subjective and not measurable, leading to favoritism and discrimination. See Wakelin v. Town of Yarmouth, 523 A.2d 575, 577 (Me.1987).\nBecause conditional uses are those uses that the legislature has determined to be ordinarily acceptable in a particular zone, in order to withstand attack as an impermissible legislative delegation of authority, ordinances that establish criteria for acceptance of a conditional use must specify sufficient reasons why such a use may be denied. Bass v. Town of Wilton, 512 A.2d 309, 310 (Me.1986). A conditional use standard must be sufficiently specific \"to guide both an applicant in presenting his case ... and the Board in examining the proposed use....\" Wakelin, 523 A.2d at 577.\nIn this case, the Town has determined that in order for multi-family use of property to be allowed in an R-A zone, the Board must determine, among other criteria, that such use \"will not adversely affect the value of adjacent properties.\"[3] Although *901 we have not previously decided whether such a criterion is sufficiently specific to survive constitutional scrutiny, see Cope v. Town of Brunswick, 464 A.2d 223, 225 n. 3 (Me.1983), we conclude that Section 19-4-7(b)(4) gives sufficient guidance to a conditional use applicant, such as Gorham, as to what facts must be presented \"to gain the Board's approval\" and to the Board itself in examining the proposed use. Wakelin, 523 A.2d at 577. Gorham and the parties opposing his application presented a substantial amount of evidence directed to the precise issue addressed in Section 19-4-7(b)(4), namely, whether the proposed multi-family use of Gorham's property would adversely affect values of surrounding property.\nIn Bass, the constitutionality of the conditional use criterion \"devalue adjacent property\" was raised by the parties but, because the case was decided on other grounds, was not addressed by the court. 512 A.2d at 311. We agree with the Superior Court, however, that the reasoning of Justice Scolnik in his dissent in Bass, urging that such a standard was sufficiently specific to be constitutional, is persuasive when applied to the instant case.\nThe plain meaning of the term \"devalue\" is sufficient to guide the Board in its application of [that section of the zoning ordinance] to a requested conditional use permit. The term \"devalue,\" in this zoning context, obviously means to cause the reduction or loss in the value of adjacent property. By the employment of this objective standard, the Board does not assume for itself an unfettered discretion to grant or deny the permit. As this case illustrates, evidence may be presented by expert appraisers as well as the owners of the adjacent land. Such evidence provides a sufficient basis for an evaluation of whether the proposed project would cause a reduction in the value of the adjacent properties. If so, [the section] requires that the permit be denied. In short, the standard of whether adjacent property is devalued is a sufficient guide for the Board to employ in its decision-making process, and it enables those to whom the law is to be applied reasonably to determine their rights thereunder.\nBass, 512 A.2d at 312 (Scolnik, J., dissenting) (citations omitted). See R.M. Anderson, American Law of Zoning 3d \u00a7 21.14 at 689 (1986) (\"[A] board of zoning appeals may deny a special permit where the record discloses that the proposed use will depreciate surrounding property\").\nContrary to Gorham's contention that his application must be approved unless there is present some characteristic of his property, such as changes to the building's exterior, apart from its use as a multi-family dwelling, that adversely affects neighboring properties, the ordinance plainly states that a single family dwelling can be converted to multi-family use in an R-A zone only if such \"use will not adversely affect the value of adjacent property.\" The wording of the ordinance does not require that the conversion be allowed unless the property has unique characteristics that impact property values.\nGorham also argues, relying on our decision in Cope, that the ordinance is based on a presumption that the conditional uses allowed will not adversely affect the value of adjacent property and that the burden should have been on those opposing Gorham's application to demonstrate such *902 an adverse effect. We disagree. In Cope we concluded that whether an exceptional use under the ordinance would \"generally comply with the health, safety and welfare of\" the area is a legislative question that could not be delegated to the board of appeals. 464 A.2d at 227. Although uses that are classified as exceptions or conditional uses may result from a legislative determination that such uses will not ordinarily be \"detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood,\" id. at 226-27, Cope does not prohibit a zoning ordinance from requiring compliance with specific and measurable criteria, including the criterion that the conditional use of the property will not adversely affect the values of adjacent properties.\nAlthough an ordinance could be written to allow the conditional use absent a showing that the use will adversely effect the values of adjacent properties, in effect placing on the opponents of the conditional use the burden to demonstrate that certain conditions have not been met, under this ordinance the burden to show compliance with all conditions is on the applicant. Moreover, this case did not turn on a failure to meet the burden of proof. The Board's finding was not that it was not persuaded that there was no adverse affect on property values. Rather, the Board made an affirmative finding that the use by Gorham of his home as a multi-family unit would actually adversely affect the values of adjacent property.\nThe Board heard the evidence and made a factual conclusion in accordance with the ordinance that Gorham's use of his property as a multi-family dwelling would adversely impact the property value of an adjacent property. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 19-4-7(b)(4) of the zoning ordinance, the Board denied his application. Because the maintenance of property values is a legitimate interest served by zoning restrictions, and because Section 19-4-7(b)(4) specifically required the Board to determine the effect of the conditional use on property values, a specific and discernible standard that the evidence addressed, Gorham's constitutional challenge must fail.\nB. Bias, Prejudice, and Predisposition of the Board\nGorham also contends that he was denied due process because of the Board's bias, prejudice, and predisposition against multi-unit dwellings. It is true that an applicant before an administrative board is entitled under the due process clause of the United States and Maine constitutions to a fair and unbiased hearing. See Mutton Hill Estates, Inc. v. Town of Oakland, 468 A.2d 989 (Me.1983). In Mutton Hill Estates we upheld, on due process grounds, the Superior Court's setting aside of a planning board denial of an application for approval of a subdivision. In that case, the board had invited admittedly biased opponents of the subdivision to participate in an ex parte session when the board made its findings of fact to support a denial of the application. Mutton Hill Estates, 468 A.2d at 992.\nIn this case, to support his claim of a due process violation, Gorham relies on statements he alleges were made to him by the code enforcement officer, that the Board does not want two-family houses in Cape Elizabeth, and that \"you don't stand a prayer [on your application].\" In addition, Gorham relies on statements made by various members of the Board at the public hearing on his application and during the Board's deliberations.[4] The statements of the code enforcement officer, who is not a member of the Board, do not demonstrate denial of due process to Gorham. The statements of the Board members themselves, contrary to Gorham's contention, do not reflect an unlawful bias or predisposition. Rather, the entire record indicates that Board members listened attentively, questioned witnesses, both for and against the petition, and discussed the *903 evidence with a view toward making a sincere effort to fairly decide the issue before them.\nPrior to rendering its decision denying the application, the Board held three hearings (the matter was tabled at the first two), received and considered a number of documents submitted by both Gorham and opponents to his application, including reports from appraisers on the effect of the multi-family use of Gorham's residence on the property values of adjoining properties, and heard comments from a number of residents. At the close of the hearing, the Board openly deliberated before concluding that Gorham's application should be denied. The evidence is inadequate to support Gorham's contention that he was denied due process because of bias and predisposition. See Estate of Althenn v. Althenn, 609 A.2d 711, 714 (Me.1992) (to resist motion for summary judgment, party with burden of proof required to produce evidence sufficient to resist motion for directed verdict).\nSUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE\nGorham also contends that the Board's decision is not supported by substantial evidence in the record, that the findings of the Board are inadequate, and that the decision is based on the personal opinions of residents and on Board members' own personal opinions. We disagree.\nWe review decisions of zoning boards for abuse of discretion, error of law, or findings unsupported by substantial evidence in the record. Forester v. City of Westbrook, 604 A.2d 31, 32 (Me.1992). \"Substantial evidence\" has been characterized as \"such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.\" Hrouda v. Town of Hollis, 568 A.2d 824, 826 (Me.1990) (quoting In re Maine Clean Fuels, Inc., 310 A.2d 736, 741 (Me.1973)). The fact that two inconsistent conclusions can be drawn from the evidence does not mean that a board's finding is unsupported by substantial evidence. Id.\nIn this case, the Board had before it conflicting evidence as to the effect that the conversion of Gorham's single family residence to two family use would have on the adjacent properties. There was evidence, in the form of the opinions of two expert appraisal witnesses, that there would be no adverse impact. That evidence would have supported a conclusion by the Board that the multi-family use of Gorham's property would not adversely affect the property values in the area. There was contrary evidence, however, from an expert appraiser, from a real estate broker, and from owners of neighboring properties, that the conversion would have an adverse impact on the value of the adjacent properties. This constitutes substantial evidence to support the ultimate conclusion of the Board that the use of the property by Gorham as a multi-family unit would adversely affect the value of adjacent properties. See Hrouda, 568 A.2d at 826. To vacate the Board's decision for insufficient evidence, we would have to conclude that the Board was compelled to find that there would be no adverse impact on property values. See Total Quality, Inc. v. Town of Scarborough, 588 A.2d 283, 284 (Me.1991). This we are unable to do.\nMoreover, the Board's denial of Gorham's application was based on the clearly stated finding that Gorham's use of his property as a multi-family residence would adversely affect the value of adjacent properties. The finding was made after a lengthy hearing and discussion of the evidence by the Board members. No request for further findings was made. See Pearson v. Town of Kennebunk, 590 A.2d 535, 537 n. 1 (Me.1991). Contrary to Gorham's contention, the findings of the Board are adequate, and are based on substantial evidence in the record. We cannot conclude that they constitute unsubstantiated opinion.\nOther contentions raised by Gorham are without merit and require no discussion.\nThe entry is:\nJudgment affirmed.\nWATHEN, C.J., and GLASSMAN and COLLINS, JJ., concur.\n*904 ROBERTS, Justice, with whom RUDMAN, J., joins, dissenting.\nI respectfully dissent. For the purpose of this dissent, I accept the Court's determination that the standard set out in section 19.4.7(b)(4) of the ordinance, i.e., \"will not adversely affect the value of adjacent properties,\" provides adequate guidance to a conditional use applicant and to the Zoning Board of Appeals. I also agree with the Court's interpretation on page 7 of the slip opinion of our decision in Cope v. Town of Brunswick, 464 A.2d 223 (Me.1983). On the record before us, however, I conclude that the Board's rejection of Gorham's conditional use application was arbitrary and capricious.\nThe Town of Cape Elizabeth has determined, through its legislative process, that multi-family dwellings are consistent with the zoning scheme, provided there is a showing that the multi-family unit will not adversely affect the value of adjacent properties. In the words of the Court's opinion, that is \"a legislative determination that such [a use] will not ordinarily be `detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood.'\" Op. at ___ (quoting Cope, 464 A.2d at 226-27).\nGorham presented uncontested evidence that his proposal would not change the external appearance of his home and contested evidence by two appraisers that there would be no adverse affect on the value of adjacent properties. The evidence of a third appraiser and of neighbors, who predicted an adverse effect on the adjacent properties, did not explain what there was about Gorham's particular proposal that made it harmful to the value of adjacent properties. Rather, all the opponents' comments were addressed to the more general idea that multi-family units adversely affect the value of single family homes.\nBecause the Town of Cape Elizabeth has already made a legislative determination that multi-family units will not ordinarily affect the value of surrounding properties, it was inimical for the Board to accept evidence contrary to that determination. In fact, the Board's adoption of the theory that multi-family units devalue surrounding property effectively precludes approval of any plan proposing a multi-family unit, clearly contravening the legislative intent. We have previously said that allowing a zoning board to decide whether a particular use complies with a legislative dictate is\nimproper if the Board is permitted to decide that same legislative question anew, without specific guidelines which permit the Board to determine what unique or distinctive characteristics of a particular [proposed use] will render it detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood.\nCope, 464 A.2d at 227 (emphasis added).\nThe Board, therefore, could have properly rejected Gorham's proposal only in reliance on evidence that his specific proposed use, because of its particular characteristics, would adversely affect the value of adjacent properties. Without any such evidence, the Board's decision was arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to the terms of the ordinance.\n[1] Section 19-4-7(b) (\"Conditional Use Applications\"), and Section 19-4-7(d) (\"Conversions to Multi-unit Dwelling\"), are the two applicable sections of the zoning ordinance.\n[2] Ernest W. MacVane, Jr. is the Code Enforcement Officer for the Town of Cape Elizabeth. Robert Goldman, Constance Goldman, George Knowles, Barbara Knowles, Richard S. Chapman, Virginia H. Chapman, Gregory W. Powell, Amy T. Powell, Cynthia B. Doucette, Joseph A. Doucette, Douglas Dransfield, Gail M. Dransfield, Alan A. Schock, Deborah D. Schock, Allen W. Wicken, Judith A. Wicken, Martha E. Blackwelder, Carolyn L. Huey, I. Frank Huey, Ceil P. Simpson, Doug Gagne, Michele Gagne, Cheryl R. Hagmann and Erick L. Hagmann, all opponents to Gorham's application, were granted intervenor status in the Superior Court. See M.R.Civ.P. 24.\n[3] Section 19-4-7(b) of the Cape Elizabeth Zoning Ordinance provides:\n(b) Conditional Use Applications. The Board shall consider requests for the issuance of permits for any of the conditional uses of land or buildings permitted in the various districts, upon submission to the Building Inspector of an application and the materials listed in Section 19-2-9(b)(2), (A) through (F), (I) and (K). The Board shall, after review of required materials, authorize issuance of a conditional use permit, upon a showing that: [Amended 7\/29\/87]\n1. Any conditions prescribed for such conditional use will be satisfied.\n2. The proposed use will not create hazardous traffic conditions when added to existing and foreseeable traffic in its vicinity.\n3. The proposed use will not create unsanitary conditions by reason of sewage disposal, emissions to the air, or other aspects of its design or operation.\n4. The proposed use will not adversely affect the value of adjacent properties.\n5. The proposed site plan and layout are compatible with adjacent property uses and with the Comprehensive Plan.\n6. The design and external appearance of any proposed building will constitute an attractive and compatible addition to its neighborhood, although it need not have a similar design, appearance or architecture.\nUpon such showing to the satisfaction of the Board, it shall authorize the issuance of permits for such conditional use, but may impose such conditions upon such use as it deems necessary in order to assure that the foregoing objectives shall be attained.\n[4] Gorham withdrew his motion for a trial of the facts filed in conjunction with his Rule 80B appeal of the Board's action, and makes no argument that he could present additional evidence in support of his claim of constitutional deprivation resulting from the alleged bias and predisposition of the Board members.\nGet free summaries of new Maine Supreme Judicial Court opinions delivered to your inbox!","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"MyChart Sign In MyChart\nTo register for MyChart, our patient communication and information system, you'll need the activation code from your enrollment letter.\nIf you haven't received an activation code, please request one to begin.\nContinue to Registration\nRequest Activation Code\nCommunity Hospital Anderson?\nSign In to MyRecord\nSearch (Header)\nBilling & Costs\nFollow Community Health Network\nHealth Minute Blog\nRay and his family find support at home and in Texas\nCommunity Health Network Foundation\nKena\u00e9 Jumper's husband Ray was diagnosed with leukemia in April of 2011. His medical oncologist, Sumeet Bhatia, MD, an MD Anderson Cancer Network\u00ae certified physician, told them that Ray would require a bone marrow transplant.\nSearching for a bone marrow donor\nKena\u00e9, a 15-year Community Health Network nurse practitioner and mother of two, remembers the search for a donor began immediately. In 2012, they thought their prayers for a match had been answered, but the donor ended up falling through. Dr. Bhatia encouraged them to consider a different type of transplant, happening at MD Anderson Cancer Center\u00a9 in Houston, Texas, that allowed siblings who were only half matches of the patient to donate bone marrow.\nYet, the cost of the procedure went beyond the treatment itself\u2014going to Houston would require the Jumpers to secure housing for Ray for 100 days after the transplant. It was a price the family could not afford.\n\"Money was an obstacle to care,\" Kena\u00e9 said. \"To not be able to do anything\u2014it's crushing.\"\nWhile housing assistance is offered by MD Anderson, the wait list to receive it was lengthy. The Jumpers continued to wait for a traditional bone marrow donor match.\nFor a couple of years, Ray underwent prolonged chemotherapy under the care of Dr. Bhatia and Community nurse practitioners. Periodically, he also received consultations from one of the leading leukemia specialists at MD Anderson.\nFinding a way to Houston\nAt an appointment in late 2015, Dr. Bhatia again brought up the MD Anderson transplant option. When he learned that cost was the factor hindering the family from getting this much-needed care for Ray, he quickly put them in touch with a Community nurse navigator and a social worker, who connected the family with Community's Foundation.\nThe Foundation quickly approved the support for the Jumpers, providing enough funds to ensure Ray's housing was covered each month. Kena\u00e9 only needed to provide the contract and billing information for Ray's housing, and the rest of the process was handled by the Foundation.\nWhen Kena\u00e9 learned that Community Health Network Foundation would provide financial support to enable Ray to receive the life-saving treatment he needed, she was shocked.\n\"I didn't even know resources were available to Community employees,\" she said. \"It was amazing, astonishing even, that we were able to get help in this way.\"\nRay left for Houston in March of 2016. His sister, who lives in Dallas, helped to care for him and served as the bone marrow donor when the transplant took place in April.\nThe procedure went as planned, and Ray responded well to the treatment. Kena\u00e9 flew to Houston and spent a month with her husband following the procedure, and their children were able to stay in Houston with their father for two months during the summer. Kena\u00e9 traveled back and forth between Indianapolis and Houston until Ray was able to return home in late July.\nExceptional care in Indy and Houston\nToday, Ray continues to do well, returning every two months to Houston and every two weeks at Community for follow-up appointments.\nAs they look back on the last year, Ray and Kena\u00e9 cannot help but be overwhelmed by the support the Foundation was able to offer them\u2014all thanks to generous donors from around our community.\n\"Without the Foundation, Ray would not have gotten this transplant,\" said Kena\u00e9. \"There is no way financially we would have been able to do this alone. Community was instrumental in making this happen, and, because of donor support, my husband's life was spared.\"\nLatest in Cancer Care\nDon't Bake at the Race\nColonoscopy Considerations\nNurse Navigators: Partners in Your Oncology Journey\nHoliday Gifts That Give Back\nIs a 3D Mammogram Right for Me?\nSaturated vs. Unsaturated \u2014 Which are healthy fats?\nThe HPV Vaccine Prevents Cancer\nCare for Yourself While Caring for Baby\nInfertility Doesn't Make You Less\nToll-Free, 24 Hours:\nProvider\/Employee Login","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"La Communaut\u00e9 Milton Parc\nLa CMP, un partenaire local, social et \u00e9conomique.\nFinaliste aux World Habitat Awards de l'ann\u00e9e 2013\n1988-2013: 25 ans de vie communautaire\nAbout the CMP (hyperlinks in French)\nGroups of dwelling\nLayout of the CMP\nThe doors of Milton Parc\nCMP turns 10! (1988-1998)\nHistory and architecture of the Milton Park district\nThe sixties\nThe area east of the McGill University campus at the time was an English bourgeois neighbourhood and part of the Golden Square Mile. However, by the sixties, students had already moved into the neighbourhood in large numbers. Between the eastern boundary of the district, near the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and the School of Architecture on the McGill campus to the west, one found the heart of the intellectual underground with its favorite hangouts: the New Penelope, the Black Cat, La Paloma, la Casa espagnole, the Phantasmagoria record store, la Hutte suisse... all of these places have been destroyed or are nonexistent. Today, these places have been replaced by several fraternity houses that have moved into the neighbourhood.\nOver the years, gentrification has made rent increasingly unaffordable and several buildings have become luxury condos. But the historic character of the neighbourhood has not been completely lost, thanks mainly to the presence of housing cooperatives and other organizations and business affiliated with the CMP.\nThe area is full of Victorian homes with an architectural style much more diverse than in the Plateau Mont-Royal or elsewhere: from brick and gray stone to classical and English Gothic up until the Second Empire, with Parisian-inspired attics.\nSome beautiful Queen Anne-style houses\n(photos by Danielle Rousseau)\nMaison Frank Fairleigh Parkins (vers 1887)\n3492 rue Durocher (corner Milton) we find the magnificent house of Frank Fairleigh Parkins (acquired in 1887) and renovated in 1992 by architect Mario Biocca, who received the prix Orange de Sauvons Montr\u00e9al. It's become a housing cooperative of 4 dwellings.\nMaison Emma Tass\u00e9 1898\n3488 rue Durocher, the picturesque house of Emma Tass\u00e9 (spouse of Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel, lawyer and politician), constructed in 1898, is now Castel Durocher, a modernized Bed & Breakfast with 4 internet-connected rooms and where artisanal Belgian chocolat Chic Choc is made.\nMaison Francis Hugh McKenna 1891\n385 rue Milton (corner Hutchison) a part of Coop\u00e9rative Du Chez Soi, was the elegant house of Francis Hugh McKenna, with a beautiful stained glass fa\u00e7ade on the south side. It was built in 1891 and is presently divided into divided into five cooperative housing units.\nMaison James Harper 1897\n481 rue Prince Arthur ouest is the opulent red brick home of businessman and Councillor James Harper, built in 1897. Its spectacular fa\u00e7ade is adorned with a majestic portal and a cherub with horn and panpipes . It was purchased in 1957 by the McGill fraternity Phi Gamma Delta, and later served as a hostel and Hare Krishna temple. It became a private dwelling in 1978.\nOther historical buildings of interest\n(photos de Danielle Rousseau)\nMaison Fisk 1908-1909\n659 rue Milton (corner Universit\u00e9), la maison Fisk, constructed in 1908-1909, was the hangout in the 40s and 50s of renowned stress expert Dr. Hans Selye who was a professor at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al and president of the International Institute for Stress and author in 1974 of \"Stress without distress.\"\nAncienne maison de ferme\n3635 rue Durocher is a red brick house, an old farm house, which is one of the oldest in the neighborhood. It was purchased in 1857 by pharmacist John Kerry. Today it houses students.\nAt 3449 University Street is the oldest high school in Montreal, the Montreal High School, now divided between FACE school, focused on the arts, and the alternative high school MIND (\"Moving in New Directions\" ) of the EMSB.\n3702 rue Ste-Famille, The house was once the residence of famous New Zealand physicist and Nobel laureate in chemistry in 1908, Sir Ernest Rutherford. Thanks to him, the atomic age began in Montreal in 1902. The McGill University Rutherford Physics Building was erected in his honour and with small museum in 1967.\n3625 rue Aylmer houses the McGill Christian Fellowship, founded in 1903 by Lord Strathcona. It is an institution in the neighborhood, housing The Yellow Door (YMCA McGill) whose Coffeehouse, the oldest in Canada, started in 1957. During the Vietnam War, many American protesters regrouped there and it launched the careers of several folk singers, including Jesse Winchester. The mission of the Yellow Door, associated with the Yellow Door Housing Corporation, is dedicated to the well-being of the elderly and neighbourhood youth in trouble.\n3432 rue Hutchison houses Chez Alexandre le Bienheureux, a charming B&B and caf\u00e9 with warm colours, housed in a beautiful centenary Victorian house.\nFamous artists from the neighbourhood\nHome of the famous public art sculptor Alfred Lalibert\u00e9 (\"Little Swimmers\" \"Monument to the Patriots' 1926 bronze, fountain scuplture 1915) on rue Sainte-Famille, with several studios rented to the likes of Suzor-C\u00f4t\u00e9, Maurice Cullen and Robert Pilot, it became a veritable museum of contemporary art between the years 1914-1953. Overall, 925 works were created there, including a famous series of bronzes.\nThe \"old painter of Sainte-Famille\", Louis Muhlstock(1904-2001) (Knight of the Order of Quebec in 1998 and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1990), a native of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, lived on Sainte-Famille Street in a typical old 3-storey house of where he housed his workshop for over forty years. The Mus\u00e9e du Qu\u00e9bec devoted a retrospective to him in 1995. Though known for his nudes, the artist has put an often destitute life on canvas, but not without a certain nobility of the people of working-class neighborhoods, factory workers, the unemployed and immigrants.\nThe rebel sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, the sixteenth of a family of 17 children from Lac Noir in the Eastern Townships, immortalized Durocher Street in his first creation. With his work \"The Tree of Durocher,\" created from 1953 to 1956 while he was a student at the \u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, he has triumphed in the standards of sculpture and art of his time. Winner of the 1993 Prix Paul-\u00c9mile Borduas, the highest distinction in the field of visual arts, Vaillancourt never separates his art and its social commitment to the defense of the rights of men.\nClaude Jutras, a small park at the corner of Clark Street and Prince Arthur Street, between Ste-Famille where the famous filmmaker grows and Carr\u00e9 Saint-Louis, where he spent much of his life. A sculpture by Charles Daudelin is there in honor of Jutras.\nSome famous politicians from the neighbourhood\nAt 400 rue Prince-Arthur, a Victorian gray stone house was built in 1894 by Senator Rodrigue Masson, one of the lieutenant governors of Canada.\nSenator Solange Chaput-Rolland (1919-2001) grew up at 3512 Durocher, now replaced by a small apartment building.\nThe cousin of Georges Vanier, Governor General, was founder with his wife of the Vanier Institute of the Family whose son, Jean Vanier, philosopher and theologian, is the founder of L'Arche Canada, took up residence at 3626 rue Ste-Famille and this house is now owned by the Housing Cooperative Chambrelle who keeps his office on the first floor\nCheck out these external links:\nHistoric houses and buildings with McGill virtuel:\nGolden Square Mile\nRue Sherbrooke\nLe cadran solaire de MDCCCC au 570, rue Milton.\nPodcast \u00ab R\u00e9aliser ::: Milton-Parc \u00bb\nCe podcast est un documentaire-fiction en 3 \u00e9pisodes qui porte sur la cr\u00e9ation et la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 du quartier Milton-Parc. Un leg de la CMP pour son 30e anniversaire (1987 - 2017). In French only.\nGuide de la CMP\n\u00c0 l'occasion de son 25e anniversaire, la Communaut\u00e9 Milton Parc est fi\u00e8re d'annoncer la parution d'un livre sur son histoire et son fonctionnement. \u00c9crit par Lucia Kowaluk et Carolle Pich\u00e9-Burton, ce livre est un manuel s'adressant aux r\u00e9sidents de la Communaut\u00e9 et \u00e0 tous ceux qui s'int\u00e9ressent \u00e0 l'habitation coop\u00e9rative. Les auteures racontent l'histoire du projet et expliquent son fonctionnement actuel. Le livre est en vente au bureau de la CMP au co\u00fbt de 10$. Vous pouvez t\u00e9l\u00e9charger ou visualiser une copie en cliquant sur l'image de couverture.\nThe Destruction of Milton Park\nContains press clippings and photographs from our glorious years collected by Dimitri Roussopoulos, plus a thesis entitled ''HOUSING OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY CONTROL'', written by Christine Cousineau for a master degree at the Massachusetts Institute of\nTechnology (August 1980). Click on the cover to download or read.\nThe Milton Parc Affair\nThe Milton-Park Affair.pdf\nCopyright 2013 - Andromeda Technologies","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"'Boris Johnson's PMQs apology means nothing \u2013 his false contrition won't save him' \u2013 Jason Beattie\nBoris Johnson arrived at Prime Minister's Questions with only one objective: his own personal survival.\nEverything he said was driven by this most visceral of instincts.\nIf it meant swallowing his pride and offering a form of apology, he was prepared to break the habit of a lifetime and do just that.\nIt it required grovelling before his own MPs with the penitence of a sinner forced to wear sackcloth and ashes, he would suffer this ignominy.\nThe humbling of Johnson today was like watching the crashing of the Hindenburg Zeppelin as we saw an over-inflated monument to hubris combust before our eyes.\nJohnson told MPs he 'apologised and fully acknowledged' the events at Downing Street in May 2020\nAFP PHOTO \/ PRU)\nWill the contrition be enough to save him?\nIn his desperation to cling on to power, Johnson picked his words carefully. He apologised for the mistakes that were made but he never once apologised for any error he may have committed.\nThere was the usual \"I take full responsibility\" \u2013 a line he used when we passed the grim milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths \u2013 but there was no explanation of what that might involve.\nTo the majority of people, the idea of taking responsibility requires some form of remedial action. In Johnson's case it is a useful formulation of words to buy him some grace.\nHis fate now rests on the inquiry by the civil servant Sue Gray.\nJohnson's premiership is on the rocks after numerous allegations about lockdown-breaching gatherings under his watch\nPOOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\nIt is her task to determine whether the Prime Minister was correct in believing the party on May 20 was a \"work event\" that \"technically fell within the guidance\".\nHe is gambling that her adjudication will be sufficiently ambiguous for him to once again wriggle out of yet another catastrophe of his own making.\nThe court of public opinion has already reach a different verdict. They will have noted that the Prime Minister had previously said there was no party and no rules were broken.\nToday he admitted there was a party and he was at it.\nTo claim it was technically within the rules is an insult to people's intelligence. That's how sorry he really is.\nPrevious : Tory suspended for voting to cut VAT on energy bills \u2013 despite Boris Johnson backing idea\nNext : Fake toonies discovered in Hawkesbury, Ont.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Palm oil protest urges boycott at London Stock Exchange\nAFP\u2022 May 4, 2016\nIndigenous and civil society leaders from Indonesia, Peru, Colombia and Liberia gathered in London to present a petition to the London Stock Exchange calling to ensure palm oil used in the European Union is from sustainable sources (AFP Photo\/Nilas Halle'N)\nLondon (AFP) - Indigenous and civil society leaders from Indonesia, Peru, Colombia and Liberia gathered in London Wednesday to urge a boycott of firms that commit human rights violations and land seizures to cultivate palm oil.\nThe delegates presented a petition to the London Stock Exchange calling on investors, consumers and governments to ensure palm oil used in the European Union is from sustainable sources.\nThe EU is the third largest importer of palm oil, a key ingredient in many everyday goods, from biscuits to make-up.\nDemand for the oil has rocketed in recent years but the expansion of the industry has been blamed for the destruction of tropical forests and polluting forest fires.\nSignatories from the four countries called on Europeans to \"stop investing and funding companies and business operations that are associated directly or indirectly with human rights violations, past or present illegal land acquisitions, deforestation and other environmental damage\".\nThey also called for strict controls to ensure that food, cosmetic and drink products are free from palm oil associated with such abuses.\nWillian Aljure, an activist with the Colombian group CONPAZ, added that the group wanted \"international solidarity\" to demand protection and justice for indigenous and local communities affected by the palm oil sector.\n\"You cannot separate human rights from environmental damage,\" he said in a statement.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Red Wings Rebuild: Are the Kids Actually Playing More?\nBy Tony Wolak January 4th, 2019\nOver the summer, the Detroit Red Wings stated that they would give preference to their younger players moving forward. Instead of deferring to the veterans, the \"tie would go to the young player.\"\nAs you would expect, this news was music to Red Wings fans' ears but was met with some skepticism. For decades, the organization has relied on veterans to play heavy minutes and over-ripened their young players in the minors and in sheltered NHL roles. But with the team rebuilding, the next generation should and deserves to be playing more and gaining valuable experience.\nThe 2018-19 NHL season has been incredible for Dennis Cholowski's development. (Amy Irvin \/ The Hockey Writers)\nSo as we approach the midway point of the 2018-19 NHL season, let's revisit Jeff Blashill's comment on more ice time for Detroit's young players. Are they indeed playing more? And if so, are the Red Wings better for it now and in the future?\nRelated \u2013 Red Wings Trades: When Will Holland Strike a Deal?\nRed Wings Divvying Out Ice Time\nFor the purpose of this evaluation, let's take a look at Detroit's 24-and-under players (U24) and how much ice time they've received this season compared to the 2017-18 campaign. All situations are considered here, not just five-on-five.\nDylan Larkin has stepped into Henrik Zetterberg's role \u2013 and then some this season. (Amy Irvin \/ The Hockey Writers)\nFirst, let's take a look at the 2017-18 data:\nTotal seconds played: 1,462,039\nU24 seconds played: 382,155\nU24 ice time percentage: 26.14%\nNext, the 2018-19 data through the first half of the season:\nTotal seconds played: 735,017\nOverall, the Red Wings' U24 players are on the ice more than last season. In fact, they're on-pace to play 60 percent more than they did a season ago.\nIn particular, Dylan Larkin and Andreas Athanasiou's average times on ice are up 9.49 percent and 7.62 percent, respectively. This is partially due to Henrik Zetterberg's departure as Frans Nielsen's time is up as well. Additionally, Tyler Bertuzzi is seeing more ice time as well \u2013 he has played 7.29 percent more than he did last season.\nRelated \u2013 Red Wings Prospect Rankings: Top Risers & Fallers\nAre the Red Wings Better?\nNow that we know Detroit's younger players are on the ice more, let's evaluate if it's making a difference. Last season's team struggled in all facets of the game, but goal-scoring was especially bad. Overall, the team averaged 2.59 goals-per-game, fourth-worst in the NHL. So far this season, they've slightly improved to 2.76 goals-per-game, 25th in the league, but still not good enough for the team to contend. How much does this increase have to do with the additional ice time for Detroit's younger players?\nAndreas Athanasiou has been extremely dangerous for the Red Wings. (Amy Irvin \/ The Hockey Writers)\nAgain, let's take a look at the 2017-18 data first:\nTotal goals: 212\nU24 goals: 76\nU24 goals percentage: 35.85%\nU24 goals per game: 0.93\nAnd now the 2018-19 data through 41 games:\nThe good news: Detroit's U24 goals percentage has certainly increased. The bad news: the team is only on-pace to reach 226 goals by the end of the campaign \u2013 just 14 tallies better than last season.\nLarkin and Bertuzzi have already surpassed their goal totals from the previous season and Athanasiou should join them soon. Anthony Mantha, who was counted on to be Detroit's next 30 or 40-goal man, will need a jump-start to match his 24 goals from the 2017-18 campaign. He'll need 15 markers in the second half to do so \u2013 it's not impossible, just unlikely given Mantha's streaky play.\nDetroit's team performance has also improved slightly. Their 2018-19 points percentage sits at .451, just above last season's final percentage of .445.\nBlashill has stayed true to his word \u2013 the kids are indeed playing more. They're also scoring more as well. The departure of Zetterberg in addition to injuries on defense have something to do with this, but Detroit's core young players are producing in their expanded roles. In addition, Dennis Cholowski's ascendance and power play duties are a sign that the times are changing, especially when he received man advantage time over Niklas Kronwall.\nThis increase in ice time and improved offensive play bode well for the rebuild. This trend should continue next season as well, with Michael Rasmussen fully acclimated to the NHL and Filip Zadina and possibly Joe Veleno joining him in Detroit.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"K-Tube Technologies\nConcise Engineering\nCardiac Care on the Can\nNicholas Conn, a postdoctoral fellow at RIT and founder and CEO of Heart Health Intelligence, is part of the university team that has developed a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system. Image courtesy of A. Sue Weisler\/RIT.\nA New, Tailored Review Framework for Artificial Intelligence-Based Devices\nMike on Medtech: FDA's Material Evaluation\nFDA Aims to Prevent Shortages Following Sterilization Shutdowns\nToilet Seat Detects Congestive Heart Failure\nStudy: Apple Watch May Help Flag Heart Rhythm Problems\nSam Brusco, Associate Editor04.03.19\nTransitioning from reactive to proactive\/preventive care could work wonders for the healthcare system. A proactive strategy is important for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death across the globe.\nAccording to a 2017 American Heart Association (AHA) report, heart failure (HF) affects about 6.5 million Americans annually, with almost 1 million new cases every year.\nAddressing HF before it lands patients in the hospital can also reduce America's already troublesome healthcare spending. The AHA reports that HF costs the U.S. about $30.7 billion annually, and that spend is expected to rise 127 percent to $69.7 billion by 2030. Further measures must be taken to reduce HF patients' hospital readmissions because hospitalization accounts for about 80 percent of HF's total cost.\nTo keep HF patients out of the hospital, more interventions aimed at identifying and monitoring sub-clinical heart congestion can boost chronic HF management at home. Such home management includes self-care and home visitations, and the use of telemedicine and remote monitoring via external or implantable devices.\nYour toilet, for example.\nNo, this isn't an April Fool's prank. Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) researchers have created a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system with the goal of reducing hospital readmission rates for HF patients. The high-tech add-on to the porcelain throne features built-in biometric sensors that measure heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygenation levels, weight, and stroke volume\u2014the amount of blood pumped at each heartbeat. The system's specialized algorithms analyze the biometric data, and upon further development, alert healthcare providers of a deteriorating condition. Cardiologists can then read the report to decide whether intervention is necessary.\n\"Typically, within 30 days of hospital discharge, 25 percent of patients with congestive heart failure are readmitted,\" said Nicholas Conn, a postdoctoral fellow at RIT and founder and CEO of Heart Health Intelligence, who is part of the university team that developed the toilet seats. \"After 90 days of hospital discharge, 45 percent of patients are readmitted. And the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is penalizing hospitals for readmitting patients for heart failure.\"\nAnd though the idea seems ludicrous, the toilet makes sense as a periodic heart health checkpoint. The toilet seat system can be easily integrated into a monitoring regimen with quite literally no change to daily routine because patients (with healthy digestion) are guaranteed to sit down for a heart checkup at least once a day. Subject preparation and error problems are lessened because skin contact is automatic and very repeatable for each use\u2014there are few actions more innate than a trip to the john.\nRIT's proposed cardiovascular monitoring system installs directly on a standard toilet, is battery powered, wireless, waterproof, and doesn't need further connections or user interaction. The seat's single lead ECG measures the heart's electrical activity, a ballistocardiogram measures the heart's mechanical forces, and a photoplethysmogram measures blood oxygenation and pulse transit time.\nThe toilet seats are slated for the FDA clearance process by the researchers' company Heart Health Intelligence. Once cleared, the toilet seats are intended for purchase by hospitals and would be given to HF patients following discharge. The team is currently writing grants for further funding and networking, and have begun human subject testing and preclinical studies.\nOne significant issue currently clogging the pipes is that the toilet-based monitor doesn't work as one is relieving oneself. Unfortunately, using the toilet for its intended purpose befouls the measurements, as well. The researchers aim to repair this, writing in an application for the device that \"in future in-home studies, algorithms will be developed to identify and reject periods of urination and defecation through classification of motion artifacts and the physiologic shifts associated with this change in state.\"\nThe heart-healthy toilet seat can be viewed as the latest\u2014and most creative\u2014variation on the trendy theme of wearable medical devices. It fits with the idea of tracking health whenever and wherever possible, which is of the utmost importance for cardiac health, where an event can strike at any moment without much warning.\nThe toilet seat plays a similar role to consumer technology with a healthy twist, much like the massively popular Apple Watch. Apple recently released the results of a 400,000-patient trial evaluating the Watch's efficacy in accurately detecting arrhythmias at this year's annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. Participants wore the Apple Watch and were sent a notification if the smartwatch spotted an irregular heartbeat, then followed up with an ECG for verification.\nThe Apple Heart Study did have a high rate of false positives (84 percent of the irregular pulse notifications were later confirmed as AFib episodes), which raises concerns about patients being treated unnecessarily or prematurely. However, the study results give Apple a reason to continue this type of study, primarily because the study didn't use the company's new Series 4 Watch, whose built-in ECG required FDA clearance. The toilet, as an experimental method to measure biometrics involved in HF, faces similar issues. However, it is important to note that these technologies should be viewed as an adjunct to a clinical assessment.\n\"The physician can use the information from the study, combine it with their assessment\u2026and then guide clinical decisions around what to do with an alert,\" Marco Perez, an associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford and one of the study's lead researchers, told Reuters.\nSum and Substance: Material Considerations for Changing Design Needs\nRemote Blood Pressure Monitoring via Smartphone App Shows Promise\nCERENOVUS Launches Global Registry to Study Stroke-Inducing Blood Clots Removed by Thrombectomy\nPOWERING CES 2019\nJ&J, Apple Seek to Improve AFib Outcomes\nCES 2019: Bongmi Introduces Smart Devices for Women's and Children's Health\nSounding Board: 2018 Reflections and Looking Ahead\nBay Labs and Edwards Partner on AI Software to Improve Heart Disease Detection\n5 Questions from the Booth: Apple Rubber\nAncora Heart Announces Positive Interim Analysis From Study of Heart Failure Therapy\nOf the three major segments of coronary stents, bioabsorbable stents are expected to have the highest growth between now and 2022.\nMaria Shepherd, President and Founder, Medi-Vantage 11.04.20\nInternet of Medical Things technologies have emerged as the key enabler of a much more holistic and complete disease-state management toolbox.\nBrad Womble, Senior Director of Strategy, Marketing, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Jabil Healthcare 11.04.20\nHow COVID-19 is Reshaping the Diagnostics Testing Sector\nThe short-term impact on the diagnostics sector is readily apparent as the pandemic has fueled overwhelming demand for effective SARS-CoV-2 testing solutions.\nEric Williams, Managing Director, Capstone Headwaters 11.04.20\nA Breath of Fresh Air for COVID-19 Testing\nOne of the latest COVID-19 testing innovations has recently emerged from Israel's Technion-Israel Institute of Technology\u2014a coronavirus breath test.\nSam Brusco, Associate Editor 09.01.20\nWhat's Apple Been Up To in Healthcare?\nApple is building its bench with teams of physicians and engineers creating software and hardware to address the healthcare market.\nThe Rise of Digital Medical Devices and Implications for the Supply Chain\nTony Freeman, President, A.S. Freeman Advisors LLC 07.21.20\n'Pandemic Drone' Spots COVID-19 Symptoms\nAbout three months ago, drone-making company Draganfly began to strategize how drones might be able to help against COVID-19.\nHospital Advances in Digital Health Medical Technology\nIt's been stated, \"What the world would have taken five years to achieve was accomplished in five weeks,\" regarding virtual care and the U.S. population.\nGaining a Clearer Picture of Hitachi\nDiagnostic imaging is gaining the attention of many in healthcare as the technologies shrink in size and become available to those outside the hospital.\nSean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 04.01.20\nTo Build or To Buy? In Data Analytics, That Is the Question\nAs companies undertake new types of analytics projects that require new skills beyond simple sales reporting, it's worth revisiting the \"build vs. buy\" question\nMaria Kliatchko, Principal, ZS 03.04.20\nThe Next Medtech Frontier: Digital Health and Home Healthcare\nU.S. health systems want to find ways to reduce costs; however, the shift to treating patients at home instead of admitting them to a hospital is new.\nDigital Health | R&D & Design\nSpeed Up or Risk Stepping Down: The New Reality of the Connected Healthcare Development Cycle\nDigital health and connected devices are an extraordinary new tool for delivering on improving patient outcomes.\nJoe McBeth, VP Global Supply Chain, Jabil Healthcare 01.29.20\nFrom Genome Sequencing to the World's First Portable MRI\nDr. Jonathan Rothberg has risen about as high as a scientist can, save for the Nobel Prize.\nAn Update on Digital Health\nElizabeth Holmes: The Making of a Pop Culture Icon\nDespite keeping a relatively low profile this year (not by choice), Elizabeth Holmes' celebrity status has continued to grow.\nMichael Barbella, Managing Editor 10.08.19","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"City of Lincoln Council\nDeveloper gives update on site of historic Lincoln Ruston's factory\nThe plant made thousands of aircraft in the First World War\nPaul WhitelamSenior reporter\nThe firm that owns the site of a former Ruston's factory in Lincoln has released an update on what it intends to do with the land.\nRiverstone Developments, based in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, bought the former Boultham Works site for \u00a31,920,000 in August 2018 and demolished the workshops and office buildings.\nRuston, Proctor & Co built 2,750 aircraft were built at the works in the First World War.\nCars were manufactured at the site in the inter-war years, followed by tanks in the Second World War and trains in the decades that followed.\nThe legendary Boultham Works would be taken on by fertiliser firm William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd, which produced compost at the plant from 1984 to 2015 when it ceased operations in Lincoln and production relocated to a super-plant in Ellesmere Port.\nThe site has been cleared (Image: Anna Draper\/ Lincolnshire Echo)\nRiverstone Developments previously announced it was working on designs for a \"major mixed use regeneration scheme\" for the site.\nWhat next for site of historic Lincoln factory?\nSiemens wants to offer around 70 Lincoln workers voluntary redundancy\nNow, Nic Mellor, director of Riverstone Developments, told Lincolnshire Live: \"We are currently considering our options for the site and hope to have submitted a planning application by the summer.\"\nThere has been been talk of redeveloping the former works in Firth Road, particularly as housing, for some years now.\nLincolnshire Headlines\nGrenade pulled from river in Lincoln\nWoman 'attacked' in car park\nMajor road closed for five months\nCrowds attend funeral of hero pilot\nThe Central Lincolnshire Local Plan, which sets out areas ripe for potential future development by 2034, identifies Firth Road as a \"regeneration and opportunity area\".\nIt states: \"Planning permission will be granted for the appropriate redevelopment of sites in the regeneration area for housing, including accommodation for students, either solely or as part of a mixed use development in association with business use, education and community use.\"\nCity of Lincoln CouncilFinal approval for 3,200 homes and Lincoln City stadium at SwanpoolThe Secretary of State has decided not to 'call-in' the controversial scheme\nThe date Sue Gray report into lockdown parties will be released\nCoronavirusPressure is mounting on Boris Johnson\nFood and DrinkDr Mosley shares his tips on how to stay fuller for longerMore than 60 per cent of adults in England are classed as overweight or obese\nLincoln MP Karl McCartney issues statement on 3,200-home scheme\nCity of Lincoln CouncilThe Government said it would not be 'calling in' the decision","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Student Spotlight: Sara Leikin\nJessenia Rivera\nUSF graduate student Sara Leikin in Albuquerque, New Mexico.\nDedicated to her role as director of a STEM schools project in Cairo, Egypt, USF graduate student Sara Leikin had no intention of pursuing a doctoral degree. When she learned about USF's Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Program Development, she felt confident in her ability to continue her studies from a distance.\nBefore taking on a role as a French tutor while in college, Sara Leikin hadn't envisioned a future as an educator, much less a principal or a director of STEM initiatives.\nAfter graduating from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in International Relations and a minor in French, Leikin's goal to work for the U.S. embassy quickly changed when she realized how motivated she was to improve her students' tutoring experiences.\n\"I learned that I loved spending time with those kids,\" Leikin said. \"I loved thinking about how I was going to get them to understand a concept\u2026So, I ended up getting a master's in education and that began my 10 years of teaching in the classroom.\"\nWhile an educator at two high schools in Ohio and Georgia, Leikin grew in her practice and began developing professional development workshops for her colleagues, an experience that led her to expand her impact in places like the International High School of New Orleans, a school she helped open in 2009 following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.\nIn her position as founding head, Leikin learned how to effectively lead a turnaround program. Navigating challenges in a recovering school district wasn't easy, Leikin shared, but there's one key element that drove her success with students, teachers and the overall school community.\n\"When you come to a place where there's been trauma, you have to have an asset-based approach,\" Leikin said. \"There's always benefit, community and powerful things happening if you go with the mindset that you're there as a guest, as someone who wants to learn and support.\"\nFollowing her time at New Orleans, which she deems as the \"hardest, most rewarding work\" she's done, in 2014 Leikin traveled across the world to support teachers' development as director of The Franklin Institute's Egypt STEM Schools Project in Cairo, Egypt.\nSara Leikin with a biology class at Alexandria STEM school in New Borg El Arab, Egypt.\nIt was after arriving in Egypt that she learned about USF's EdD in Educational Program Development and decided that furthering her academic path now made sense.\n\"I never wanted a doctorate because I couldn't find a program that met what I was looking for,\" Leikin said. \"But I got to thinking about it in Egypt and when I began researching, I happened to pull up USF's EdD program and I was impressed. I felt that I would truly have an opportunity to research the areas of education innovation that appealed to me.\"\nEager to enroll, Leikin reached out to program coordinator Howard Johnston, PhD, a USF Emeritus Professor of Teaching and Learning who advised her to join the program a month before the first cohort began.\nAfter being accepted into the program, Leikin boarded a 13-hour flight towards Tampa and attended her first class at USF. For two years, she was able to continue her studies overseas while remaining immersed in her coursework.\n\"I was really grateful for the flexibility that USF afforded me,\" Leikin said. \"They let me 'Zoom' into classes before everyone was 'zooming' into classes. They gave me the ability to still feel engaged with cohort members and professors while I traveled.\"\nThroughout her journey in the College of Education, Leikin has not only gained a mindset focused on theory, but the classes she's taken have also enabled her to better understand her grant-funded work in Egypt.\nOpening 11 schools and training more than 200 educators and leaders has created experiences that Leikin pieced together for her dissertation.\nSara Leikin with a group of students in Alexandria STEM School's Fab Lab.\nWhen she reflects on her time in the EdD program, Leikin says she can't imagine doing anything differently. Working with a group of individuals from a diversity of backgrounds helped her gain multiple perspectives.\n\"In our cohort, there's folks who are classroom teachers, school leaders, people in a government space and people in the private sector,\" Leikin said. \"So, I think it was really interesting to have access to those different kinds of thinking and yet, still be singularly focused on innovation in education.\"\nToday, Leikin works as a director of business development and partnerships for the National Math and Science Initiative in Dallas, Texas and plans to defend her dissertation proposal this spring. Her advice to individuals who aspire to impact children through leadership roles is to always put students and teachers first.\n\"A lot of times you see the leadership pyramid and the leaders are at the top, but one mentor principal told me, 'You have to flip that upside-down,'\" Leikin shared. \"The principal is at the bottom and everyone else is above because that's who you're supporting\u2026That's the only way it'll work.\"\nUSF's Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Program Development with a concentration in Educational Innovation prepares graduates to create, launch and evaluate promising, sustainable innovations in their own professional settings. The program is open to those who work in Pre-K through grade 12 settings, and is also open to post-secondary educators and educational professionals who work in the private sector, with nonprofits, or other government or service agencies.\nReturn to article listing\nEducational Program Development, Graduate Studies, Student Spotlight, Student Success","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Why Ukuleles?\nOver the past 10 years, the ukulele has developed into one of the most beloved instruments, played by millions of Americans.\nWith influence from the likes of George Harrison of The Beatles, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Taylor Swift, Cliff Edwards, Jake Shimabukuro, and the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, there has been a resurgence and newfound love for the ukulele.\nFestivals have sprung up across the nation. Here are just a few examples:\nNew Jersey Uke Fest\nLos Angeles International Ukulele Festival\nMighty Uke Day (Lansing, Michigan)\nUtah Ukulele Festival\nRocky Mountain Uke Fest (Durango, Colorado)\nWhy Downtown Aurora?\nDowntown Aurora is becoming a leader in the music and arts scene. With RiverEdge Park, the Paramount Theatre, the all-new Venue, and dozens of restaurants featuring arts and music, the area is becoming the home for live entertainment in the western suburbs of Chicago.\nPlatinum Level:\n$1000 plus. Sponsor will be mentioned on stage. Sponsor will have their name on a stage banner and a full-page ad in the program. Website presence on Facebook and Instagram.\nDiamond Level:\n$500. Sponsor will be mentioned on stage. Sponsor will have their name on a stage banner and a half-page ad in the program. Website presence on Facebook and Instagram.\nGold Level:\n$250. Sponsor will be mentioned on stage. Sponsors will have their name on a stage banner and a quarter-page ad in the brochure.\nSilver Level:\n$100. Sponsor will be mentioned on stage. Sponsors will have their name on a stage banner and a business-card size ad in the brochure.\nIf you would like to be a sponsor or have further questions, please email or call 1-630-844-4558.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The secret behind the Bay Area's most popular tropical beers: GMO yeast\nBioengineered strains from a startup, Berkeley Yeast, have been embraced by many craft brewers\nPropagation lead Josh Olenberg-Meltzer cleans out tanks at Berkeley Yeast's manufacturing facility.\nPhotos by Bront\u00eb Wittpenn\/The Chronicle\nIf you drink a lot of Bay Area craft beer, you may have sampled some hazy IPAs lately with wildly tangy, tropical flavors and aromas, tasting unmistakably like passion fruit and guava.\nBut there's no actual fruit in these brews. Instead, they were fermented using a genetically modified yeast strain called Tropics, which was bioengineered by an East Bay company specifically to produce those flavors.\nIn the world of craft brewing, as in many other food and drink sectors, genetically modified organisms tend to engender fierce debate, and many brewers remain reluctant to use the strains from the 4-year-old startup called Berkeley Yeast. But about 250 breweries throughout the country have used the company's genetically modified strains, and some insiders herald its scientific breakthroughs as game changers for the beer industry.\nIn the short term, the company says it can help brewers make consistently better-tasting beers more efficiently. In the long term, CEO Charles Denby says its yeasts may be able to ease the brewing industry's reliance on agricultural products such as hops as the climate changes.\nYeast is mixed together with a sugar-rich solution at Berkeley Yeast.\nBront\u00eb Wittpenn\/The Chronicle\nHans Eisenbeis, director of mission and messaging at the Non-GMO Project, sees things differently. He doubts that craft beer drinkers, who \"are concerned about simplicity and authenticity,\" will welcome \"this form of artificial flavoring.\"\nBay Area beer\nTop Bay Area Breweries\nBay Area brewers are dedicated to this niche style of beer, even though it will never be popular\nYet for all the controversy that typically accompanies the use of GMOs, the arrival of Berkeley Yeast has been met with relatively little skepticism in the Bay Area, where consumers tend to prioritize all things natural. Even Denby has been surprised by the reception.\nThe company sells a range of yeast strains, each offering a different outcome. One strain results in beers with citrusy and floral notes. Another eliminates diacetyl, a pesky off flavor that plagues some hoppy beers. Another can produce a sour beer in a fraction of the time it normally takes.\nBy far the most popular product is Tropics, whose passion fruit and guava notes have entranced legions of brewers, including those at local favorites like Temescal Brewing, Alvarado Street Brewing and Cellarmaker Brewing. The strain is becoming some breweries' house yeast; Tropics-fermented beers are winning awards in competitions such as the Great American Beer Festival.\nThe flavors produced by Tropics are \"just on a whole new level,\" said Alvarado Street brewing director J.C. Hill. \"It's mind-boggling how these flavors could be created with no fruit.\"\nBerkeley Yeast's co-founders Rachel Li (left), Nick Harris and CEO Charles Denby started their bioengineering firm after receiving doctorates from UC Berkeley.\nWhen Denby got into bioengineering, he expected to work on renewable fuels, not beer. He and co-founder Rachel Li met as doctoral students at UC Berkeley in the lab run by Jay Keasling, a leading bioengineering scientist. Keasling's work has largely focused on biofuels and medicinal applications, notably an anti-malarial compound that he engineered.\nLike many grad students before him, Denby got into home brewing as a hobby. He was shocked to learn how many hops were required for brewing a beer, especially the ultra-hoppy IPAs currently in vogue. Denby was struck not only by the expense of buying all these hops, but also by the fact that growing them seemed so resource-intensive.\nIn Keasling's lab, he and Li were already working with a class of compounds called terpenes, which can be used as a diesel replacement but also happen to be responsible for the aromas in hops. The scientists started wondering: Could they genetically modify yeast to produce strong-smelling terpenes in a beer while using fewer hops?\nTheir mentor doubted the commercial feasibility, because many consumers remain so wary of food labeled as GMO. \"My initial thought was: The public will never accept that,\" Keasling said.\nBut in 2015 Denby and Li forged ahead, initially creating a strain called Superbloom that produces three terpenes present in Cascade hops, a popular variety used in West Coast-style IPAs. Superbloom-fermented beers tend to smell citrusy and floral: Berkeley Yeast describes the notes as orange blossom, geranium, lime peel and lemon zest. That yeast became the basis for the startup, which Denby, Li and another Berkeley doctoral student, Nick Harris, formed in 2018.\nLab technician Kayleigh Boyd pipettes diluted yeast before counting its cells and density.\nAs they started to interact with craft brewers, the team began to understand that there was a high demand for beers with explosively tropical flavors, particularly in hazy IPAs. \"We quickly shifted our research focus to produce yeast strains that were creating more elaborate tropical fruit characteristics,\" Denby said.\nTo develop a new strain, they start with an existing brewer's yeast, typically the ale strain known as Boddington's, named for the English brewery where it originated. Then they tinker. For each new strain Berkeley Yeast produces, its team has in mind specific compounds \u2014 like those citrusy, floral terpenes in Superbloom \u2014 as the end goal, and it inserts DNA into the yeast that codes for enzymes that can produce those compounds.\nThe tinkering can be extensive. Whereas Superbloom was developed fairly quickly, Tropics took a lot more trial and error. Initial versions of Tropics expressed not only the passion fruit and guava notes, but also \"smelled like poop,\" said Jeremy Roop, who runs R&D and strategy, so they had to get rid of that.\nFuture flavor possibilities are apparently endless. Eventually, Berkeley Yeast envisions a lineup of strains that express other distinctive fruit characters, like pineapple or peach \u2014 and brewers, Roop said, will be able to mix and match to create their own unique \"fruit smoothie.\"\nCraft brewers around California have met the yeast with passionate enthusiasm.\n\"In this industry, one person uses it and then it has this trickle effect,\" said Brad Johnson, head brewer at Moonraker Brewing in Auburn (Placer County). \"We started hearing that there's this new yeast company that's ahead of the game and pushing the boundaries with flavor profiles.\"\nBerkeley Yeast's co-founder Nick Harris attaches labels to containers of ready-to-ship yeast.\nJohnson loves Tropics, which he said results in beers that \"blow up in your face (and) you can smell across the room.\" He also calls Berkeley Yeast's diacetyl-free strains, which quash the possibility of a beer developing an off-putting buttery flavor, to be \"a big weight off my shoulders.\" Not all beers develop diacetyl, and there are methods of preventing it that don't involve these yeast strains, but the appeal of Berkeley Yeast's product is its efficiency. (By the end of the year, Roop said, all Berkeley strains will be diacetyl-free in addition to conferring their particular flavor profiles.)\nCertain safety concerns arise around any genetically modified organism. Li said that all of the compounds that Berkeley Yeast's strains produce are food-grade flavor molecules already approved by the Food and Drug Administration, even if drinkers aren't ultimately consuming the yeast itself. The compound that tastes like guava in a Tropics-fermented beer, she said, is actually the same compound that makes guava taste like guava. \"We know these are safe because people have ingested them in guavas for a long time,\" Li said.\nThe team also sequences the genome of each strain it releases commercially, Denby said, to ensure there have been no major genetic changes. Their yeasts are all asexual, so they can't reproduce with other yeast in the wild, Li added.\nEven if beer drinkers aren't ingesting the yeast \u2014 they're merely consuming a product fermented with the yeast \u2014 Eisenbeis, of the Non-GMO Project, said his organization \"would advocate for stricter regulation, labeling and testing requirements.\" He expects some consumer backlash, especially in the Bay Area. Currently, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau does not require beers brewed with bioengineered yeast to be labeled as such, as long as the FDA has approved the yeast strains.\nBut so far, many of the brewers using Berkeley Yeast have been open about it, posting descriptions of the strain on their social media accounts and in beer descriptions on their website. \"We're always super transparent,\" said Alvarado Street's Hill. \"I wouldn't be afraid to talk about it with anyone.\" So far, he said, no customers have objected.\nYeast is mixed together with a sugar-rich solution at Berkeley Yeast's manufacturing facility.\n(Berkeley Yeast strains can be used to ferment wine, too, but Bay Area winemakers have been conspicuously hesitant to get on board. Only one local winemaker, Patrick Rue of St. Helena's Erosion Wine Co., is open about using the bioengineered strains \u2014 and he happens to also be a beer brewer.)\nOther brewers, meanwhile, may be holding off on using Berkeley's strains for reasons that have nothing to do with GMO ethics.\nPacifica Brewing head brewer Kim Sturdavant said he loves the beers he's tasted that were fermented with Tropics, but worries that the passion fruit and guava flavors could become ubiquitous. \"If everyone's making beer that smells the same, then I don't want to use it for that reason,\" he said. \"I've had some phenomenal beers made with (Tropics) and I see the potential for innovating. But I want my beer not to taste like everybody else's \u2014 I want it to have its own personality.\"\nStill, Sturdavant said he won't rule out using Berkeley Yeast in the future. \"I'm hanging back, waiting for other people to experiment for me,\" he said. \"Then I'll make a decision.\"","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Editorial: VBMP March Towards Islamabad\nThe Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has started the second phase of its long march from Karachi to Islamabad from 13 December, for the recovery of Baloch missing person who have been allegedly disappeared by Military and intelligence agencies of the state. Prior to this the first phase of this long march was launched on 27 October and ended on 26 November at Karachi press club. The marchers walked on foot 750 kilometers. The second phase of this long march to federal capitol Islamabad will cover distance of approximately 1600 kilometers. Vice Chairman of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), Mama Qadeer Baloch is determined and said that he would continue his movement and long march till the recovery of last missing person of Balochistan.\nIt was hoped that first phase of long march would be result oriented and successful to pressurize responsible authorities for the safe recovery of Baloch missing persons, however, the participants not only received death threats but also no Human Rights Organization morally supported them. The main stream media did not cover the long march as well. While the long march was on its way to Karachi number of people were also disappeared in Balochistan and news of recovering bullet riddled dead bodies of Baloch people appeared in media.\nIt remained a great support for the long march when some international media organizations covered the protest even than the responsible authorizes have buried their head in sand towards this burning issue of Baluchistan. Though for few days the Supreme Court looked busy in investigating cases of missing people in Balochistan, issuing warnings to the government to recover these people, yet these all remained ineffective as it has been for last five years.\nHaving seen the international attention of the long march and hunger strike in Karachi some politicians, human rights activists, ministers, including the Minister of Defense, visited their camp and assured that missing Baloch would be recovered very shortly but these moves were only for photo session.\nObviously, still the responsible authorities are not taking the issue of Baloch missing persons seriously, as the relatives of Baloch missing persons say that Military and Intelligence agencies are not treating the people of Balochistan as human beings and the violation of rights in Balochistan is continued. According to Mama Qadeer Baloch 18000 people are still missing from Balochistan and hundreds of distorted bodies were found within several years from Balochistan.\nThe second phase of the long march by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) shows apathy of government and rule of intelligence agencies in Balochistan. As the current chief minister of Balochistan and Senator Hasil Khan Bizenjo have recently conceded their failure in the recovery of Baloch missing persons and say that National Party has only been granted access to power but no actual political authority to make decisions.\nThe candid statements of governing party leaders elucidate that still Balochistan is under the military rule and there is no value of the Baloch political leadership and judiciary. It is sure enough, as long as the issue of abducted Baloch is being ignored in Pakistan; it is gaining international sympathy in the media and being internationalized.\nLiterally, the tacit role of media in Pakistan, recovery of decomposed dead bodies of Baloch missing persons, forcefully disappearance of people and VBMP's long march prove that issue has not remained Pakistan's internal matter but a challenge for the defenders of human rights and international human rights organizations. The current scenario in Balochistan demands intervention of United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to deal with this crisis so that relatives of Baloch missing persons have any hope for the safe recovery of their loved ones.\nThe Balochistan Point\nPublished in The Balochistan Point on December 17, 2013\nPrevious: Temperature tale of Quetta\nNext: A Blatant Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"2017 WILS Topics\nTransforming the Rules of Engagement\nPioneering Pay Equity: Strategies to Bridge the Gap, Own Your Value and Negotiate Your Worth\nWomen on the Web: Leveraging Social Media as a Means to Success\nLeading with Authenticity: Strategies for Success with Your Own Leadership Style\nSwitching your Career: When Life Calls for a U-Turn\nThe Difference \"Difference\" Makes \u2013 Double Minority Leadership\nLifting up the Next Generation Women\nCollective vs Competitive Threat: Managing Bullying in the Workplace:\nReviving Your Career: Actionable Steps to Achieve a Professional Renaissance\nThe Power of No: Defining your impact as a leader\nTransforming the Rules of Engagement: The new rules of engagement demand that we leverage our influence across multiple spheres, including shareholders and employees, to build community around a shared vision. More so than ever, we need to create unconventional relationships and meaningful connections within and beyond our organizations to turn ideas into action. Why are women choosing to adapt the new rules of engagement? Who are the powerful women forging unconventional partnerships and driving change? How are these successful leaders scaling opportunities to ignite lasting change?\nPioneering Pay Equity: Strategies to Bridge the Gap, Own Your Value and Negotiate Your Worth: When women are empowered to lead, they make choices that change history! Why is it then that American women make on average 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns for equal work? As an attendee, you will hear concrete steps to address the pay equity issue, which includes learning to become a powerful and confident salary negotiator. By sharing today's most successful negotiation strategies, you will learn how to monetize your strength and leverage your potential to create your own value \u2013 not only in your paychecks, but also in the position you hold.\nWomen on the Web: Leveraging Social Media as a Means to Success: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Wikis, podcasts, blogs, RSS feeds\u2026 Social media has undeniably become ingrained in our personal and professional lives. But what exactly is \"social media,\" and how can we use it more successfully at work and at home? Learn how to creatively leverage social media to effect change across various industries, in your organization, and in your professional development.\nLeading with Authenticity: Strategies for Success with Your Own Leadership Style: Do the accepted management styles within your organization tend to favor certain men or women, or are they not broad enough to accommodate a variety of styles? Women who aspire to leadership positions often are unsure if they should adopt certain management styles or embrace their own. While embracing others' leadership style leads to discomfort and feels limiting to an individual, not embracing an organization's accepted style may lead to exclusion and isolation. How do successful leaders strike a balance between their personal leadership style and the leadership style of their organization? How important is authenticity to a having an efficient and successful leadership style? How does an authentic leadership style impact the pipeline and diversity within the organization?\nSwitching your Career: When Life Calls for a U-Turn: College students change their majors an average of three times before they graduate. With the growing number of majors, from agroecology to homeland security, undergraduates have a difficult time limiting themselves to one field. They may ask themselves: which major reflects my true interests? Which major will help me land that dream job? While a lot of planning may be spent on finding the perfect match, many successful professionals end up in fields they had never anticipated in college. Hear from leading women who made the bold move of switching careers at different stages of their professional development. Why do women make the transition from their degree to the workforce? How do successful women adapt to the workforce and new career opportunities?\nThe Difference \"Difference\" Makes \u2013 Double Minority Leadership: With one foot in the discussion on race and the other fighting for gender equality, how do minority women cope with the tension of living and working at the intersection of these two identities? Women hold less than 20 percent of leadership positions in the American workforce, and even less are held by women of color. This topic will discuss issues of identity with regard to gender and race, and will address the discourse of equality in the workplace. How can leadership emerge from such a unique women of color perspective? What kinds of challenges do women of color face in the workplace and in their professional development? How does an organization benefit from the inclusion of such leaders in decision-making roles and positions of power?\nLifting up the Next Generation Women: As you climb the corporate ladder it's incredibly important to remember to throw down a rope. This is especially true for women leaders. Increasingly women recognize that the days of women fighting for the one available executive role are behind us. Rather, women helping women, is a responsibility not a choice. Why must women help other women succeed? What responsibility do we each have in making a difference for those who follow us? How can women leaders provide organizational and personal support?\nCollective vs Competitive Threat: Managing Bullying in the Workplace: The discussion of why women bully other women in the workplace has led to an understanding of two types of threats: competitive and collective. A competitive threat is the fear that a highly qualified female candidate might be more competent or accepted in the workplace, potentially displacing a former female. On the other hand, a collective threat is the fear that by accepting a woman with lower qualifications, this person could reinforce negative stereotypes of women in general. How do these types of fears manifest in the workplace? What lessons can we learn from others who have navigated the issue of bullying at work? How can women be more supportive to each other?\nReviving Your Career: Actionable Steps to Achieve a Professional Renaissance: Whether you have stepped off the path you hoped to be on or are returning after a career or work hiatus, this session will look at what you can do to avoid or overcome a plateau, revive your trajectory, and find ways to follow your passion. What are some best practices for transitioning back into work? How can you maintain a record of professional development, despite being on \"break?\" How can you \"catch up\" to be competitive in your career of choice?\nThe Power of No: Defining your impact as a leader: Power today is all about leveraging influence to engender change. As activists and change-agents, leaders are choosing to align their influence with key global issues, including humanitarian efforts. Learn how to say \"no\" to conventional practices and follow your own path to make an impact in organizations and the world. How are today's game-changers tackling problems in unconventional ways in order to amplify the voices of millions around the world? What are these leaders saying \"no\" to? What kind of support is needed to be a trail-blazing leader?","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"University settles suit that said rape report was mishandled\nLaw_Crime\nThe Virginian-Pilot\nNORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A university in Virginia has settled a lawsuit with a woman who claimed campus police interrogated her for nearly eight hours after she filed a rape report.\nThe Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that Old Dominion University in Norfolk paid out $249,000.\nUniversity spokeswoman Giovanna Genard said the money came with no \"admission of wrongdoing.\" She said the settlement is a \"mutually agreeable compromise\" that avoids the \"expense and uncertainties of trial.\"\nA jury trial was set for Feb. 20 in U.S. District Court.\nAccording to the lawsuit, the 18-year-old freshman was raped after an off-campus party. The lawsuit said she called police the next day, and that an officer took her in for questioning instead of to a hospital. The suit says police also questioned the suspect and declined to pursue charges.\nInformation from: The Virginian-Pilot, http:\/\/pilotonline.com","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"9 Things Mansplainers Do That Are The Literal Worst & The Samantha Bee Gifs To Shut 'Em Down\nBy Arielle Dachille\nFrom couch space to the government, certain men like to impose institutional privilege over stuff. When the English language is involved, this particular phenomenon is called mansplaining. Subjects range from the economy, football, Star Wars, and many other things, but there are certain things mansplainers do when they start to condescendingly ramble. In all situations, it's unequivocally the worst.\nHow come it's the worst? Mansplaining basically ignores to the fact that you, a WOMAN (good heavens!), have a fully functional brain and can understand things without them being explained to you in simplest of terms. Rolling your eyes, shrugging it away, and writing the person off as a neanderthal is always a solution. But sometimes, confrontation is fun! Laying out a cutting comeback to such misogynist monkeyshines isn't just an amazing rush of adrenaline. It's also a feminist act. Check a dude when he talks down to you, and you're doing your part to stop the cycle of mansplaining for you and your fellow sisters.\nThere are few people who are better at shutting down sexist rhetoric than feminist comedy ninja Samantha Bee. With that in mind, we're running down the most annoying things that mansplain-y dudes do. For more patriarchy-skewering comedy, catch Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Mondays at 10:30 E.T. \/ 9:30 C.T. on TBS.\nThis post is sponsored by Full Frontal With Samantha Bee.\n1. Just Straight-Up Interrupting You\nThere you'll be, in the middle of a perfectly good explanation of your opinion, and some Jabroni will just steamroll your thought. Eff this guy.\nHow to shut it down: To be diplomatic, you can rely on the relatively polite \"Excuse me, I was speaking...\" You can also show him the same respect he showed you. Pull out your phone, and drown him out with audio of a bunch of screeching monkeys.\n2. \"I Think What She Means To say Is...\"\nAlmost worse than the guy who talks over you is the guy who tries to speak for you. This wolf in sheep's clothing wants to appear to be helping you out. In reality, he believes your lady brain can't adequately process things with all that Estrogen swirling around.\nHow to shut it down: Make it very clear that he doesn't understand your point, and if he tries to talk for you again, you will END him.\n3. Starting Sentences With Your Name\nSome people do this to show that they're paying special attention to you. Others who do it, mansplainers in particular, just sound patronizing \u2014 like a Kindergarten teacher telling a five-year-old that the play-doh they just consumed isn't for eating.\nHow to shut it down: If you catch some bro pulling this on you, just tell them that they've actually gotten your name wrong. Nothing mortifies a smug human male more than being factually incorrect.\n4. Smug Terms Of Endearment\nAre you working at a Madison Avenue advertising agency in 1963? No. So he can't call you sweetheart, doll face, or sugar pie like it was Mad Men times.\nHow to shut it down: Just explicitly tell him that you only respond to nicknames like, \"warrior princess,\" \"almighty witch queen\" or \"supreme duchess of getting shit done.\"\n5. Explaining Pop Culture\nFrom nerd epics (LOTR, Star Wars , anything from The Marvel Universe), to ganster flicks (The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Sopranos), and of course sports, certain dudes feel it necessary to take it upon themselves to explain these traditionally \"dude\" genres of entertainment.\nHow to shut it down: Feel free to be as sarcastic as you like, saying something like \"NO WAY! I had NO clue that men had a premium on nerd culture or the Italian American film canon.\" Follow it up by telling him that if he disrespects you in such a way ever agin, he'll end up like Joe Pesci in Casino.\n6. Giving Unsolicited Advice\nWhether you're using the weight machine at the gym, or setting up your stereo system, the mansplainer is constantly lurking \u2014 ready to tell you that you're doing it wrong. Even, in most occasions, when you're doing it right.\nHow to shut it down: Let him try things his way, and naturally embarrass himself with the folly of his wrongness. Then, simply, procure a mic, and drop it right in his face.\n7. Saying \"Its A Guy Thing. You'll Just Find It Boring...\"\nThe oldest mansplainer trick in the book is this line: \"It's sort of a dude thing. You probably wouldn't get it\"\nHow to shut it down: Prove you already know more about said topic than he already does. Even if you don't, just fake your knowledge with the confidence of a heterosexual white man.\n8. Ganging Up On You\nFragile masculinity finds strength in numbers, so you can depend on a mansplainer recruiting other mansplainers in his 'splaining efforts. He'll grab some random guy, and be all \u2014 \"Jerry knows what I'm talking about!\" The guy will be like \u2014 \"It's actually Hank, but sure! What do I know about?\"\nHow to shut it down: Literally, take your hands and spread them jellyfish-style over both of their faces. They won't know how to handle it, and will hence, quiet the eff down.\n9. Man-Spreading\nThey spread on plains, trains, automobiles \u2014 anywhere that ideological phallocentrism is tacitly accepted. They need all that subway space for their massively average-sized penises, you see?!?!\nHow to shut it down: Get your own spread on. Ways of doing this include: explicitly telling him to take up less space, spreading your legs unnecessarily far to force his knees to take up less space, or full-on laying down on the floor, making a snow angel, and yelling \"SEE THIS SPACE?! I OWN IT!! IT'S ALL MINE!!!\"\nImages: TBS; Full Frontal With Samantha Bee \/ YouTube (9)","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"SA promises Zimbabwe electricity bailout\n28 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | Views\nTHE South African Government is considering a proposal put forward to increase power exports to Zimbabwe after high level talks between the two countries' energy ministers last week.\nIn a telephone interview with the Sunday News on Saturday, Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi confirmed meeting his South African counterpart, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Jeff Radebe on Thursday last week.\nHe said Minister Radebe expressed empathy at Zimbabwe's power situation.\n\"We met with the (South African) Minister of Energy the day before yesterday and we discussed with him our situation and he was very empathetic to it. I'm reasonably optimistic that they (South Africa) will be helping us but they will go through their own internal processes to consider our own situation,\" said Adv Chasi.\nThe visit by Minister Chasi to South Africa is his second one this month after having met officials from South Africa's power utility, Eskom for power talks at the beginning of the month.\nZimbabwe owes Eskom US$27 million, this is after a payment of US$10 million, which it made last month as part of its commitment to pay its debt.\nAdditional power imports from South Africa will ease the prevailing power shortages, which have seen the country embarking on a daily 18-hour electricity load-shedding schedule. Adv Chasi said the Government would be considerate of the power challenges its neighbour was also facing while going through the negotiations.\n\"I'm reasonably optimistic now that I have spoken to him (Minister Radebe). I'm also aware of the challenges faced by South Africa and I'm not going to put pressure on the minister and Eskom. They have to carefully consider what we discussed and then come up with a position but like I said I'm reasonably optimistic,\" he said.\nAdv Chasi said after completing talks with South Africa he would proceed to Mozambique where he is scheduled to meet Government and that country's power producer Hydro-Cahora Bassa officials.\n\"I'm yet to finish off (talks) with Eskom. I haven't engaged my counterpart from Mozambique but once I'm done with this particular situation (talks with South Africa) I will engage the Mozambicans too,\" he said.\nAdv Chasi emphasised the need for the public and institutions to clear their debts and timeously pay their bills to the country's power utility, Zesa Holdings to enable it to effectively carry out part of its mandate.\n\"Generally I think the public needs to understand that Zesa needs the money.\nWe can make all the noise and blame them for everything on this planet but it needs to be recognised that for us to repair our equipment we need money. For us to install more prepaid meters we need money. Everything that we are faced with needs money.\nSo really, I want to appeal to Zimbabweans, individuals, local authorities, commerce and industry to pay their bills . . . consumers must pay their debts. It's a key strategic issue that Zesa be given what it is owed now that we have consumed power already,\" he said.\nZimbabwe has been facing a crippling power shortages that has seen most areas going for up to 16 hours without power.\nThe challenge was caused by low power generation at Kariba due to low water levels.\nSource - Sunday News\nMore on: #Fortune_Chasi, #Electricity, #Bailout","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"SWISS RENOUNCE NEUTRALITY; WAGE WAR WITH OASIS\nFestival Crowd Horrified By Sight Of Liam Gallagher's Uni-Brow (7\/27p)\nWho's Next?\nAn idyllic community has been divided in two, and only the Who can unite its residents. No, it's not the mods and rockers battling in Brighton, but the residents of Springfield. That's the premise behind the season opener of \"The Simpsons.\"Graying rockers Pete Townsend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle will play themselves in the Nov. 5 episode, entitled \"A Tale of Two Springfields.\" That's play themselves, not play with themselves.\nTap Into This\nNapster is dead, long live Tapster. Legendary rockers Spinal Tap announce the launch of its own music-sharing service. Tapster makes its debut by offering free downloads of the band's latest, \"Back From The Dead.\" Said bassist Derek Smalls: \"We're not unnecessarily concerned about intellectual property\u2014this isn't Harvard, Yale or Oxford.\" When asked how Tapster differs from Napster, guitarist Nigel Tufnel replied: \"Napster's a bit complicated, really, what with all those songs available. One of the brilliant things about Tapster is there's only one song to choose from.\" Sources said Tapster will immediately replace Napster: \"All you do is replace the N with a T. Just don't tell the RIAA.\"\nA Bird In The Hand\u2026\nNo Doubt's Gwen Stefani may soon be left with little more than Gavin Rossdale's bathwater. According to British paper The Sun, the Bush frontman has gone ga-ga over Andrea Corr, of The Corrs. Rossdale has reportedly told friends that he is in love with Corr, although the pair only met this Monday (7\/24), at the trendy London Japanese restaurant Nobu. They have been inseparable ever since. Sources said Stefani is expecting Gavin to spend August with her in Los Angeles. A friend of Rossdale's told the tabloid: \"He doesn't know what he is going to say to Gwen because he does not know what to do. Gavin has never felt like this before and can't get enough of Andrea.\" During his four-year relationship with Stefani, Rossdale has been linked with Courtney Love, Amanda de Cadenet and All Saint's Nicole Appleton\u2026 all blondes. It may be time for Gwen to hit the Miss Clairol again.\nAuthorities in Los Angeles seized more than two million tablets of Ecstasy with a street value of about $40 million, in what's being called the biggest \"X\" bust ever in the U.S. The hallucinogenic drug, which gives users a feeling of euphoria, was seized at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday (7\/22) after arriving on an Air France plane from Paris in a 15-box shipment labeled \"pencils.\" Officials say the drugs probably came from the Netherlands, but they'd have to take some to make sure. At a press conference Wednesday (7\/26) U.S. Customs, FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration said they arrested three people from the Los Angeles area. They are also looking for a 26-year-old Los Angeles man alleged to be the leader of an international trafficking ring responsible for importing vast amounts of Ecstasy into both the United States and Europe. Authorities said the suspect was last seen wearing a Cat in the Hat chapeau and a hitsdailydouble.com t-shirt. If spotted, please ask for our Fatboy Slim CD back.\n15 Minutes Too Long\nOasis is at it again. The band stormed offstage Wednesday night (7\/26), 30 minutes into its headlining slot at the Paleo Festival near Geneva, Switzerland, claiming they were pelted with bottles, cans and coins. Festival organizers tell a different story, releasing a statement which reads: \"About 20 minutes into the concert, singer Liam Gallagher...walked off the stage claiming they were under threat from 'flying debris' thrown by members of the audience. The objects thrown on the stage consisted of a few empty plastic bottles and a balloon filled with water. None of these objects hit any of the members of the group. The festival's organizers would like to point out that the arrogant and provocative attitude of Liam Gallagher had undoubtedly influenced the audience's attitude. He insulted members of the audience...the objects were thrown after these insults.\" Organizers said the band's decision to walk off was a \"paranoid reaction by the group, and not based on a calm analysis of the situation,\" and implied the band could have put the safety of fans at risk by \"depriving such a huge crowd of the band they had come to applaud.\" Paleo organizers will hold an internal inquiry into the situation on 7\/28. Meanwhile, Gallagher was seen selling the remainder of his soul to Satan for 15 minutes more of fame.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"White House Preparing For An End To The Covid Public Health Emergency\nDespite the recent rise of Covid-19 cases across the country, the Biden administration is quietly preparing for the end of the public health emergency, Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, said during a media event earlier this week.\nTalk of ending the health emergency comes even as the White House announced that Covid-19 home testing kits are once again available for free.\nHowever, even with the rising cases that coincided with the arrival of colder weather throughout the country, \"in the background \u2014 and not so far in the background \u2014 we have a group of people on our team who are thinking about the transition,\" to ending the emergency, Jha said.\nThe U.S. Covid public health emergency was first declared in January of 2020 and has been extended every 90 days since.\nIt is now set to expire in January 2023, but will likely be extended again after the federal government did not notify states or health-care providers of any intent to lift the declaration.\nHealth and Human Services Secretary Secretary Xavier Becerra has previously promised to give hospitals and other health care providers at least 60 days notice before lifting the emergency declaration so they can prepare for a return to normal operations.\nBiden administration officials explained earlier this year that the possibility of a winter surge in Covid cases was one of the reasons they decided to keep the health emergency in place for at least one more extension.\nWhen the health emergency expires, the government will begin to transfer covid related healthcare costs, such as vaccines and treatments, to private insurance and government health plans.\nHHS has estimated that as many as 15 million people could lose Medicaid or coverage from the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) once the programs return to normal operations.\nFor Lakewood families still enrolled in an NJ FamilyCare program, when the health emergency is rescinded, all enrollees will be reviewed to see if they still qualify for coverage.\nAs part of the review, people will receive mail from the State of New Jersey or their County Board of Social Services.\nMembers will have to provide or confirm additional information so NJ FamilyCare\/Medicaid can decide whether they still qualify for healthcare coverage.\nMembers who do not respond to NJ FamilyCare\/Medicaid mail may lose their coverage.\nAmil Zola December 16, 2022 11:59 am At 11:59 am\nEspecially hurt will be those who have had their SNAP benefits increase to a liveable amount.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Who Has the Right to Take Down a Ghost Bike?\nA homeowner removed a ghost bike from an adjacent public road. The victim's mother wants it returned.\nBy Robert Annis\nDaniel Pritchett\nWhenever Patty Kruszewski drove by the ghost bike on River Road in Richmond, Virginia, she could feel the spirit of her late daughter looking on. But that all changed when a nearby homeowner removed the memorial from a public right-of-way earlier this month.\nA hit-and-run driver struck and killed Lanie Kruszewski in July 2012, as the 24-year-old biked from her restaurant job to her boyfriend's house. Less than 24 hours later, a ghost bike was placed at the scene of the crash, and in the years since it has served as both a memorial and a somber reminder to the community to drive safely.\nHit-and-Run Driver Found Legally Insane\n\"I've met many people who told me, unprompted, that they say prayers, talk to their kids, or just pause and think of our family\" when they pass the bike, Kruszewski said. \"Parents tell me they use the bike as a teaching tool and talking point, reminding their kids of the dangers of distracted and unsafe driving.\" (The driver who killed Lanie\u2014sentenced to three years in prison in 2013 after turning himself in\u2014testified that he did not realize he had hit someone at the time of the collision.)\nGhost bikes are bicycles spray painted white and placed near the scene of a cyclist's death, serving as makeshift memorials. Genea Barnes, author of Ghost Bikes: A Photographic Memorial, said most bikes only stay up for a matter of months before they're taken down.\nBut sometimes, like in the case of Lanie Kruszewski, they stand the test of time. Lanie's boyfriend, Daniel Pritchett, would keep an eye on the tribute, making sure the surrounding area stayed clean and even repainting the bike after it was vandalized with yellow paint.\n\"She loved being outdoors, especially in summer, and frequently turned down rides home from work,\" Kruszewski said. \"She turned down a ride the night she was killed, saying, 'No, thanks, it's a nice night; I'd rather ride my bike.'\"\nLanie Kruszewski's ghost bike went up less than a day after the hit-and-run that took her life. It was placed anonymously, without permits.\nDavid Pangraze never knew Lanie, but since buying a property adjacent to the crash site in 2016, he's known the bike. For more than two years as he built a house on the property, he tried to have the memorial taken down or replaced, but to no avail.\n\"I believe the bike to be a traffic hazard as drivers can be easily distracted by seeing a bike suddenly on the right side with no breakdown or biking lane present,\" Pangraze wrote in an email to Richmond officials last year, asking for the bike to be removed. The city declined, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.\nThe Illuminating Power of Ghost Bikes\nThough the bike wasn't on his property, Pangraze emailed Kruszewski earlier this month, telling her that he was doing landscaping work nearby and planned on removing the bike. By the time Kruszewski arrived at the site, the bike was already gone. She said Pangraze has since reached out to negotiate, but that she and her family will refuse until he returns the bike to the spot. (Pangraze didn't respond to repeated requests for comment.)\nThe family contacted local police, but because the bike didn't technically belong to anyone, reporting a theft was not an option. According to Steve Magas, a cycling attorney based in Cincinnati, the only real way to resolve the dispute is by settling it person to person.\n\"The best approach is to negotiate a deal,\" Magas said. \"Let [Pangraze] see the pain up close.\" Magas recalled a case where after a cyclist was killed in Ohio, local advocates put up a ghost bike for a year, then negotiated with the property owner for a smaller memorial.\nLanie Kruszewski\nPangraze and the Kruszewskis briefly discussed a different memento last year, but the family rejected his suggestion for a smaller sign, as they don't believe it would have the same impact as the ghost bike.\n\"When I told people that Pangraze wanted to replace the bike with a sign, they all said a sign would not be the same,\" Kruszewski said. \"The bike stood out against the sameness and the monotony of that stretch of road, making it noticeable in a way that a sign would not be.\"\nBecause the bike was placed at the intersection anonymously, no city permit was asked for or given. Yet the bike was allowed to remain \"due to the sensitive nature\" of the situation, Jakob Helmboldt, Richmond's pedestrian, bicycle, and trails coordinator, wrote in a letter to Pangraze.\nKruszewski hopes to replace the bike in the near future with proper permits, but it may require a bit more legwork this time around. The city doesn't have a specific ordinance in place for ghost bikes, so the family will have to either get an exemption or seek an ordinance change to allow it.\n\"I blow kisses to the ghost bike when I pass, and a friend of Lanie wrote me to say she does the same,\" Kruszewski said. \"It's a piece of Lanie, and something that helps those of who miss her feel closer to her.\"\nGhost Riot 7 LC\nTwo Seriously Sweet Bikes for Kids Who Want to Rip\nWant a New Bike?\nThe Best E-Bikes You Can Buy Right Now\nRecommended: Great Bike Gear for Cyclists Who Want to Stand Out","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Archival Series- What is Lordship Salvation: And Why Does it Matter?\nThere is an on-going debate over a certain segment of fundamentalists preaching and practicing a new paradigm shift for separation commonly known as \"gospel-driven separation\" or \"gospel centric fellowship.\"\n\"There is today a very subtle shift that, on the surface, is very persuasive\u2026. Rather than base separatism on the Bible, the whole counsel of God, we should use as our test the Gospel. There is a plea that says the only doctrines for which we should contend are those doctrines that impinge directly upon the Gospel\u2026. That [Gospel-Centric separatism] broadens our fellowship incredibly to include organizations and individuals who are patently disobedient to the plain teaching of Scripture and yet are somehow tolerated, vindicated and even honored in some of our circles.\"1\nIn recent articles we have been considering why there should be no fellowship or cooperative efforts with the so-called \"conservative\" evangelicals. The reasons include aberrant theology such as non-cessationism, amillenialism, ecumenical compromise, embracing the world's music in the form of RAP, Hip Hop and CCM for ministry. All of these are grounds for withdrawing from and having no fellowship with believers who teach and do these things. All of this, however, is being tolerated, allowed for, excused or ignored by certain men who minister in fundamental circles, men who are forging fellowship and cooperative ministries with the evangelicals and influencing others to follow them. There is, however, one overarching concern that trumps all of these issues with the evangelicals combined. That is Lordship Salvation!\nDefined briefly: Lordship Salvation is a position on the gospel in which \"saving faith\" is considered reliance upon the finished work of Jesus Christ. Lordship views \"saving faith\" as incomplete without an accompanying resolve to \"forsake sin\" and to \"start obeying.\" Lordship's \"sine qua non\" (indispensable condition) that must be met to fully define \"saving faith,\" for salvation, is a commitment to deny self, take up the cross, and follow Christ in submissive obedience. (In Defense of the Gospel: Revised & Expanded Edition, p. 48.)\nIt is virtually impossible not to know that the evangelicals, almost to a man, believe, preach and defend Lordship Salvation (LS). When the T4G and Gospel Coalition conferences convene they gather around the LS interpretation of the Gospel. Certain men in fundamental circles, however, are drawn together in \"gospel-centric\" fellowship with evangelicals. They are gathering around a common acceptance of and bond in Calvinistic soteriology, primarily in the form of Lordship Salvation.\nDr. Kevin Bauder published a serious misrepresentation when he wrote that Fundamentalists and Evangelicals, \"believe, preach and defend the [same] gospel.\"2 Kevin Bauder has never edited or retracted that statement. Following are samples of Lordship's corruption of the Gospel for justification.\n\"Let me say again unequivocally that Jesus' summons to deny self and follow him was an invitation to salvation, not . . . a second step of faith following salvation.\" (Dr. John MacArthur, The Gospel According to Jesus: What is Authentic Faith? pp. 219.)\n\"That is the kind of response the Lord Jesus called for: wholehearted commitment. A desire for him at any cost. Unconditional surrender. A full exchange of self for the Savior.\" (MacArthur, Ibid, p. 150.)\n\"If you want to receive this gift [salvation] it will cost you the total commitment of all that you are to the Lord Jesus Christ.\" (Ps. Steven Lawson, The Cost of Discipleship: It Will Cost You Everything.)\n\"Salvation is for those who are willing to forsake everything.\" (MacArthur, The Gospel According to Jesus, p. 78.)\n\"This is what Jesus meant when He spoke of taking up one's own cross to follow Him. And that is why he demanded that we count the cost carefully. He was calling for an exchange of all that we are for all that He is. He was demanding implicit obedience--unconditional surrender to His lordship.\" (MacArthur, Hard to Believe, p. 6.)\nBased on clear, unambiguous statements from advocates of LS thousands in Fundamentalism reject LS as a corrupt and false interpretation of the gospel.\nWhen the Lordship advocate speaks of \"following Christ,\" he is speaking of the gospel. When John MacArthur refers to \"The Cost of Following Christ,\" he really means \"The Cost to Receive Christ.\" MacArthur believes there is a \"Real Cost of Salvation,\" or more accurately a \"Real Cost for Salvation.\" He believes that the gospel demands a commitment of one's life, and a promise of surrender to the lordship of Christ in an up-front \"exchange\" for the reception of salvation. (In Defense of the Gospel: Revised & Expanded Edition, p. 82.)\nDr. Ernest Pickering recognized that LS, as MacArthur defined it, was a departure from the biblical plan of salvation. Following are two excerpts from Dr. Pickering's review of the first edition (1988) of John MacArthur's The Gospel According to Jesus.\n\"MacArthur laments, 'Contemporary Christendom too often accepts a shallow repentance that bears no fruit' (p. 96). This theme recurs over and over again in the book. The recommended cure for this malady is to require more of the seeking sinner than the Bible requires. Instead of 'merely' believing on the finished work of Christ the inquiring soul must also be willing to have Christ as Lord over every area of his life. It seems evident upon an examination of this thesis that those who espouse it are adding something to the gospel that is not in the Scriptures. Charles Ryrie was certainly on target when he wrote, 'The message of faith only and the message of faith plus commitment of life cannot both be the gospel\u2026'\" (Balancing the Christian Life, p. 70.)\n\"One of the chief objections to the notion of 'lordship salvation' is that it adds to the gospel of grace. It requires something of the sinner which the Scriptures do not require. The message of salvation by grace proclaims to sinner that they may receive eternal life by faith alone whereas the message of 'lordship salvation' tells sinners they must be willing to give up whatever is in their life that is displeasing to God.\"\nSeveral months after an April 2010 personal meeting with Dr. MacArthur NIU president Dr. Matt Olson announced that with MacArthur they \"agree on the most substantive issues of life and ministry.\"3 Then Olson hosted MacArthur's executive pastor Rick Holland in the NIU chapel pulpit to address impressionable young people.4 NIU would not have had Rick Holland in its pulpit, or validated John MacArthur's doctrine and ministry if the administration had any serious reservations over Lordship Salvation. With Olson's statement on MacArthur and putting Holland in the chapel pulpit NIU stamped its approval on and endorsed a false gospel, namely \"Lordship Salvation.\"\nDo Fundamentalists and Evangelicals, \"believe, preach and defend the [same] gospel?\" No, they do not! Men in fundamental circles who are converging with advocates of LS are either tolerating a known and egregious error or have themselves embraced the Lordship Salvation interpretation of the Gospel and are rallying around it with like-minded evangelicals.\nIt is high time for men like Dave Doran, Kevin Bauder, Matt Olson, Tim Jordan, et. al., to be transparent on the Lordship Salvation controversy. Are these men willing to state in unvarnished terms whether or not they believe LS as John MacArthur, John Piper, Steve Lawson, et. al., \"believe, preach and defend\" it is the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ?\nLordship Salvation is not the gospel! LS clouds, confuses and complicates the Gospel. LS corrupts the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Cor. 11:3) and frustrates grace (Gal. 2:21). Above all other considerations (aberrant theology, ecumenism and worldliness) we cannot fellowship, promote or cooperate with evangelicals who \"believe, preach and defend\" Lordship Salvation.\nOriginally appeared- April 14, 2011\nRelated Reading:.\nFor a clear, concise example of the egregious error that is Lordship Salvation please read, Summary of Lordship Salvation From a Single Page. This article is a reproduction of an appendix entry by the same name that appears on pp. 284-286. In it I examine a statement by John MacArthur that appears in all three editions of The Gospel According to Jesus. You will find that there is no more clear example of how John MacArthur's LS corrupts and redefines the Scriptures than this one.\nWhat is the Fault Line for Fracture in Fundamentalism?\n\"How can there be unity within a fellowship when two polar opposite interpretations of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ are accepted as legitimate?\"\n1) Pastor Marc Monte, Preserving the Separatist Impulse\n2) Do Fundamentalists and Evangelicals, \"Believe, Preach and Defend the [Same] Gospel?\"\n\"There is no universal 'mutuality in the gospel' among evangelicals and fundamentalists. 'Evangelicals and fundamentalists are [NOT] united in their allegiance to the gospel,' because there is a vast difference between what evangelicals and non-Calvinists in Fundamentalism believe to be the one true Gospel. It is irrefutable, and Kevin Bauder is well aware, that many men in Fundamentalism reject Calvinistic soteriology in the form of LS as a false, works based Gospel. It is, furthermore, indisputable that virtually every man in \"conservative\" evangelicalism is a passionate advocate for Lordship Salvation, which Dr. Bauder is also well aware of.\"\n3) Dr. Matt Olson, Open Letter To Friends in Ministry, November 23, 2010.\n4) Northland Int'l University Presents Executive Pastor of Grace Community Church to It's Student Body\nPosted by Lou Martuneac at 10:30 AM\nLabels: Dave Doran, Ernest Pickering, Fundamentalism, Gospel-Driven Separation, John MacArthur, Kevin Bauder, Lordship Salvation, Northland Int'l University, T4G\nArchival Series- What is Lordship Salvation: And W...","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"REVIEW: WONDER WOMAN BLOODLINES\nby James Stone | Nov 25, 2019 | Breaking, Movies, Reviews\nIn Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor and return him to his home in America \u2013 setting in motion one of Wonder Woman's most captivating chapters. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana soon earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth. Equally strong in body, heart and will, she makes it her mission to help a troubled young girl enlisted by a deadly organization known as Villainy, Inc., whose criminal members have their sights set on invading Themyscira, Diana's paradise home. Prepare for a thrilling quest packed with brutal battles, mysterious mythology and endless wonder!\nDC WORLD REVIEW\nWonder Woman Bloodlines is another entertaining chapter in the DC Animated movie universe. 10 years since her original solo adventure Diana is deservedly given the lime light once again. Making this move makes complete sense to me following the success of her fist live action movie and the sequel 1984 due out in 2020. With this in mind, I understand why they have completely separate this from its original 2009 movie giving Diana a new origin and personality more inline with the live action version. However, I do see why fans of the original have been a little disappointed with this movie.\nThe movie is held together by a strong voice cast and the usual high standard of animation we come to expect from the universe. Unfortunately the story here is what I feel lets the movie down. The twists and turns felt very predictable and lacked originality. There are large elements to the story which is built upon Diana's insecurities and lack of self confidence. I will be the first to admit I have not read many Wonder Woman comics but from my experience with her in comics and movies and even the previous animated TV shows and movies, these are not traits I would associate with Wonder Woman. Steve Trevor has been given a makeover also. What I don't understand here is why they decided to change Steve so drastically to his previous version and even the live action version played by Chris Pine. Steve Trevor feels a lot more incompetant and even idiotic in this movie which is used to build up the strength and importance of Wonder Woman. I don't think this was needed as Wonder Woman draws her strength and confidence from her upbringing on Themyscira surrounded by strong confident women.\nAside from the points above this is still an entertaining movie with plenty of action and runs at a steady pace. I liked that Wonder Woman was given the full movie and wasn't hijacked by other Justice League members. The DC animated universe has a habit to throw Batman into every movie at some point as a comfort blanket. This movie is a great appetizer to those awaiting next years release of Wonder Woman 1984.\nCREW AND CAST\nRosario Dawson (Jane the Virgin, Rent, Luke Cage) returns as the voice of Wonder Woman for the sixth time, leading a sensational Wonder Woman: Bloodlines voice cast that includes Jeffrey Donovan (Fargo, Burn Notice) as Steve Trevor, Marie Avgeropoulos (The 100) as Silver Swan, Adrienne C. Moore (Orange Is the New Black) as Etta Candy, Kimberly Brooks (DC Super Hero Girls, Mass Effect, Winx Club) as The Cheetah & Giganta, Courtenay Taylor (Regular Show, Fallout 4) as Dr. Poison, Constance Zimmer (Entourage, House of Cards, Unreal) as Veronica Cale, Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) as Julia Kapatelis, Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Arrow) as Ferdinand, Cree Summer (Batman Beyond, Rugrats) as Hippolyta, Mozhan Marno (The Blacklist, House of Cards) as Dr. Cyber, and Ray Chase (Justice League Dark) as Lead Bandit.\nWonder Woman: Bloodlines is co-directed by Sam Liu (Reign of the Supermen) and Justin Copeland (Batman: Hush) from a script by Mairghread Scott (Justice League Action, Guardians of the Galaxy animated series). Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) is co-producer. Sam Liu and\nAmy McKenna (The Death of Superman) are producers. Executive Producers are Sam Register and James Tucker (Batman: Hush).\n\"Wonder Woman has been inspiring fans for generations and Wonder Woman: Bloodlines will further stoke that flame with an action-packed adventure that offers new and cherished characters from across Diana's impressive comics history,\" said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros.\nHome Entertainment Vice President.\nDVD AND BLU RAY SPECIAL FEATURES\nDC Showcase: Death (Animated Short) \u2013 Inspired by Neil Gaiman's \"The Sandman,\" Death is produced and directed by Sam Liu (Justice League vs. The Fatal Five) and written by J.M. DeMatteis (Batman: Bad Blood). In the story, Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy \u2026 and eventual death. Leonard Nam (Westworld) provides the voice of Vincent, and Jamie Chung (The Gifted, Big Hero 6) is the voice of Death. The voice cast includes Darin De Paul, Keith Szarabajka and Kari Wahlgren.\nThe Cheetah: Ferocious Archenemy (New Featurette) \u2013 Ferocious. Clever. Deadly. It's the thrill of the hunt and the prey is Wonder Woman. This is the story of The Cheetah, Diana's greatest enemy.\nA Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie, Superman: Red Son \u2013 An advanced look at the next animated film in the popular DC Universe Movies collection.\nWonder Woman Bloodlines is available now.\nBreaking, Gotham\nGotham Season 4 Episode 3 A Dark Knight: They Who Hide Behind Masks.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Diageo's World Class goes to Glasgow\nBy Christian Davis\nDiageo has announced that next year's World Class Bartender of the Year awards will be in Glasgow.\nGlobal head of World Class, Emily Wheldon, said: \"We are hugely proud to be bringing the World Class Bartender of the Year Global Finals to Scotland, the home of so many of Diageo's much-loved spirits. Glasgow will be an exciting hub for festivities, and the perfect backdrop for the world's best bartenders to show off their incredible talent.\"\nMore than 10,000 bartenders from all over the world are expected to take part in the competition with the best talent invited to compete in the finals in Glasgow.\nSpirits writer and Glasgow-native, Dave Broom, said: \"Glasgow? It's the beating heart of Scotland. The country's largest city, one which has always been a centre of invention and reinvention. The former heartland of industrialisation is now a place of swagger and confidence, of grand architecture and noisy pubs, galleries and a thriving music scene, populated by people who want to spend time with you and tell you jokes. Constantly. A place of surprises, a treasure box of a city in all its messy, thrilling, madness.\"\nKeywords: diageo, bartenders, cocktails\nDiageo World Class returns to UK\nJoly becomes Diageo's World Class bartender\nDiageo names World Class winner\nDiageo launches ready to serve cocktails\nDaniel Warren is Diageo's GB World Class bartender 2018","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
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+{"text":"AllAboutResearch\nApprenticeships: common misconceptions and their implications\nAnna Vall Nav\u00e9s\nFor many parents, schools and students alike, university is still perceived as the best career path, with apprenticeships and school leaver programmes sometimes being thought of as \"second rate\" options. But what are the implications of deeming apprenticeships \"second rate\", and how might employers help combat this perception?\nHow are apprenticeships perceived by school leavers and their influencers?\nIn the making of AllAboutResearch's How Schools Work documentary, numerous careers advisers and students told us about some commonly-held beliefs surrounding apprenticeships. Most frequently, students and advisers noted the \"stigma\" around apprenticeships and the belief that they were\u2014as Debbie Partridge, a careers and employability manager at King Edward VI College, told us\u2014a \"second-class option\".\nResearch carried out in partnership with YouGov showed that 26% of parents think their child is \"too smart\" to do an apprenticeship, with this percentage increasing to 30% among parents in London and the North of England and parents in the ABC1 (generally those with higher incomes). This data seems to corroborate the idea that apprenticeships are still viewed as being in some way inferior to a university degree.\nThis misconception is still rather widespread around both students and their influencers. Ewan McGreavy, a student at Lawrence Sheriff School, noted: \"Especially at more selective schools, there's definitely a stigma around doing apprenticeships, that you're doing an apprenticeship because couldn't cut it at university\u2026 and that's not always the case\".\nYet many students and their influencers are not fully aware of what an apprenticeship constitutes or the different kinds of apprenticeships available. The majority of parents we surveyed in 2017 were unable to name the four levels of apprenticeships. Most students we surveyed (68.2%) in 2019 told us they wanted to go to university\u2014but when presented with an anonymous choice between university and a degree apprenticeship after being given information on them, 71.55% would rather do the latter.\nAs Sam Pickering noted, apprenticeships constitute a different kind of learning better suited to people who prefer \"hands-on experience [and] getting out there and doing things\". Yet some of the incorrect ideas that are frequently held about alternative school leaver options can have very real implications.\nThe implications of thinking of apprenticeships as \"second class\" options\nAlthough, as our data suggests, parents are not always the most informed group about apprenticeships and other career options, they are the group that students rely on the most to make their career decisions. 79% of school leavers cite them as the most important group when it comes to helping them make decisions about their future, and 56% say they have a direct influence over their final decisions (over three times more than the next most influential group, subject teachers).\nWhen we asked parents the options they would like their children to consider, 43.1% of parents said they would like their children to look at university alone, whereas only 18.9% would like their children to look for apprenticeships exclusively. This disparity becomes even more pronounced when looking exclusively at the parents of children in schools (rather than further education colleges).\nWhen other influencers also emphasise university as the prefered post-school route, school leavers' options can become quite narrow. Vanessa Kenneth, a careers adviser at St Marylebone School, explained that \"schools have headlines about how many Oxbridge applicants they have and how many medics they have\" but rarely about some of the impressive apprenticeships students get. University \"is quite an ingrained aspiration from quite an early age\", and according to Kenneth, \"vocabulary changes\" still have to be made at schools surrounding post-school options.\nThe statistics certainly back up this need for a change in vocabulary. While only 23.5% of school students would rather do an apprenticeship than go to university, this is true of 45.5% of further education college students.\nWhen school leavers' main influencers have erroneous ideas about apprenticeships or deem them \"second class\" options, they can have a seriously limiting effect on school leavers' options. The government has launched awareness campaigns about apprenticeships, but what can employers do to ensure their apprenticeship programmes are not undersubscribed due to misconceptions like the ones outlined above? Our research suggests that the most important thing employers should do is reach out to school leavers' influencers, the people that have the most power over their decisions.\nGoogle and careers websites are unsurprisingly cited most often as the resources used by parents to learn about school leaver options. With online methods of gathering information on careers becoming ever more relevant, and with AllAboutSchoolLeavers cited as the careers website that careers advisers most recommend, advertising your opportunities on our website is an excellent way to reach influencers. Our employer profiles are one of the first places potential candidates will go to learn about your company and opportunities, as well as be redirected onto your page. We can also help you advertise your school leaver opportunities through targeted email campaigns to influencers, utilising our database of over 2,700 careers advisers and teachers and 8,000 parents.\nWe can also help you engage with influencers and school leavers by organising events, be they school visits, in-office events or Parents' Information Days. Allowing you to engage with parents face-to-face and helping parents learn all they need to know about school leaver programmes, our Parents' Information Days are an outstanding way to raise awareness about apprenticeships and highlight the opportunities available at your organisation.\nIncreasing awareness of the benefits of apprenticeships and changing common misconceptions can both boost the number of quality applications to your programmes and broaden the options available to school leavers. For more detailed information on the school leaver market and ways to advertise apprenticeships to influencers, do not hesitate to get in touch here.\nHow is apprentice recruitment changing?\nBrand awareness: How knowledgeable are students, parents, and teachers?\nFE colleges vs. schools: different attitudes towards apprenticeships","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Federal Government announcement has no guarantees for educators\nEmpty promises of an employment guarantee to educators did nothing to reassure early educators that they will be paid over the next six weeks.\nThis week both the Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged the importance of an employment guarantee for workers in early childhood education.\nEarly educators have been on the frontline of this pandemic, ensuring essential workers can go to work and our economy continued to function.\nBut last month the Federal Government singled out early educators as the one sector to lose access to JobKeeper. Instead, the Government introduced a transitional payment where funding is directed to centres. This transitional payment doesn't require any employer to pay workers a single cent of that taxpayer-funded payment.\nNow that Stage 4 restrictions have been announced in Victoria, job losses and stand-downs are real concerns for hundreds of thousands of Victorian workers. Other sectors have the ability to access JobKeeper if they are stood down from their employment. But early educators have no such income security.\nWhen the Federal Government announced this morning that there would be further support for the sector, educators were hopeful that this glaring inequality would be addressed.\nThose hopes were dashed today when Dan Tehan announced further details of the Federal Government scheme, which increased funding to centres and improved provisions for parents, but made no provisions for income security for educators.\nThe new scheme increases allowable absences for parents and increases the amount of transitional funding directed to centres who see a downturn in enrolments.\nUnited Workers Union Early Childhood Education and Care Director Helen Gibbons said: \"Although educators welcome the improved arrangements for parents and the increased financial support for centres, there is nothing in today's announcement that gives educators any certainty about being paid over the next six weeks.\n\"The Federal Government has clearly recognised the need to support this essential sector.\n\"But the devil is in the detail, and the current employment guarantee in the transitional funding model is not worth the paper it is written on. There is nothing in the current arrangements to prevent an employer standing down as many of their staff as they choose without pay.\n\"Workers in early education and care are now facing enormous uncertainty.\n\"What is required to fix this mess is a rock-solid wage guarantee that will give educators certainty that they will be paid. The taxpayer funding that is being directed to these services must be tied to wages to ensure that money is passed onto workers, and not kept by employers.\n\"It's clear from the statement by the Minister that he has only listened to employers, and has not consulted with workers in the sector before announcing this new funding.\n\"Educators have no guarantee that their employers will choose to spend this extra taxpayer-funded money on their wages or employment.\n\"This is an appalling omission from the Federal Government and leaves tens of thousands of educators in Victoria facing an uncertain future.\n\"It's great that today Dan Tehan recognised early educators as the 'unsung heroes' of this pandemic, but these are empty words when he will not guarantee they are paid for the next six weeks.\n\"United Workers Union is calling on Minister Tehan to guarantee educators' wages by strengthening the employment guarantee provisions in the transitional funding.\"\nPrevEarlierSpotless Dandenong workers to be paid through their shutdown\nRecentBrisbane Airport contractor must reinstate cleaning service during COVID-19 Next","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"You searched for: Date Created 1949 Remove constraint Date Created: 1949 Subject Headings Portrait Photography Remove constraint Subject Headings: Portrait Photography Location Saint Louis Remove constraint Location: Saint Louis\nSort by Title: A to Z\n1. Representative Adolph B. Anderson, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1945-1950 (District 57). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=10952\n2. Representative Arne C. Wanvick, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1933-1940 (District 58); House 1943-1962 (District 58); House 1963-1964 (District 60); Senate 1965-1970 (District 60). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=11982\n3. Representative Carl Mario D'Aquila, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\n4. Representative Dwight A. Swanstrom, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1945-1954 (District 59); House 1965-1966 (District 59); House 1967-1972 (District 59A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=15015\n5. Representative Francis E. LaBrosse, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1949-1964 (District 59); Senate 1965-1970 (District 59). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=13496\n6. Representative Fred A. Cina, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1947-1962 (District 61); House 1963-1968 (District 62). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=11662\n7. Representative Loren S. Rutter, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\n8. Representative Richard H. Silvola, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\n9. Representative Thomas Francis O'Malley, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\n10. Senator Clarence A. Dahle, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1933-36 (District 57); Senate 1937-49 (District 57). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=12433\n11. Senator Elmer Peterson, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\n12. Senator Herbert Rogers, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1943-58 (District 58). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=14565\n13. Senator Homer M. Carr, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\n14. Senator Thomas D. Vukelich, 1949-1950 Legislative Session, Minnesota Legislature\nServed in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1939-46 (District 61); Senate 1947-62 (District 61); Senate 1963-66 (District 62). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http:\/\/www.leg.mn\/legdb\/fulldetail.asp?ID=11078\n15. Tyomies at the Mesaba Cooperative Park, near Hibbing, Minnesota\nGroup of people posed on grassy hill, Mesaba Cooperative Park.\nIron Range Research Center\nImmigration and Ethnicity\nSaint Louis[remove]\nCity of Duluth\nCity of Hibbing\nCity of Aurora\nPortrait Photography[remove]\nState Governments Officials and Employees","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Area Funerals\nBert Zoet\nBert Zoet, age 96, of Sheldon, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at his home in Sheldon.\nFuneral Services will be Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 1:30 P.M. at the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. Rev. David Brower officiating. Burial will be in the East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.\nVisitation will be Monday, May 14, from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service in Sheldon.\nBert Zoet, the son of Marinus and Grace (Dykhuizen) Zoet, was born on September 12, 1915, in Elburg, Holland. When he was 6 months old, his family came to the United States and he lived in the Sioux Center, Iowa area until he was 5 years old. The family then moved to Brooten, Minnesota where Bert attended country school. In 1932, he went to work for his Uncle Al Dykhuizen at his farm in the rural Boyden area.\nOn October 20, 1937, he married Pearl Dekker at her parents' home by Matlock, Iowa. They lived on farms in the Sibley, Sanborn, and Sutherland area, then moved to a farm by Sheldon and lived there for 40 years. In 1995, they moved to a house in Sheldon. The couple were blessed with six children: Loren, Robert, Dean, Susan, Bonnie, and Dale. Bert took great pride in his family and his farming.\nBert was a member of the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. He was a past member of the Prairie Queen Kiwanis Club. He enjoyed going swimming in the Sheldon indoor pool. For many years, he would go to the pool to swim daily and was a member of the 100 mile Swim Club. He also enjoyed going out for coffee with his friends and tea time with his family. Bert liked to attend Sheldon School events. Bert and Pearl enjoyed traveling. They often went to Texas and New Orleans to visit their daughter, Bonnie and her family, and travelled across the United States and visited the Netherlands.\nHe passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at his home in Sheldon.\nHe is survived by his wife of 74 \u00bd years, Pearl; his children and their families, Loren Zoet of Adel, IA, Robert (Jill) Zoet of Kenosha, WI, Dean (Audrey) Zoet of Sheldon, IA, Susan (Ronald) McCarty of Sheldon, IA, Bonnie (Jim) Bylund of League City, TX, Dale (Laurel) Zoet of Sheldon, IA; 11 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; a brother, Jake Zoet of Mesa, AZ; 2 sisters, Marie Arends of Estherville, IA and Grace Luffel of Milton, GA; one sister-in-law, Esther Zoet of Brooklyn Park, MN; and many nieces and nephews.\nHe was welcomed into Heaven by his parents; son Marvin in infancy, two brothers, Gerrit and Jerry; two brothers-in-law, Louis Arends and George Luffel; sister-in-law, Edna Zoet; and daughter-in-law, Becky Zoet.\nOnline Expressions of Sympathy can be sent to www.andringafuneralhome.com\nkiwa May 8, 2012 May 11, 2012\nLanny De Young\nLanny De Young, age 61 of Spencer, IA passed away at the Spencer Municipal Hospital in Spencer, IA on Sunday, May 6, 2012.\nA funeral service will be held on Wednesday, May 9th at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Spencer. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, IA. Rev. Dan Mayes will be officiating.\nVisitation will be at the First Christian Church on Tuesday, May 8th starting at 2:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening at the First Christian Church in Spencer, IA.\nLanny Lon DeYoung was born in Melvin, Iowa, on August 12, 1950, to parents John E. and Irene J. (Jacobsma) DeYoung. In his early years in Melvin, Lanny enjoyed playing baseball, bow hunting, fishing, and could be found from time to time at the Melvin Locker watching the local butcher prepare meats and other products for his customers. Upon his graduation from Melvin High School in 1968, Lanny worked with his father in the family painting business until obtaining employment with the Melvin Locker in 1972. In 1975, Lanny married JoAnn Henderson at the First Christian Church in Spencer, Iowa. In that same year, Lanny purchased the Melvin Locker, which he owned for 23 years. In 1993, Lanny was recognized by the Melvin Area Development Corporation as its \"Business of the Month\" for his service to his customers and the Melvin Community. Upon selling the business in 1999, Lanny was employed by Spencer Municipal Utilities until his retirement in November of 2011.\nHe was preceded in death by his parents, John and Irene DeYoung, and his in-laws Wallace and Wilma (Anderson) Henderson.\nHe is survived by his wife, JoAnn, his three children, Jennifer, Aaron, and Martha, and his dog, Gracie. Jennifer and her husband, Jim Conard, now reside in North Liberty, Iowa; Aaron resides in Denver, Colorado, and Martha resides in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Lanny is also survived by his brother Terry L. DeYoung (wife Peggy) of Park Rapids, MN, his sister, Vicki J. Perry (husband Denny) of Spirit Lake, Iowa, niece Sara Kovach (family Garret, Emma, and Jack) of Post Falls, Idaho, nephew Tim DeYoung of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and sister-in-law Martha Henderson of Sun City, Arizona.\nLanny's enjoyment of sports and hunting continued in his adult years as he participated in church league softball and coached each of his children's youth league baseball or softball teams. Lanny also enjoyed painting homes, and operated a side business called DeYoung Designs. While owning the Melvin Locker, Lanny continued his education by taking classes on nights and weekends at Iowa Lakes Community College. He also continued to be active in his church, serving as a deacon and on several church committees.\nIn May of 2011, Lanny was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. His diagnosis came shortly after the death of one Lanny's heroes, Minnesota Twins baseball legend Harmon Killebrew. Always known to have a great sense of humor and a light spirit, Lanny chose to inform some family and friends of his condition by saying, \"I guess I might have the chance to play catch with Harmon soon\".\nLanny's passion for baseball, hunting, and his business were all secondary to the passion he consistently exhibited for his family. He was extremely proud of his children's successes in athletics, drama, and school, and could be frequently found attending such activities in their high school and college years. Lanny's love for each of his children, his strength, and his determination were all epitomized as he joined his wife, children, and his entire family at the wedding of his daughter, Jennifer, on May 5, 2012, well beyond the expectations of his care givers.\nIn his final days, Lanny was together with numerous family and friends, before finally choosing to go play catch with Harmon Killebrew on May 6, 2012.\nOnline expressions of sympathy may be sent to: www.sanborn-hartleyfuneralhomes.com\nkiwa May 6, 2012 May 9, 2012\nRuth Janet Reekers\nRuth Janet Reekers, age 80, of Sheldon, Iowa passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Sanford Sheldon Senior Care in Sheldon, Iowa.\nHer service will be 1:00pm Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sheldon, Iowa with Fr. Allan A. Reicks ~ officiating. Burial with will be in the St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Sheldon.\nVisitation will be Monday, May 7, 2012 with the family present from 5:00 \u2013 7:00pm at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sheldon. A Scripture Wake Service will be at 7:00pm and a Rosary lead by the St. Patrick's Ladies Guild will be at 7:30pm on Monday at the Church.\nIn Lieu of flowers the family wishes that all Memorials be directed to St. Patrick Catholic School. Online memorial condolences may be sent to: vanderploegfunerals.com Arrangements under the care of Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa.\nRuth J. Reekers, the daughter of Charles and Hilda (Dittman) De Roos, was born March 2, 1932 in Hull, Iowa. She lived and attended school in Sanborn until she was 12 years old, she then moved with her parents to Sheldon where she continued her education. Ruth was united in marriage to Herbert Reekers on April 19, 1950 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sheldon, Iowa. Ruth worked at several jobs in her earlier years which included, M&M Grocery, Johnson Caf\u00e9, Hollanders Five & Dime Store and Urban's Corner Caf\u00e9. She also enjoyed helping her husband with the farm work and volunteering at St. Patrick's Catholic School. Ruth passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at the Sanford Senior Care in Sheldon reaching the age of 80 years, 2 months and 2 days.\nRuth was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sheldon, the Ladies Guild and of the Missionary Association. She was a Foster Grandparent; she enjoyed gardening, sewing, crocheting, embroidering, bird watching, doing arts and crafts for St. Pat's School, being in the country and most of all she enjoyed her family.\nRuth is survived by her husband, Herbert of 62 years; and their three children, Barb and her husband, Mike Davis of Sheldon, Iowa; Clark and his wife, Roxie Reekers of Lake Park, Iowa and Linda and her husband, Dan De Jager of Sanborn, Iowa; 6 grandchildren, Herbert and Jessica Heien, Garrison and Libby Reekers, Stacie and Tad Hoeschen, Lori Lewis and her friend, Jamie Johnson, Curt and Mati De Jager, Chris De Jager; step-grandchildren, Shannon and Chet Hofman and Deric and Leeann De Jager; 19 great-grandchildren; a sister, Gladys Brinkman of Sheldon, Iowa and a brother and his wife, Dale and Carolyn De Roos of Washington; a sister-in-law, Lucy De Roos of Algona, Iowa; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.\nShe was preceded in death by her parents, a great-grandson and a brother, Dewain De Roos.\nOnline Expressions of Sympathy can be sent to: www.vanderploegfunerals.com\nArlin Driesen\nArlin (A.J.) Driesen, age 55, of Sheldon, Iowa passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.\nFuneral Services will be Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at 10:30 A.M. at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon. Rev. Kevin Muyskens officiating.\nBurial in East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.\nVisitation will be Monday, May 7, from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service in Sheldon.\nArlin (A.J.) Driesen was born on October 18, 1956 in Sioux Center, Iowa. He was the son of Henry J. and Harriet (Gerritsen) Driesen. He lived his youth in rural Hull, Iowa where he attended Hull Christian Grade School and Boyden-Hull High School, where he graduated.\nHe married Sheri Driesen of Boyden, Iowa on October 21, 1983 in Hull, Iowa. They lived in Hull for two years and then moved to rural Sheldon, where they raised their five children. They later divorced.\nArlin was an over-the-road truck driver. He owned his own trucking business and drove for Van-Hof Trucking, for many years, finishing his career transporting livestock.\nArlin enjoyed spending time with his children. They enjoyed canoeing, cookouts and tent camping together at the Lakes, Yankton, and Paullina.\nHe cheered for the Green Bay Packers and was an avid stock car and drag racing fan.\nArlin will be remembered as an easy going person who took pride in his business and children and was content with life.\nHe was a member of Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon.\nHe died Friday, May 4, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.\nThose left to cherish his memories are his children: Adam Driesen of Sheldon, IA, Alex Driesen and fianc\u00e9e Meagan Van Engen of Omaha, NE, Andrew Driesen of Sioux Falls, SD, Shelby Driesen of Sioux Falls, SD, Shea Driesen of Sheldon, IA; his mother: Harriet Driesen of Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center, IA; one sister: Wilma and husband Bob Brink of Sheldon, IA.\nHe was preceded in death by his father, Henry Driesen.\nScott Van Aartsen May 4, 2012 May 7, 2012\nEvelyn Kamstra\nEvelyn Kamstra age 84 of Sheldon, Iowa passed away on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Sanford Sheldon Senior Care in Sheldon, Iowa.\nHer services will be 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at the First Reformed Church in Sheldon, Iowa with Rev. David Brower ~ officiating. Burial will be in the East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon, Iowa.\nVisitation will be Monday, May 28, 2012 after 3:00 P.M. with the family present from 5:00 \u2013 7:00 P.M. at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon.\nOnline memorial condolences may be sent to: vanderploegfunerals.com. Arrangements under the care of Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa.\nTeagen Carey\nTeagen Carey, infant son of Ty Carey and Robin Terhaar of George, Iowa was delivered stillborn on Friday, May 4, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.\nFuneral services will be Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 11:00am at the First Baptist Church in Sibley, Iowa. Rev. Doug Noonkester officiating.\nPrevious 1 \u2026 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 \u2026 645 Next","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Harley-Davidson Offers Riding Lesson Giveaway\nOn\tNovember 18, 2020\nAs we kick 2020 to the curb where it belongs and focus on the new year, Harley-Davidson wants your peeps to go back to school. Riding school.\u2026\nKassi Ashton Partners with Harley-Davidson\nOn\tOctober 7, 2020\nMCA Nashville's Kassi Ashton releases new song \"Black Motorcycle\" today. The song accompanies the announcement of Kassi's partnership with Harley-Davidson as one of its brand ambassadors. The\u2026\nHarley Celebrates National Drive Electric Week\nNational Drive Electric Week, Sep 26-Oct 4, 2020, is a nationwide celebration to raise awareness of the many benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, trucks, and\u2026\nHarley LiveWire Sets Records at EV Racing Exhibition\nA Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycle set all-new records for elapsed time and top speed by an electric-powered production motorcycle on a drag racing course on September 4. Harley-Davidson\u2026\nHarley-Davidson Relaunches The Enthusiast Magazine\nHarley-Davidson is re-launching The Enthusiast magazine as a print and digital magazine showcasing motorcycle culture through H-D's eyes. Originally published by Harley-Davidson from 1916 to 2008, The\u2026\nHarley Announces New Collection by Rizoma\nOn\tSeptember 4, 2020\nHarley-Davidson just announced a new collection of Parts and Accessories designed by Rizoma to bring a new look to H-D's motorcycles. This sleek collection of billet aluminum accessories is\u2026\nApple TV+ Unveils Official Trailer for Epic Motorcycle Adventure\nThe trailer for \"Long Way Up,\" the epic, new Apple Original series with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman is now available. The first three episodes of the 11-part unscripted\u2026\nNew Screamin' Eagle 131 Crate Engine for Select Softails\nThe biggest, most powerful street-compliant engine Harley-Davidson has ever created is now available for select Softails. The Screamin' Eagle 131 is a bolt-in replacement engine for select\u2026\nSmith Races Harley XG750R to AFT SuperTwins Podium Finish at Indy Mile\nHarley-Davidson Factory Flat Track Racing Team rider Bryan Smith scored a podium finish at the American Flat Track (AFT) SuperTwins presented by Vance & Hines main on\u2026\nWin a 2020 H-D Customized Low Rider S\nThe folks at Harley-Davidson want to give you a free 2020 custom Low Rider S motorcycle. That's part of how H-D showcases motorcycling with the Let's Ride\u2026\nHarley-Davidson, Jason Momoa Celebrate Power of Riding\nFor over 100 years, Harley-Davidson has brought people together to experience adventure and freedom for the soul. H-D announces a new element of the company's United We\u2026\nSampey Earns 43rd Career Pro Stock Motorcycle Victory\nHarley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle\/Vance & Hines rider Angelle Sampey charged to a final-round win in Pro Stock Motorcycle competition at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil\u2026\nApple TV+ Unveils First Look at Long Way Up\nOn\tAugust 3, 2020\nApple TV+ just released a first look at \"Long Way Up,\" an epic new motorcycle series, starring and executive produced by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. The show reunites best\u2026\nHarley-Davidson Issues Let's Ride Challenge\nOn\tJuly 29, 2020\nFor more than 117 years, the experience of two wheels is Harley-Davidson's contribution to the world to bring people together and help riders experience freedom for the\u2026\nHarley-Davidson LiveWire Goes Border to Border\nIn the past few months, the world has found new ways to celebrate momentous life achievements. Riding motorcycles has been one such outlet \u2013 especially new motorcycles,\u2026","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"SCS11 Conference\nCooperation as a Means to All Ends in the South China Sea\nMonday, 26 September 2016 00:00\tNguyen tien thinh\nAny meaningful joint arrangements will hinge on Beijing's strategic intentions, although domestic pressure in respective states will also play a key role.\nSouth China Sea claimant states are adjusting to the new status quo in the region. The arbitration ruling the Philippines won over China in July gave it and other claimants rare leverage over Beijing, but China's rejection of the decision has diminished the possibility of legal intervention over maritime disputes in which it is embroiled. However, Beijing must also contend with an increasingly complex set of circumstances in the waters \u2014 with greater potential for involvement by outside powers and potentially more hostile relations with nations on its periphery.\nThe ruling's potential to disrupt relations in the South China Sea may help to explain the generally lower-key rhetoric and conciliatory gestures by actors on all sides in the region over the past two months. China and other claimant states all appear willing to seize the opportunity to move forward some stagnant agendas, at least for now. Their gestures include an agreement between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to finalize a framework for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea before mid-2017 and a host of accommodating trilateral arrangements among China and new leaders in the Philippines and Vietnam.\nSome regional joint development proposals, moreover, have re-emerged. Shortly after the court ruling, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a high-profile white paper that, in addition to reiterating its positions and sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, said that Beijing's openness to joint development in the waters had not changed. That position was reinforced shortly after when former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, the special envoy for current President Rodrigo Duterte, was invited to visit with Chinese policy experts, who raised the possibility for jointly developing fishing farms in the disputed waters, including around Scarborough Shoal. Separately, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that both countries should actively push forward with joint exploration of waters beyond the Gulf of Tonkin \u2014 in other words, in the South China Sea \u2014 where both signed a comprehensive delimitation agreement in 2000. In addition, China and Japan appear ready to resume a long-stalled dialogue on natural gas exploration in the East China Sea.\nTaken individually, these proposals are unremarkable. Joint development is a well-trodden path in East Asia. Mutually agreed joint-development mechanisms have a proven record of easing maritime tensions in the face of overlapping claims elsewhere. Therefore, it is seen by many, including the claimant governments of Southeast Asia, as a potential option to calm the waters in the South China Sea with its vast traditional fishing grounds and its rich oil and natural gas potential. However, early attempts at joint development, notably an arrangement among China, Vietnam and Philippines in 2005 for seismic surveys, failed largely because of domestic sentiment in the Philippines. And over the years, suspicions over Beijing's strategic intent, coupled with its unceasing territorial expansion and escalation of maritime tensions, thwarted any potential dialogue \u2014 let alone joint arrangement \u2014 in the South China Sea that involves China. In recent years, Beijing has put pursuing such joint arrangements on a back burner. Thus, the recent refashioning of these proposals from Beijing provides both an opportunity to understand the strategic intent behind these arrangements and to assess their application under the new paradigm in the South China Sea.\nPragmatic Policy, or Stalling Strategy?\nSetting aside disputes and pursuing joint development of natural resources have been central components of China's maritime policy since the late 1970s. The concept was promoted by Deng Xiaoping as he opened the country's economy and promoted domestic reform. Seeking to ease external pressures on the country, he embraced the practicality of joint economic development in the East and South China seas.\nMost of those who lay claim to territory in the South China Sea have similarly endorsed joint development as a way to acquire undersea resources. (Notably, only a handful of oil and natural gas blocks in the disputed areas of the sea have proved commercially viable, and the financial risks and technological demands required for energy exploration in those areas have made it impossible for many claimants to do so without foreign partners.) But while Beijing has been actively pursuing joint development opportunities since the 1990s, in practice, other claimants generally believe those opportunities disproportionately benefit Beijing. Suspicions of its strategic objectives have repeatedly caused those arrangements to fail.\nA major stumbling block to such agreements has been an insistence by the Chinese government that its claims of sovereignty over disputed territories in any deal would have to be recognized for it to go forward. In other words, a joint development deal with China would require the other party to recognize Chinese territorial claims in disputed areas, making the arrangements politically difficult to accept. Disagreement over sovereignty recognition resulted in repeated disruptions of initial joint exploration arrangements, including the one made in 2011 between the Philippines and China's state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. around Reed Bank, near the Spratly Islands. Suspicion of Beijing's intent has remained a central concern for Vietnam and the Philippines even though they would profit from such deals.\nOffers by China for joint development often come in areas within the exclusive economic zones of other claimant states. Those offers can be interpreted as a ploy by China to expand its territory into areas that it otherwise would have no legitimate claim to under international law. For example, Vietnam has objected to a decision by China to open up nine areas for joint development to foreign partners near the Vietnamese-controlled Vanguard Bank (about 160 nautical miles from the Vietnamese coast) in a disputed part of the Spratly Islands. Vietnam views that offer as essentially a Chinese claim of: \"What is mine is mine, what is yours is mine, and we are willing to share.\" Part of the reason for the murky boundary status stems from the ambiguity of Chinese sovereignty claims in the South China Sea under the nine-dash line, which has resulted in a largely undefined boundary between areas with overlapping claims. Any joint development deals struck before agreements over the disputed areas are ironed out could amount to legitimizing China's nine-dash line claims. In 2011, Manila proposed a mechanism to separate disputed and non-disputed areas in the South China Sea and promote joint cooperation in the disputed zone. Beijing, however, viewed that proposal as a serious challenge to its sovereignty claims, and its opposition kept the proposal from generating momentum within ASEAN.\nChina's Tactical Advantages\nIntentionally or not, the stalled progress on joint development deals \u2014 along with its ambiguous maritime claims \u2014 has given Beijing a much-desired result: time. Beijing's strategy of not asserting its claims too strongly before the 1990s allowed it to reduce potential conflicts that would result from overlapping claims, allowing its economy and military to develop. As China grew more powerful, its naval and maritime enforcement, along with its technological capabilities for island-building and deep-sea exploration, dramatically shifted the status quo in the South China Sea. And these evolutions have naturally shaped Beijing's approach to any joint development mechanism.\nChina's technological and military abilities give it a tactical advantage when pushing its claims in the South China Sea. That means China can take unilateral measures to pressure other claimants, leaving Vietnam and the Philippines, the most vocal opponents of Chinese claims, with limited options for unilateral development. Because they have little capability to develop the sea's resources independently, they have to seek foreign assistance. However, in addition to the uncertain prospects of oil and natural gas exploration in the South China Sea, military and economic pressure from China has also deterred foreign companies from entering agreements with those nations in the disputed areas. Meanwhile, as demonstrated in the case of Scarborough Shoal, Beijing's advanced coast guard vessels and armed fishing fleets have effectively stopped Philippine fishermen from plying their trade in their traditional grounds since 2012. In short, Beijing is forcing other claimants to accommodate or at least tolerate China's maritime boundary assertions before it will consider any meaningful arrangements \u2014 if that ever happens.\nResolving Conflicting Imperatives\nMany policymakers in Beijing believe the policy has had mixed results for its foreign policy agenda. Claimant states \u2014 most notably Vietnam and the Philippines, and to a lesser extent Indonesia and Malaysia \u2014 have responded to Beijing's maritime aggression by expanding their naval and security capabilities and by seeking cooperation from external powers, such as the United States, Japan and India, for defense, energy and political support. This has resulted in a much broader international intervention and has justified moves by those powers to counter China. Beijing has meanwhile come to understand that constant conflict with its neighbors works against its desire to maintain good relations with them \u2014 a particularly important aspect of its emerging global policy.\nAt this point, Beijing probably understands the risks and repercussions of claiming the entire South China Sea \u2014 or pressing its claims based on the nine-dash line. In fact, there appears to be at least partial agreement among decision-makers that Beijing's \"strategic ambiguity\" over its maritime claim \u2014 combined with its ungrounded nine-dash line, lack of a clearly defined sovereignty claim and defiance of international law \u2014 has reached a limit. Over the past two years, official rhetoric from Beijing has repeatedly repudiated that the nine-dash line is the basis for the country's sovereignty claim. At the same time, its policymakers are also in the process of reinterpreting its sovereignty claim and attempting to more closely adhere to international law.\nIt is unlikely that Beijing will ever ease its assertive behavior in the South China Sea. Rather, the new maritime status quo \u2014 coupled with the court ruling \u2014 may allow Beijing to rethink what strategies best fit its interests, even if those strategies take years to develop and result in even greater maritime disruption. But at the very least, its imperatives to avoid outright military confrontations, circumvent further \"interference\" from international players and to refrain from antagonizing all of its ASEAN neighbors at once makes its current course of behavior counterproductive.\nJoint Development: a Possible Way Out?\nRead more at Stratfor\nClick here for updated South China News\nHow the Next US President Should Handle the South China Sea[17\/10\/2016 00:00]\nDown and Duterte: Shakeup in the South China Sea[17\/10\/2016 00:00]\nBeijing seeks new ways to assert South China Sea authority[12\/10\/2016 00:00]\nCould China build the world's smallest nuclear power plant and send it to the South China Sea?[11\/10\/2016 00:00]\nA path for dispute resolution in the South China Sea[07\/10\/2016 00:00]\nThe South China Sea Showdown: What Should America (and the Region) Do About It?[05\/10\/2016 00:00]\nNavy Chief Pushes for 'Compromise' to Stop 'Problematic' Actions in South China Sea[03\/10\/2016 00:00]\nU.S. Air Force and Navy May Challenge China in the South China Sea[29\/09\/2016 00:00]\nFrance Unveils Its Defense Strategy in the South China Sea and Beyond[27\/09\/2016 00:00]\nDoes Russia Have a South China Sea Problem?[27\/09\/2016 00:00]\nAmerica's Pacific pivot is sinking[19\/09\/2016 00:00]\nRussian Military Activities from South China Sea to Sevastopol[15\/09\/2016 00:00]\nThe Duterte Dilemma (and Why it Matters): China, the US Alliance and Scarborough Shoal[14\/09\/2016 00:00]\nAmerica's Stakes in the Oceans Go Well beyond the South China Sea[13\/09\/2016 00:00]\nChina is Dominating Scarborough Shoal. 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+{"text":"Occasional thoughts on Life, Faith and the Trombone\nThe Last Trombone\nAbout The Last Trombone\nArizona and the Southwest\nBaltimore Symphony Orchestra\nBoston and New England\nBoston Symphony Orchestra\nChicago Bears football\ncomposers, conductors, performers\nWheaton College\nChatGPT: Is this the end of writing and research? I don't think so.\nby Douglas Yeo\nI first heard of ChatGPT in an article in The Atlantic by Daniel Herman, \"The End of High-School English\" (December 9, 2022). He wrote:\nTeenagers have always found ways around doing the hard work of actual learning. CliffsNotes date back to the 1950s, \"No Fear Shakespeare\" puts the playwright into modern English, YouTube offers literary analysis and historical explication from numerous amateurs and professionals, and so on. For as long as those shortcuts have existed, however, one big part of education has remained inescapable: writing. Barring outright plagiarism, students have always arrived at that moment when they're on their own with a blank page, staring down a blinking cursor, the essay waiting to be written.\nNow that might be about to change. The arrive of OpenAI's ChatGPT, a program that generates sophisticated text in response to any prompt you can imagine, may signal the end of writing as a gatekeeper, a metric for intelligence, a teachable skill [emphasis added].\nThe end of writing. As a researcher, writer, and college professor, I this got my attention. I found another article in The Atlantic, this one by Stephen Marche (December 6, 2022). It has a bold title: The College Essay Is Dead.\nThese are breathless, panicky assertions. What is this?\nOne of the things that some people find appealing about artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT is that they may help people generate writing that is far better than what they could produce themselves. Feed ChatGPT your poorly constructed text and\u2014voil\u00e0!\u2014AI will make you sound like a college professor with a PhD who has published 100 books.\nDoes it work? Are these breathless, panicky assertions true?\nTwo things are at play here: quality of writing, and quality of writing with quality information. I decided to put ChatGPT to the test. I signed up for an account (that took one minute; it's free at this time, although eventually the platform will be monetized) and started my experiment.\nI decided to start with a piece of bad writing. I imagined I was a student who was taking a college-level introduction to music class. The teacher asked the students in the class to write an essay about any musical instrument and I chose the trombone. The teacher didn't want an essay with footnotes; she wanted more of an \"impression paper.\" I wrote a few poorly constructed sentences and asked ChatGPT to \"fix this and make it better.\" Here's what ChatGPT did with my pathetic writing. The image below is a screenshot of the result and in all of the examples below, the text I inputted is preceded by an icon with DO (for Douglas) and ChatGPT's suggestion is next to the green OpenAI\/ChatGPT logo icon.\nChatGPT fixed my punctuation, removed my colloquial language, and gave my writing an air of sophistication. But it's obvious that there are tradeoffs. It did not address my comment about a trombone player on Star Trek and one in professional wrestling. My little essay mentioned that the trombone was invented \"a long time ago\" but ChatGPT ignored that phrase and didn't write about the trombone's origins. When I wrote about \"a trombone with buttons,\" ChatGPT failed to recognize that I was referencing a valve trombone. Some of the limitations of what ChatGPT can do are obvious.\nLet's look at an established piece of writing, one that has been widely derided as \"an atrocious sentence.\" That judgment comes from many critics over the years, and it has even been enshrined in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, an annual contest where over 10,000 people vie to write a dreadful opening sentence. The contest's title comes from the opening line of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel (1830), Paul Clifford:\nThe line was immortalized by cartoonist Charles Schultz in countless comic strips that featured Snoopy, who frequently appeared in panels where he was writing a novel (this. below, is the first such appearance, August 27, 1969):\nActually, I'm not so sure this is a terrible sentence. It certainly is evocative. It is long, but that is part of what keeps the reader's attention. The scene is very clearly described and when I read this sentence, I can feel the wind and rain against my window. Others may disagree, but I've always felt the criticism of Bulwer-Lytton's opening line is a little unfair. I asked ChatGPT to improve on Bulwer-Lytton's sentence. Here's what I got:\nIs this really better? Gone are the evocative words\u2014torrents, violent, rattling, fiercely, swept, scanty. One sentence has become three, the flow interrupted by periods. I don't see this as an improvement; it lacks any true literary sense. It sounds stiff, generic, unimaginative, juvenile.\nNext, I wanted to see what ChatGPT would do with a piece of excellent writing. I turned to an essay by Jacques Barzun, one of the great philosophers and scholars of the twentieth century (Barzun died in 2012 at the age of 104). I have admired his work for many years. Barzun wrote a major biography of one of my favorite composers, Hector Berlioz (Berlioz and the Romantic Century, 2 volumes, Atlantic Little, Brown, 1949), and it was Berlioz and the serpent that led to my having some memorable, personal engagement with Barzun. He was also known as a superb writer, and his essay about copy editors, \"Behind the Blue Pencil: Censorship or Creeping Creativity?\" (The American Scholar, Summer 1985, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 385-388), is a tour de force. Barzun opines, in his pithy prose, that copy editors often mangle an author's intent as they try to \"improve\" an author's writing. I thought I would ask ChatGPT to fix and improve two paragraphs from Barzun's article. Here's what I got:\nAgain, I cannot argue that ChatGPT's work is an improvement\u2014on any level\u2014on Barzun. The elimination of the phrase in scare quotes, \"first-rate stuff but needs a lot of work,\" is an egregious omission, but ChatGPT reorders words and offers substitutes for many words that eviscerate Barzun's writing and make him sound like a middle school student who thought that using a few big, fancy words\u2014like \"proliferation\"\u2014would impress the teacher.\nBut there's more, in this next paragraph by Barzun:\nThe problems we see are obvious and herein lies one of the cautionary lessons for anyone who is hoping that AI will replace the need for an individual to think through both information and sentence structure. Every writer has an individual voice. When a copy editor (ChatGPT is, in one respect, a virtual copy editor) changes an author's prose, it often comes out in the voice of the editor. The author's voice is lost. ChatGPT's editing lacks sophistication and it does not process irony or turns of phrases that make up interesting, engaging prose. Barzun's superb writing\u2014keep in mind that Barzun's book, Simple & Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers, is one of the great texts about writing style\u2014has been reduced to the very kind of writing that he deplored.\nWhile some commentators are praising ChatGPT as a tool to help students who struggle with writing to put together well crafted sentences, others see it as a dangerous, quick end around for a student to avoid doing research. In recent years, \"I got it from the Internet,\" is an answer that no teacher wants to hear from a student who is asked to justify a fact or assertion. But what if ChatGPT does the research for you and puts together paragraphs that are well structured, clear, accurate, and informative? This is the thing that is making many scholars, teachers, and commentators a little wobbly. What if AI will do your research for you?\nWhile the idea of a computer writing text that sounds like was written by a human being is very impressive, the more important question is \"How does ChatGPT get its information?\" Putting together grammatically correct and natural sounding sentences is one thing. Putting together grammatically correct and natural sounding sentences that make sense is something very different. I thought I would go to the source. I asked ChatGPT:\nThere we have it. ChatGPT relies on \"large datasets of text.\" Where does it get those texts? The Internet, including publicly available books and articles. ChatGPT does not search the Internet when a user makes a query. Rather, it relies on huge databases of information gathered from the Internet that have been loaded into its database. It works from what it has been told. From there, ChatGPT puts together answers to questions and writes those answers in accordance with its own grammar and sentence construction algorithms.\nDo you see what I see? I decided to ask ChatGPT to do my work, to answer some questions as if I was a student writing a paper.\nFirst, I asked ChatGPT to write a history of the trombone. Any student would be disappointed that I only got three short paragraphs. But, have a look:\nThe first problem, as every trombone professor will recognize, is the first sentence. Does it sound familiar? It should. ChatGPT, for all of its highly touted creativity and originality, begins its history of the trombone by lifting\u2014let's call it for what it is: plagiarizing\u2014the first sentence of the Wikipedia entry on the trombone:\nIf a student begins an assignment with this sentence, the result is guaranteed: a grade of F. But there are other obvious problems. To say that the trombone is an instrument that \"[dates] back to at least the 15th century\" implies that it might have been around earlier, in, say, the 14th century. But there is nothing in the historical record that implies the instrument we would recognize as a trombone was around in the 14th century (1300s). The third sentence says that the slide is used to \"produce different notes\" but there is no mention of the use of air, the embouchure, a mouthpiece, and how the embouchure changes shape when the trombone produces different notes. It is air AND the slide AND the embouchure that allow for production of various pitches. Was the trombone \"originally used in outdoor brass bands and military ensembles\"? No. The earliest known use of the trombone (\"originally\") is traced to alta (loud instrument) bands from the fifteenth century that included trombones, trumpets, shawms, and bombards (a double reed instrument). These were hardly \"brass bands.\" ChatGPT states that the trombone was used in opera \"in the 19th century\" which is true, but we know that trombones were used by Claudio Monteverdi in his opera, Orfeo, that dates from 1607, the seventeenth century. ChatGPT gives the impression of presenting information with authority. But much of what it wrote about the history of the trombone is incomplete at best and untrue at worst.\nI decided to ask ChatGPT to write the answer to a question I posed to a student on a doctoral (DMA) comprehensive exam when I taught at Arizona State University. I asked the student to craft lists of orchestral excerpts for a tenor or bass trombone symphony orchestra audition, then provide commentary on why these particular excerpts were selected. I asked for an audition list for a preliminary, semi-final, final, and final with section playing round, four lists in all. When I asked ChatGPT, this is what I got:\nThis is rubbish. Pure, unadulterated word salad with no basis in truth. Whatever data was fed into ChatGPT's databases about the use of the trombone in orchestral literature, AI put it together and came up with junk. ChatGPT obviously does not know a thing about orchestral excerpts for trombone. It all sounds very erudite and informed. But apart from the commentary about the Symphony No. 3 of Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns (yes, that symphony does have a \"lyrical trombone solo that requires a player to have a strong sense of phrasing and warm, full sound\"), there is not a single sentence in this answer that is based in fact. For instance: Not only is there no trombone solo that features legato, a good sense of phrasing, and musicality in the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, the trombones do not play AT ALL in that movement. There is no trombone solo in the second movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 2. The second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 does have trombones but there are no trombone solos. The first and second trombone parts have 33 notes each (the third trombone has 34) in the movement and none of them are soloistic. Likewise, there is no lyrical trombone solo in the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (that's the waltz movement in 5\/4 meter), and the second movement of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 contains two beautiful chorales for trombones and tuba, but there is nothing therein that could be characterized as \"rapid, virtuosic passages.\" ChatGPT didn't know anything about the trombone in orchestral music and instead of telling me, \"I don't know,\" it spewed out nonsense.\nExhausted from making up stuff about trombone auditions, ChatGPT strained to create a list for a semi-final round. The black box you see in the screenshot above was blinking on my computer for several minutes as ChatGPT was \"thinking.\" The box finally stopped blinking and it was clear that no further answer was forthcoming. ChatGPT, like the Grinch who stole Christmas, \"puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore.\" Someone will paste this into an assignment and hand it in. Grade: F.\nI decided to take this further and ask ChatGPT some questions about other aspects of the trombone and how it was used. Here is another question I asked on a doctoral comprehensive exam when I taught at Arizona State University. I asked ChatGPT about the differences between the early trombone (sackbut) and the modern trombone:\nOnce again, ChatGPT offers a combination of attractive appearing prose along with many factual errors. No, the trombone's bell does not point upwards, nor does the inner slide move in and out (every trombone player knows it's the outer slide that moves in and out). Of course, just moving the slide along isn't the only way the trombone changes pitch\u2014air and the embouchure are in play as well. When ChatGPT wrote the absurd sentence, \"The early trombone had a single slide and the modern trombone has a double slide,\" I had to ask myself, \"Where did it get this information?\" To which I followed up with this thought: \"Someone is going to trust this nonsense.\" (And I had another thought: We need more and better excellent research about the trombone. If ChatGPT is relying on currently available information, it needs better information. Much, much better information.)\nI asked my friend, Trevor Herbert, one of the leading trombone scholars in the world (his book The Trombone is our instrument's seminal book, and he received the International Trombone Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021) what he thought of ChatGPT's take on the early and modern trombone. Trevor said:\nStudents and their teachers should understand that the basis of proper historical narratives reside in the analogue world. It is not the job of AI machines to arbitrate intellectual authenticity.\nSo the bottom line is that we just plough on with what we do and try to make it is as good as possible. The accurate application of the semantic web as the basis of an imaginative tool is some way down the line. I would never use these sites nor recommend them.\nI then asked ChatGPT another of my doctoral comprehensive exam questions, about the use of the trombone in various religious communities. ChatGPT produced a flowery commentary that sounds very impressive but is full of a remarkable number of errors of fact:\nOnce again, ChatGPT displayed its inability to cobble together a coherent history of the use of the trombone in a specific context. No, Bach did not \"often\" write for trombones, nor are trombones used in his Brandenburg Concerti or orchestral suites. But it was when ChatGPT began to elucidate on the Moravian community's trombone tradition that it got into quicksand and could not get out. I asked my friend Stewart Carter (professor of music history, music theory, Collegium Music, and trombone at Wake Forest University, and co-editor of the Historic Brass Society Journal), a leading expert on Moravian music and how trombones were used in Moravian communities throughout history, to comment on what ChatGPT wrote:\nThe ChatGPT \"essay\" on trombones in religious traditions and contexts, including but not limited to J. S. Bach and Moravian communities, is at best inadequate, and at worst, simply wrong. Yes, J. S. Bach did use trombones in a few of his cantatas to support the vocal parts, but he did not write parts for trombones in any of instrumental works.\nAs to the Moravians, the sect was not founded in what is now the Czech Republic in the 18th century. The renewed Moravian Church (Unitas fratrum) traces its origin to Saxony, where Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf invited Protestant refugees from Bohemia and Moravia to dwell on his estates in the Lausitz region, where they founded the town of Herrnhut. The Moravians used trombones in small chamber ensembles and large orchestras only rarely. In fact, the early Moravians almost never had \"large\" orchestras. I know of no Moravian anthems that employ trombones. The principal use of trombones in early Moravian communities was to announce deaths and important arrivals to the community, to support the singing of chorales, at a funeral. They occasionally supported the singing of chorales in worship services, particularly the Easter Sunrise Service and the New Year's Eve Watchnight Service.\nMuch has been made about Chat GPT's ability to generate computer code on its own. But AI's understanding of scientific principles\u2014 of, say, trombone acoustics and how sound is produced on brass instruments\u2014is another matter entirely. I asked ChatGPT to answer a question posed by a colleague who is a music history professor (most trombone DMA committees include the trombone professor, another music professor, and a music professor who is a music theory or music history teacher). I included his question on comprehensive exams for doctoral students in trombone. The question references the acoustics of the trombone. Here's the question and what ChatGPT wrote:\nOn first glance, this gives the impression of being a very comprehensive, informed answer. But when I asked my friend, Arnold Myers, one of the world's leading experts on the subject of the acoustics of brass instruments (he is co-author, along with Murray Campbell, and Jo\u00ebl Gilbert, of The Science of Brass Instruments, ASA Press\/Springer, 2022), to weigh in on ChatGPT's understanding of trombone acoustics, Arnold took the essay apart piece by piece:\nArnold Myers commented: This is a bit misleading: blowing air through the instrument does not itself produce a sound, blowing is necessary solely to produce the lip buzz.\nArnold Myers commented: This is correct, and important.\nArnold Myers commented: The harmonic spectrum depends on the amplitudes of the standing waves of different frequencies rather than the positions of nodes and antinodes.\nArnold Myers commented: This is misleading: the bell flare is important in the radiation of sound and the timbre, but it does not amplify the sound. The bell does not add energy, it lets some of the energy of the standing waves escape.\nArnold Myers commented: Smaller bells are often more flared and less cylindrical (as in the French trombone).\nArnold Myers commented: It would be hard to define 'focused' or 'concentrated'. The sound of a trombone played loudly has a very wide range of harmonics, containing frequencies extending up to and beyond the limits of human hearing, certainly not \"narrow.\" So does the sound of a french horn played loudly. It is the euphonium sound that has a more limited range of harmonic content.\nArnold Myers had a few more comments as well. It's not enough that ChatGPT has something to say. It's also important to note what it does not say:\nSeveral important considerations are omitted. These include:\nA. The internal sound levels very high, reaching 140-150 decibels in fortissimo. The bell is selective, transmitting the high frequencies (a high pass filter) but reflecting most of the low frequency energy (necessary to build up standing waves).\nB. The timbre of the trombone depends on the dynamic level of playing. At low frequencies the timbre is mellow with little high frequency content, but at high dynamics a significant proportion of the sound energy is converted from low frequencies to high as sound waves travel from mouthpiece to bell (nonlinear propagation of sound). This results in the inevitable brassy sound (cuivr\u00e9) at high dynamic levels (whether the player wishes it or not).\nC. The standing waves are strong enough to influence the vibration of the player's lips. The buzz is shaped partly by the player's voluntary muscular control and partly by the standing waves. This is experienced as 'slotting'.\nIn conclusion, Arnold offered this observation:\nThe reply to your question is well worded and comes over as authoritative, but it is not informed by the state of the art knowledge of brass instrument behaviour. If this had been turned in by one of my masters students, it would have received rather a low mark, not quite a fail. Quite a lot is correct, but important things are wrong (or missing). It gives the impression of being based on reading 50-year old books.\nI then turned to another subject that interests me. I asked ChatGPT to discuss the serpent, the serpentine shaped musical instrument that I have played since 1994. Among many other uses from at least 1590, the serpent was used in small groups of instrumentalists in nineteenth century England where they accompanied the singing of Psalms and other music in rural parish churches. In 2011, I wrote an article about English author Thomas Hardy and how he wrote about the serpent in many of his works.\nSo, I asked ChatGPT about the serpent and how it was used in west gallery bands in churches in rural England in the nineteenth century. Here's what ChatGPT came up with:\nThis is more nonsense. No, the serpent is not similar to a tuba. It predated the tuba by over 200 years, it has a shape that could never be confused with a tuba, and it's played with a mouthpiece roughly the size of a small trombone mouthpiece. Nobody can argue that the serpent is \"easy to play.\" And the serpent is not played \"by winding a long, coiled brass tube around the player's body.\" The serpent is made of wood, not brass (apart from a short brass bocal and brass keys that appear on some serpents), and it is held in front of a player, not coiled around a player's body. Further, ChatGPT completely missed how Thomas Hardy writes about west gallery bands in many of his novels, including Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) where he pays the serpent a crowning compliment:\nOld things pass away, 'tis true; but a serpent was a good old note: a deep rich note was the serpent.\nI decided to send my question about the serpent and ChatGPT's answer to my friend, Clifford Bevan, for his take on all of this. Cliff literally wrote the book about the tuba and its predecessors (like the serpent), The Tuba Family (Faber & Faber, 1978; second edition, Piccolo Press, 2000). Not only is he a superb scholar and performer (on tuba, serpent, and ophicleide), he has a great sense of humor and an unsurpassed wit. Here's what Cliff said about ChatGPT's essay on the serpent:\nI'm sure you must have had the occasional response to your blog in the way that I have to The Tuba Family, where someone has totally misunderstood something I've written to the extent of it's very often having been taken as meaning totally the opposite of what's intended. It can be very discouraging when you've tried your best to use clear and simple language. Our ChatGPT shows evidence of behaving like this someone. So, paragraph 1:\n\"serpent, a brass instrument.\" My Webster has \"brass . . .1. consisting of or made of brass.\" All these years I've been under the impression a serpent's almost always wooden, but then again . . .\n\"relatively inexpensive and easy to play.\" Not that I've noticed\u2014difficult to get your fingers round and all but impossible to pitch accurately. (Though maybe ChatGPT is an octopus with perfect pitch?)\nParagraph 2. Not the early 16th century: the late 16th century.\n\"The serpent was played by winding a long coiled brass tube around the player's body.\" You, boy, that chorister\u2014roll up the sleeves of your cassock and grab the ends of this brass tube, that's it, carefully. . . Now keep tight hold and walk carefully around me, holding it tightly. When it's totally round my body don't forget to cut me free otherwise I won't be able to eat my dinner . . .\nParagraph 3. This is the real gem. ChatGPT has read somewhere that Thomas Hardy (was he the big fat one or the small thin one, by the way?) refers to the serpent in his novels. The only one Chat has seen wasn't actually in a form that required reading but simply watching the screen, and this was Tess of the D'Urbevilles, so he has had to fit the serpent into this. All this symbollically stuff is nonsense. What Hardy does in no fewer than four short stories and, particularly in Under the Greenwood Tree which is based around a village band, is describe (very accurately) the way in which the serpent was used in such a band. (By the way, unusually there is no mention of a serpent in Tess \u2013 I've checked.) If Chat was really serious about symbolic serpents he could have referred to a much earlier book called The Holy Bible, specifically the chapter of Genesis, where the symbolic serpent really comes into its own.\nParagraph 4. I think the \"important symbol\" bit has been demonstrated to have been written about long before the nineteenth century.\nSo how would I grade this answer? It would be too cruel to grade it. I would take it along to my head of department with a request that he might send ChatGPT along to the school psychiatrist for assessment as this student is completely unable to benefit from my tuition owing to impaired mental faculties.\nFinally, I turned to another subject I know well. In 2021, my friend, Kevin Mungons, and I published a new book with University of Illinois Press, Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry. Readers of The Last Trombone know about this book, and I wanted to see what ChatGPT knew about a subject that Kevin and I have spent decades researching. Kevin is also an editor for Moody Publishers. He works with authors every day and he has an editor's eye for good (and bad) prose. What would AI say about Rodeheaver when it searched its massive databases? Here's what ChatGPT said:\nKevin and I have been talking about this for a few days, and we went around and around on this, with my asking ChatGPT the same question several times, worded slightly differently each time. Kevin commented:\nOn the upside\u2014the AI writing sample demonstrated good grammar and mechanics. The AI engine knows and applies basic punctuation, spelling, capitalization. The paragraph structure develops an introduction, exposition, and conclusion. Honestly, it's cleaner than most college writing, or for that matter, most business communication. Give the technical elements an A.\nScored by various methods, the college-level paragraphs are moderately difficult to read. A good editor would fix the long sentences, the over-reliance on \"to be\" verbs, and the zombie nouns. The paragraphs are also wordy and repetitious (131 repeated words in a 260-word sample)\u2014sounding like college students padding their word count. So give the reading comprehension a B-minus (allowing for grade inflation), but there's a more obvious flaw\u2014it's boring. And no one reads boring, not even college professors (who claim to read student papers but really only skim).\nAccurate content? Not so good. ChatGPT claims that Rodeheaver traveled with the evangelist Gipsy Smith (he didn't), gives the wrong date for the founding of Rainbow Records (1920, not 1911), and says Rodeheaver wrote \"hundreds\" of songs (maybe 30, tops). When I asked Doug to try a more generic prompt (\"Write about Homer Rodeheaver\"), ChatGPT wrongly reported that he was born in Indiana. Another iteration asserted that Rodeheaver published Gospel Hymns No. 1\u20136 (an Ira Sankey hymnal, not Rodeheaver).\nThese factual errors are oddly authoritative and precise. Very few readers will recognize the name Gipsy Smith\u2014it sounds so fantastic and exotic that it must be true, as does a very specific (and very wrong) claim about an 1894 hymnal.\nAs a followup, Kevin asked me to ask ChatGPT to write something about Rodeheaver based on a question had a mixture of factual and fictional information. Many commentators are breathlessly arguing that ChatGPT and other AI programs will soon be able to write college papers. But what if a student asks ChatGPT to do something that, unbeknownst to the student, is flawed from the start? What if the request for ChatGPT to write an essay has, as its premise, misinformation? What if the question itself contains an impossibility? Kevin submitted a question and I put it into the ChatGPT program. Here's what happened:\nObvious errors abound, such as the assertion that Rodeheaver was born in Indiana (he was born in Ohio). And there's still that spurious claim that Rodeheaver started Rainbow Records in 1911 (he founded the label in 1920). But Kevin's new request to ChatGPT was infused with several obviously false claims. ChatGPT did not recognize this. ChatGPT's answer, therefore, is hilariously funny\u2014and so very wrong. ChatGPT could have said, \"I cannot answer this question.\" But it didn't. It answered it by making up stuff. Making up outrageous stuff. Kevin summarized his thoughts on this through the lens of his skills as an accomplished teacher, researcher, writer, and editor:\nSuspecting AI's inherent flaw, I deliberately constructed a new writing prompt that asked about Rodeheaver's career as a violinist and his famous collection of postcards (both claims wildly untrue). Sure enough, ChatGPT returned glowing paragraphs claiming \"Rodeheaver played the violin\u2026for various churches and evangelistic campaigns throughout the United States.\" Then comes a whopper, ChatGPT claiming that Rodeheaver's (nonexistent) postcard collection \"was one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world\u2026valued at over $50,000.\"\nYes, fact checking gets an F here, but not just a zero marked in red at the top of the paper. This level of duplicity earns the student a slow walk toward the dean's office.\nWhat's my point? At the exact moment that we're buried in fake news, social media lies, and pseudo research from Wikipedia\u2014at the exact moment we need more truth\u2014we get pure fabrication burnished with academic jargon. And breathless news reporters who think it's good.\nChatGPT has not yet overcome the original problem with computer programming: Garbage In, Garbage Out. For these new AI writing engines, a bad or imprecise query still yields unusually bad answers. And if you don't know the answer, make it up.\nHow will teachers know when a student is using AI? For now, there's one obvious tell\u2014a pronounced gap between flawless mechanics and abysmal content. That's not how it works in real life, where bad student writing is consistently bad\u2014mechanics, research, fact checking, execution\u2014all bad. In the olden days, teachers could spot plagiarism because of one jewel-like paragraph shining from a pile of dreck. That hasn't changed. Given a long enough writing sample, the AI content is still pretty obvious.\nWhile media gush about ChatGPT, even OpenAI Inc.'s founder Sam Altman, recognizes the limitations of ChatGPT:\nChatGPT is incredibly limited, but good enough at some things to create a misleading impression of greatness. It's a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now. It's a preview of progress; we have lots of work to do on robustness and truthfulness.\nWell, that is a truthful and honest statement. Will AI improve over time? Of course. But will it ever replace the human mind, and the unique style of individual authors who have shown, throughout history, the remarkable ability to find and put together the right words? I don't think so.\nAs Bern Elliot, a vice president at Gartner (a technology research firm), said when he recently summed up the current state of ChatGPT in an article on CNBC:\nChatGPT, as currently conceived, is a parlor trick. It's something that isn't actually itself going to solve what people need, unless what they need is sort of a distraction.\nAt the top of this article, I included a screenshot and link from Steven Marche's article, \"The College Essay is Dead.\" As I conclude this essay, have a look at this headline, from an article by Gary Marcus in Scientific American:\nMarcus concludes his article with this insightful observation about ChatGPT and other AI programs:\nLarge language models are great at generating misinformation, because they know what language sounds like but have no direct grasp on reality\u2014and they are poor at fighting misinformation. That means we need new tools. Large language models lack mechanisms for verifying truth, because they have no way to reason, or to validate what they do.\n\"They have no reason to reason, or to validate what they do.\" Despite the current cultural intoxication with AI, there is still\u2014and there will always be\u2014a place for human beings, we who have a soul and a conscience, we who live and act and breathe in the reality of space and time and experiences, and who are made \"in the image of God\" (Genesis 1:27).\nThe end of writing? That gives ChatGPT way too much credit. ChatGPT is neither the answer to life nor an agent of doom. Keep studying, keep honing your craft. You are better than ChatGPT. When approaching artificial intelligence, Caveat emptor.\nDouglas Yeo\nJob opening: Trombone Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\nReaders of The Last Trombone know that in the summer of 2022, I accepted a one-year position as Clinical Associate Professor of Trombone at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The University's previous trombone professor abruptly retired in late May 2022 and the School of Music did a search to hire a trombone professor for the 2022\u20132023 academic year while the University decided how to move ahead with the trombone professor position. I was very happy to accept that position to help out the University during this time of transition. I've just finished my first semester working with my students at Illinois, and I am already looking forward to the spring 2023 semester when we will continue contending in various ways to change the world with trombones in our hands.\nThrough my hiring interviews and regularly throughout the fall semester, I've made my view on the trombone professor position at UIUC very clear: In order to grow the trombone studio, the University and its students would be best served by hiring a full-time, tenure track trombone professor who would be fully committed to all that is required to operate, grow, and maintain a world-class university trombone studio. Given the financial challenges that Universities are facing these days along with recent trends in hiring, it was not a given that UIUC would commit to a tenure track trombone professor position. Happily, after many meetings and discussions between faculty and administrators, University of Illinois has just announced a search for a full-time, tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor of Trombone, effective on August 16, 2023.\nThis search will be chaired by Professor Jim Pugh, Professor of Jazz Trombone and Composition\/Arranging at Illinois. Screening of applications will begin on January 20, 2023. I'm writing this article in an effort to help get the word out so our search will attract the most committed, talented, and inspirational pool of candidates for the position. Click HERE to see the job posting and requirements at it appears on the University of Illinois website. I'm also pasting the announcement below.\nIf you are reading this and are qualified and interested in the position, please consider applying. And please send this announcement to anyone you know who is a transformative teacher and performer who would be interested in working at a world-class School of Music at a premiere University (Illinois is a member of the Big 10 Conference), alongside superb faculty colleagues and with hard-working, engaged students. To get a sense of the great things happening at the University of Illinois School of Music, visit our website at music.illinois.edu.\nHere are a few photos (below) of my trombone teaching studio at UIUC, Music Building 3040. Since I am only teaching there for one year, the room is lightly decorated, but you can get a sense of the size (the room is well lighted with a window, and is corner room on the third floor) and some of what I have there to work with (Baldwin baby grand piano, music stands, desk and chairs, HEPA air purifier, cabinet; other office supplies can be furnished on request). You can see a poster on the wall that contains my three\u2013part philosophy of teaching\u2014STEWARDSHIP, EXCELLENCE, and MISSION\u2014my three\u2013part way of implementing this philosophy\u2014PAY ATTENTION, ASK QUESTIONS, TRY EVERYTHING. And on the poster you'll see the logo I had designed for our studio by my good friend, Lennie Peterson. Of course Abraham Lincoln played the trombone, and he was an Illini. You knew that, right? Finally, my office would not be complete without a photograph on the wall of my teacher, Edward Kleinhammer, as well as many reminders of our part as members of the Illinois community.\nThis is an exciting day for the University of Illinois Trombone Studio. I am committed to helping this search in any way I can (although I am not a member of the search committee) and I look forward to supporting and cheering on the next full-time trombone professor at Illinois. Go Illini!\nMusic Building 3040 (Trombone Studio), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\nAssistant\/Associate Professor of Trombone\nCollege of Fine and Applied Arts\nUrbana, Illinois, United States | 1014474\nSee this job listing at: https:\/\/illinois.csod.com\/ux\/ats\/careersite\/1\/home\/requisition\/2402?c=illinois\nThe University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Trombone. This is a tenure-track position to begin August 16, 2023.\nLocated on the campus of one of the world's leading research universities, the University of Illinois School of Music is a center for creativity and collaboration through performance, research, and education. Historically rich in tradition, the School of Music is a resource for music research of all kinds, and offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees to its nearly 700 students in many different fields of study. Hosting a diverse population of faculty, students, and staff, the School of Music embraces cutting-edge innovation and discovery while providing an array of musical and engagement opportunities within the artistic and educational communities of Urbana and Champaign. Please see www.music.illinois.edu\/ for information regarding the University of Illinois School of Music.\nTeach undergraduate and graduate trombone students in all degree and diploma programs, including weekly lessons for each student, a weekly trombone studio class, and graduate-level trombone literature and pedagogy classes; additional teaching responsibilities will be based on the candidate's other area(s) of expertise. Maintain a professional career as an artist\/teacher and\/or pursue music research appropriate to a Research I university; pursue an active recruiting program that includes building relationships with universities, national organizations, and schools and private teachers statewide. Work with the Wind, Brass, and Percussion faculty to expand engagement opportunities in Illinois school systems to nurture young performers and assist with School recruiting efforts. Actively participate in all events and programs where the visibility of the University of Illinois faculty can serve as an asset for recruiting and\/or student success and morale. Service responsibilities include committee work and other activities that benefit the School and its students. Success in teaching and recruitment, professional creative activity and\/or research, and service will be evaluated as part of the tenure process.\nAll employees of the School of Music are also expected to embrace the following core ideals:\nDemonstrate a commitment to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, one that reflects the entire State of Illinois.\nSupport the University of Illinois' dedication to being a community of care.\nDemonstrate a commitment to student success and well-being through both teaching excellence and broader mentorship.\nSeek out opportunities for collaboration with colleagues both on and off campus, and both within and across disciplines.\nView recruiting and retention, particularly of members of underserved communities, as fundamental to the position and to the School's success.\nWork as a cooperative member of the School's community and serve as a model of integrity and collegiality.\nExhibit passion for your work, the School, and the role of music in our society.\nArtist\/Teacher with an emerging or established national reputation as a performer and\/or pedagogue.\nSuccessful teaching experience at the university level.\nKnowledge of pathways by which students discover the instrument and demonstrated experience attracting, recruiting, and retaining undergraduate and graduate students, particularly those from underrepresented populations.\nEvidence of clearly defined secondary area(s) of expertise, such as music entrepreneurship, community engagement, pedagogy, musicianship, chamber music, health and wellness, or music history.\nHistory of engagement with diverse audiences, collaborators, knowledges, and traditions with respect to race, gender, and class.\nHistory of engagement with works by BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women composers, including new pieces from living composers.\nExperience performing and teaching multiple musical styles, including both classical and jazz.\nMaster's degree in music or commensurate experience.\nOrchestral experience.\nChamber coaching experience.\nClassroom teaching experience at the university level.\nDemonstrated record of student placement and success.\nFacility with new technologies and platforms for recording, creating, and distributing music.\nEvidence of an innovative research profile that engages with performance.\nDoctoral degree in music.\nInterested candidates should submit an online application at https:\/\/jobs.illinois.edu.\u00a0 Application materials should include:\nLetter of interest, including a section that provides 3-5 hyperlinks or URLs for representative online audio or audio\/video files of recent live or recorded performances (please do not include links to entire websites or collections of videos).\nDiversity and inclusion statement, including relevant experience reaching underserved communities and vision for the social role of music in the 21st century.\nNames and contact information of three references.\nScreening of candidate applications will begin on January 20, 2023, and will continue until suitable candidates are identified for the position. Please direct any questions to Prof. Jim Pugh, Search Committee Chair (jimpugh@illinois.edu) or Jennifer Steiling, Sr. Human Resource Associate (steiling@uillinois.edu). Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137.\nThankful for farmers\nToday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. George Washington, in his Thanksgiving proclamation of October 3, 1789, reminds us what this day is for:\nWhereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor\u2014and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me \"to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness,\" now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be\u2014that we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks.\nThere is much for which we can be thankful. Last night, my wife and I went to a Thanksgiving Eve service at our church, New Covenant Church of Naperville, Illinois. About halfway through the service, we sang a hymn that I have sung more times than I can count, \"Come, Ye Thankful People, Come.\"\nLast night, the hymn had new meaning for me. Because this year, I am especially grateful for farmers.\nEach Wednesday since the end of the August, I have gotten up early in the morning to drive south to Urbana, Illinois, where, for the 2022\u20132023 academic year, I am serving as Clinical Associate Professor of Trombone at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I've made this trip 13 times this semester, a 159 mile, nearly three hour long drive. After two days of teaching at Illinois, I get in my car again and make the same drive home. When I first mapped out my drive, I made a decision. I could have taken interstate highways all the way from our home in the Chicago area to Urbana. Interstate 355 to 55, then 57 all the way to Urbana. But I on that first trip in August, I decided to try something different. I decided to take the back roads through the cornfields.\nThe decision was, as I first thought it through, a pragmatic one. Interstate highways are fast, fast roads. Speed limits mean little on interstates. A speed limit of 60 or 65 miles per hour means many\u2014if not most\u2014people are driving 70 or 75. Or faster. I thought the drive on back roads would be more peaceful. Fewer trucks, less noise, and perhaps I could take in a nice view along the way. I wasn't prepared for what happened.\nThe view on Illinois 115 near Cabery, Illinois, August 22, 2022\nOn my first drive south on August 22, I turned off Interstate 55 to Illinois 31, the first of several state roads with a posted speed limit of 55 mph that took me straight south from the Chicago area to Urbana. State Routes 31, 18, and 115. 55 miles an hour, that is until I came across a small village (which happened several times) when the speed limit dropped to 40 mph for a minute while I passed a village with a population of 250. Or fewer. There certainly were fewer trucks on the road. In fact, there were NO trucks. In fact, there were no cars, either. I had the road completely to myself. So much so that I stopped in the middle of the road and snapped this photo, above. And you can see what I saw for hours: endless cornfields.\nIn August, the corn was high. And as far as my eyes could see, I saw thousands of acres of corn. Corn that went on to the horizon and beyond. I was fascinated by the endless stalks of corn, gently undulating in the breeze. I saw farmhouses and silos that dotted the landscape. As the weeks went on, I witnessed the ritual that's done by farmers around the world: harvest. Massive pieces of farm machinery appeared in the cornfields. Stalks were cut down, and the corn was separated from its husks and shot into huge trucks. In recent weeks, with the fields shorn of their stalks, I've seen new pieces of huge equipment plowing the fields. The fields will lay fallow until the spring when I will see another ritual: planting. And the cycle will go on again, just as it's been going on since the first humans walked the earth. The hymn reminds us that this cycle applies to us as well:\nFirst the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear.\nLord of harvest, grant that we, wholesome grain and pure may be.\nThese drives through the cornfields\u2014I have two more trips to campus this semester before the Christmas break and then I will repeat this driving ritual next semester\u2014have given me a new appreciation for farmers. Farming is hard work. I never thought about how much time it takes to harvest hundreds and hundreds of acres of fields. Now I do. It's not a one day job. And farming requires a lot of trust and faith. These fields rely on the rain that God showers down from the sky. The right balance of sun, heat, and rain means a bountiful harvest. When that balance is off, the harvest is compromised. Farmers trust, hope, and pray.\nI also have thought about these farmers and how I have a relationship with them. One way or another, their corn finds its way into the global food cycle. I have certainly eaten food that has been made, either directly or indirectly, with the fruit of their land and the work of their hands. And every now and then during my long drives through the cornfields, I see a sign stuck in the ground that offers a simple message, lest we forget:\nToday, on Thanksgiving day, my oldest daughter, her husband, and our two grandchildren will come over to our home for our annual Thanksgiving dinner. We'll be joined by some friends from church. There will be laughter in the house. We'll watch some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, something we do each year since I marched in that parade with the McDonald's All-American High School Band on Thanksgiving Day, 1972. Later, we'll have a football game on television in the background as we wait for the food to be ready. Then, days of preparation and cooking will culminate in a moment when we sit around the table with a feast before us (with three pies\u2014blueberry, apple, and pumpkin\u2014waiting their turn in the kitchen). It is a feast that I have been reliving each year since my earliest memory, a feast I suppose I've always taken for granted (with gratitude to my mother, mother-in-law, wife, and daughters who have done so much over the years to prepare the feast). We will look at this bounty before us, we will hold hands, bow our heads, and I will pray. I will pray and thank God for the many blessings He has given to us over the last year. I will thank God for His faithfulness through the year, through the cheerful days and through the storms of life. I will thank him for church and school and work and love and life. And I will thank Him for farmers who do the back-breaking work that puts the food on our table. Backbreaking work that most people never see.\nI'm very glad for my weekly drives through the cornfields in Illinois. Because today, these words have new meaning for me:\nCome, ye thankful people, come. Raise the song of harvest-home:\nAll is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.\nGod, our Maker, doth provide, for our wants to be supplied:\nCome to God's own temple, come\u2014raise the song of harvest-home.\nHappy Thanksgiving, friends. We have so much for which we can be thankful. And before you put a fork to your mouth today, thank God for farmers.\nThe view along Illinois 115 near Piper City, Illinois, November 22, 2022.\nAn award for \"Best Historical Research\"\nReaders of The Last Trombone know that last year, University of Illinois Press published a book co-authored by my friend, Kevin Mungons, and me. The subject of the book is Homer Rodeheaver, the trombone-playing song leader for the evangelist William \"Billy\" Sunday for twenty years during the first third of the twentieth century. Rodeheaver played the trombone for over 100 million\u2014yes, million\u2014people during his lifetime (1880-1955) and he profoundly shaped the course of gospel music. Rodeheaver created the first gospel music record company (Rainbow Records), and he founded what was, at the time, the largest and most successful Christian music publishing company. His influence, nearly 70 years after his death, is still felt today.\nAbove: Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver, 1917. Courtesy of Morgan Library, Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana.\nOur book has received many enthusiastic reviews , including one in the October 2022 issue of the International Trombone Association Journal:\nKevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo have collaborated on a scholarly, nuanced biography of Homer Rodeheaver. Mungons and Yeo's book, Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry, combines painstaking research with insightful sociological and musicological analysis. Although the book is co-authored, it has a unified narrative. The extensive citations, alone, are worth the price of purchase. Even if one has only marginal interest in Homer Rodeheaver as a person, this scholarly description of American society at the turn of the 20th century proves fascinating and illuminating.\nAnd this one from Christianity Today in March 2022:\nLike virtually all books in the University of Illinois's much-honored Music in American Life series, Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry fills in significant blanks in our understanding of different aspects of music history. Mungons and Yeo elevate their contribution with meticulous detail and research; a penchant for finding fascinating, revealing stories and anecdotes; and a sparkling, highly readable prose style that's all too rare in most academic books.\nLast week (October 12), we learned that our book has just received a major award. The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) gives annual awards \"to authors of books, articles, or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research.\" This is a highly coveted award, one with major significance to the large community of individuals who are heavily invested in understanding and promoting the history and preservation of recorded sound. ARSC publishes a peer-reviewed journal and its 2022 Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research include books on a wide variety of musical styles and genres written by highly respected authors.\nOur book received the \"Best History\" award in the category for Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Hip Hop, Soul, or R&B. The award will be presented to Kevin and me at the ARSC Conference that will be held in Pittsburgh in May 2023. We are very grateful for this recognition.\nBetween now and October 31, our publisher, University of Illinois Press, is offering a 50% discount off the cover price of the book. Click on this link to the UofI Press website's page on books that have won awards in 2022. You'll find our book there. Click on the image of the cover and you'll be directed to UofI Press's page about our book. You can order the book there. Put in the Promo Code MAL50 and the cost of the book will go from $31 to $15.50. That's a real money savings. But this offer expires on October 31; now is your chance!\nThe Star Spangled Banner, baseball, and trombones","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"19750344-009-024-025-031-261.jpg,\n19750344-009_024_025_031_261.tif, digital camera\nservice dress skirt\nEvent 1939-1945 Second World War\nDate Made --\nMaterials Mammal wool\nBranch Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service\nService Component Royal Canadian Navy\nMeasurements Length 66.8 cm, Width 36.2 cm\nCaption WRCNS Uniform, Captain Adelaide Sinclair\nAdditional Information This uniform belonged to Adelaide Sinclair, Director of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) from 1943 to 1946. Sinclair was the first Canadian woman to wear the four stripes of a captain (jacket sleeve) in the Royal Canadian Navy. Appointed director of the WRCNS in September 1943, Sinclair held the position until the service's disbandment in 1946. The red and white ribbon beside Sinclair's jacket lapel (top right) is for the Order of the British Empire, awarded in January 1945 for her work in organizing and directing the WRCNS.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Pakistan, Afghanistan Agree to Cease-fire After Deadly Border Clashes\nJune 15, 2016 12:10 PM update June 15, 2016 1:41 PM\nAyaz Gul\nAn Afghan border policeman takes position following clashes with Pakistani forces on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in eastern Nangarhar province, June 15, 2016.\nISLAMABAD \u2014\nPakistan and Afghanistan agreed late on Wednesday to observe a cease-fire after days of deadly border skirmishes that left four soldiers dead and wounded more than 40 people, including civilians, on both sides.\nAfghan and Pakistani security forces from both sides are said to have raised white flags, a common means to show surrender. The clashes occurred at the busy Torkham border crossing.\n\"It has been agreed but hope it holds,\" Hazrat Omer Zakhilwal, Afghan ambassador to Islamabad, told VOA when it was announced a cease-fire has been agreed to. He shared no other details.\nZakhilwal made the statement shortly after holding separating meetings with Pakistani military chief General Raheel Sharif and top foreign ministry officials.\nEarlier, Pakistan military spokesman Lt. General Asim Bajaw told reporters that both sides had made contact on diplomatic, political and military levels to de-escalate the border clashes.\nTrying to limit damages\nBajaw noted Pakistan does not want to prolong the conflict because it would only cause more devastation and hurt mutual interests of neighboring countries.\nIn Kabul Wednesday, the Afghan parliament also passed a resolution, calling for resolving the conflict with Pakistan through diplomatic and political means.\nThe most frequented Torkham crossing has remained closed since the conflict began, stranding thousands of travelers on both sides and halting trade conveys.\nAfghanistan and Pakistan blame each other for starting the skirmishes.\nBajwa reiterated Afghan forces began \"unprovoked\" firing late last Sunday to disrupt construction of a gate by Pakistan at the Torkham crossing. He dismissed allegations the gate is located in the disputed territory and insisted the new facility being built 37 meters inside Pakistani territory would help prevent terrorist and other illegal movements on either side.\n\"This border management system is going to benefit Afghans equally well. This is good for both the countries. This will check all kind of movement on either side of the border, so this blame game will eventually end. I think this is going to help all of us and we should get there,\" he told a news conference in Rawalpindi, where the military is headquartered.\nBajwa added that Pakistan plans to construct similar structures at all the eight established border crossings with Afghanistan to address mutual allegations and concerns that militants involved in subversive activities in both countries freely move across the nearly 2,600-kilometer-long so-called Durand Line.\nHe said that militant incursions from across the Torkham crossing led to some of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistan in recent years.\nThe Afghan government, which denounced the construction of the gate, has defended military retaliation, saying no new facility could be erected at the border without mutual consent.\nThe objection stems from historic Afghan disagreement with a frontier that was drawn by former British rulers of the Indian subcontinent.\nTensions High on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border\nBorder Clashes Between Pakistan and Afghanistan Resume After Brief Cease-Fire\nAl-Qaida Chief Pledges Support for New Afghan Taliban Leader\nMore Asia News\nFrench Oil Company TotalEnergies Leaves Myanmar\nAid to Victims of Tonga's Volcanic Eruption Gaining Momentum\nBiden-Kishida Talks Include North Korea, China","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Destinations > Northern Ireland\nNorthern Ireland has always been an assemblage of breathtaking landscapes and brilliant architecture, but it hasn't been until the past decade or so that visitors have begun to flock to its idyllic towns and fascinating shores, basking in the genuine warmth and charm of the region.\nThis is a land of rural heritage, where 12th-century castle ruins dot the countryside, fishing villages string along the coastal shores, and traffic jams rarely consist of anything but sheep or traveling musicians crossing over to the next pasture or town festival. To experience the fickle weather of Northern Ireland is to witness a rain-induced majesty along the emerald green landscape, eventually clearing to paint a sky as blue as the epic \"Mountains of Mourne sweeping down to the sea.\" Fortunately, given that Northern Ireland is only around 5,500 square miles\u2014about the size of Connecticut\u2014you are never far from the next point of interest, whether the famous fairways of championship golf courses, the cruising waters of Lough Erne and Neagh, the epic surf off the Antrim coast, the geological marvels of Giant's Causeway, or the historic cities of Belfast, Derry, and Armagh.\nBelfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, has undergone a vibrant renaissance, shedding its former, paramilitary-conflicted past and donning its newfound role as one of the best cities in the U.K., a label it has earned for its award-winning architecture, cosmopolitan restaurants, evolving modern art scene, packed-out pubs, and the glistening luxury of the recently-designated Titanic Quarter. Londonderry, or \"Derry\" as it is known in the South, is an up-and-coming hot spot for its powerful political murals, lively music scene, and witty and optimistic people. Its 16th century stone city walls, once a symbol of both oppression and reassurance, are now among the country's finest architectural treasures. Londonderry also serves an excellent gateway to the Causeway Coast and the geologically-bizarre Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland's only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Attracting more and more visitors each year, this northernmost slice of the country is home to rugged columnar coastlines rising out of the sea, ancient folklore involving Irish giants, and Old Bushmills, the world's oldest licensed whiskey distillery.\nThe people of this beautiful region are passionate in both heart and hospitality, and Ker & Downey cannot wait to introduce you to their restored and remarkable home.\nCustom Journeys to Northern Ireland\nExclusive Ireland\nEnjoy luxury Ireland travel with private flightseeing tours, behind-the-scenes excursions, golfing, and select dining reservations throughout Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow County, Galway, and Ireland's west coast.\n7 nights \/ 8 days Details\nEurope River Cruises\nCulloden Estate and Spa\nHillsborough Castle\nSearch for Properties in Northern Ireland\nPrivate British Isles Tour: High-Flying Highlights\nThe Newest UNESCO World Heritage Sites You Need To See\nLand of the Morning Calm: What to See and Do in South Korea\nLuxury Ireland Private Tour\nWorld's Best Tour","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Top-Seed @AU_WBasketball Set to Host No. 8 Lafayette in PL Quarterfinal\nLafayette (11-19) 3 10 10 12 35\nAmerican (24-6) 22 6 16 11 55\nPts: 2 Players (#24, #25) - 7\nReb: Kucowski, Natalie - 14\nPts: Emily Kinneston - 20\nReb: Cecily Carl - 11\nAst: Emily Kinneston - 7\nPATRIOT LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL\nGame 30 \u00b7 #1 American (23-6, 16-2 PL) vs. #8 Lafayette (11-18, 6-12 PL)\nMonday, March 5, 2018 \u00b7 7 p.m. ET \u00b7 Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena)\nAll-Time Record: American leads, 38-7\nStream: Patriot League Network on Watch Stadium\nTickets: bit.ly\/autickets\nHow to Watch (Channel Listings)\nGame Notes: American | Lafayette\nWASHINGTON - The American University women's basketball team will look to continue its record-breaking year into the postseason, as the top-seeded Eagles host No. 8 Lafayette in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal round at 7 p.m. on Monday.\nAmerican enters the tournament off a pair of back-to-back losses against Bucknell and Navy. This was only the second time this season that the Eagles fell in consecutive games after they closed with the most regular-season wins in program history at 23-6 overall (16-2 PL). Lafayette (11-18, 6-12 PL) advanced through Boston University during the first round of the tournament, beating the Terriers at home on Saturday, 66-61.\nThe Eagles lead the 45-game series against Lafayette, 38-7, after opening with a 62-53 victory in Washington on Jan. 19, 1982. AU went on an 11-0 run before the Leopards earned their first win, 64-61, in 2004. AU has only lost to Lafayette once in Bender Arena throughout the two teams' 35-year history - Jan. 20, 2016 with a final score of 60-51.\nAmerican swept the Leopards during the regular season, starting with the 74-67 victory in Easton, Pa., on Jan. 20, followed by the 74-66 win during senior day in Bender Arena on Feb. 17.\nThe two teams have met in five Patriot League quarterfinal games since 2009. The Eagles are 4-1 against the Leopards in the postseason with the only loss coming out of the 2009 tournament when Lafayette knocked AU out of the quarterfinal round, 58-56. The last time AU met the Leopards in the postseason was 2015 when the Eagles advanced on to the semifinal round with a 79-56 victory in Washington, D.C.\nHead Coach Megan Gebbia is currently 10-2 against Lafayette.\nSCOUTING AMERICAN\nAU fell in its sixth game of the season on Saturday with a 76-49 loss at Navy. The Eagles were led by an 11-point effort from senior Maria Liddane, followed by 10 points from juniors Kaitlyn Lewis and Elina Koskimies.\nSenior Emily Kinneston, the 2018 Patriot League Player of the Year, leads the team's overall scoring efforts with 15.3 ppg and ranks third in the league. Junior Cecily Carl, who was selected to the Second-Team All-Patriot League, leads the team on the boards with 7.9 rpg while also ranking second on the team with 12.8 ppg.\nDespite the losses to Navy and Bucknell, American still ranks second in the league in scoring (65.0 ppg) and third for both scoring defense (58.8 ppg) and scoring margin (+6.3). The Eagles are second in the league with their 41.0 percent shooting from the floor and have held their opponents to 36.1 percent from the field and 30.0 percent from the perimeter.\nSCOUTING THE LEOPARDS\nStrong perimeter shooting pulled Lafayette to a 66-61 victory over Boston University on Saturday, starting with the career-high from sophomore Sarah Agnello who hit 24 points after shooting 6-for-8 from 3-point range and 8-for-12 from the field. The Leopards closed with a new program record after hitting 12-for-13 from long-range (.522).\nOlivia Martino added another 17 points to the Leopards' final score while Alexis Santarelli closed with 11 points and a team-high six boards alongside Tasha Vipond.\nFreshman Natalie Kucowski, selected for the Patriot League All-Rookie team, continues to work as one of the league's top rebounders, averaging 10.2 per game and 9.4 in PL play. She also averages 1.5 blocks per game, 1.6 in the PL schedule, and leads the team with 11.1 ppg.\nLafayette leads the Patriot League with its 34.9 percent shooting from 3-point range. The team averages 55.9 ppg to its opponents' 60.9 ppg, and has shot 38.2 percent from the field.\n#AUWBB IN THE PL TOURNAMENT\nAmerican is 10-6 in the Patriot League quarterfinal round since the Eagles joined the league in 2001-02.\nThe Eagles are 5-2 in the tournament as the No. 1 seed. They lost in the semifinal round in both 2008 and 2012 as the top seed before running the table in 2015 to earn the program's first berth in the NCAA Tournament.\nAmerican is undefeated at 4-0 in games against No. 8 seeds.\nThe last time AU met Lafayette in the quarterfinal round was also the last time the Eagles entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed - 2015. The Eagles beat No. 8 Lafayette, 79-56, to advance to the semifinal round and eventually win the program's first title and earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament.\nAND THE AWARD GOES TO...\nFour Eagles were selected for Patriot League awards last week, including head coach Megan Gebbia and senior Emily Kinneston, who were both chosen for two of the four major awards.\nGebbia earned her second Patriot League Coach of the Year selection, while Kinneston was voted for her first Player of the Year nod. Kinneston, who didn't make the Preseason All-League Team, also made her first appearance on the Patriot League First Team.\nSenior Maria Liddane also made her first appearance on the All-League release after being selected for both the Third Team and All-Defensive Team.\nJunior Cecily Carl earned her third career all-league nod, making the Second Team for the first time. She was a Third Team selection in 2017 and made the All-Rookie Team in 2016.\n#AUWBB AT HOME\nFor the first time since the 1970s, the AU women's basketball team closed its regular-season home slate undefeated at 13-0.\nThe Eagles' overall home win streak dates back to the 2016-17 season and reached 17-0 with the latest win over Holy Cross. That run ranks ninth in NCAA Division I behind UConn (78), Lamar University (28), Notre Dame (23), Green Bay (23), Baylor (20), Mississippi State (18), FGCU (18), and Elon (18).\nAmerican was 13-2 in Bender Arena in 2017 with losses only to Army West Point and Holy Cross in January. The last AU loss in Bender Arena was over a year ago on February 11, 2017, against Army (68-57). The Eagles' last non-conference loss at home was against William & Mary, 48-34, on December 3, 2016.\nAmerican closed the regular season with a program-record 23 wins, topping the 22 victories from the 2011-12 season.\nThis was only the latest in what was a record-breaking regular season for the Eagles after they broke another 2011-12 record with 17 consecutive wins. The team is now one win away from tying the 2014-15 squad's total 24 victories.\n#MidMajorTop25\nThe Eagles came in at No. 15 on the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.\nAmerican broke into the mid-major rankings for the first time on Jan. 2, landing at No. 25 in the national poll after the win over Colgate. The Eagles previously sat at No. 18 (1\/9), No. 15 (1\/16), No. 13 (1\/23), and No. 11 (2\/13).\nNavy is the only other PL school to hold a spot on the list at No. 23.\nAMONG THE NCAA'S BEST\nAmerican was among the top-10 teams in the NCAA with its 17-game win streak before its loss to Bucknell. The Eagles were seventh in NCAA Division I for the 17-0 run that started on Dec. 20 with the overtime upset over Penn State, 75-66.\nThey were also seventh in the country for the 16-0 conference run and ninth for its 7-0 run on the road.\nAmerican ranks 28th in the NCAA for its .793 win percentage, 57th in RPI.\nCHASING MILESTONES\nCecily Carl is well on her way to becoming the fifth player in program history to break 500 rebounds and 100 blocks - she already cracked the 500-rebound barrier during the Jan. 17 win over Lafayette and currently sits with 99 blocks heading into the first game of the postseason.\nShe is also on pace to break 1,000 points in the first half of next season, which would put her in the company of only Liz Leer (2007-11) and Kirsten Keller (1991-95) to have broken milestones in all three categories (scoring, rebounding, blocks).\nLOOKING AHEAD...\nThe winner of the No. 1 American vs. No. 8 Lafayette game will face either No. 4 Lehigh or No. 5 Army West Point during the semifinal round on Thursday, March 8. The game will be hosted by the highest seed.\nOn the other side of the bracket is No. 6 Loyola (Md.) at No. 3 Navy, and No. 7 Holy Cross at No. 2 Bucknell.\nThe Patriot League Championship, hosted by the highest remaining seed, will be at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 11.\nTicket prices for the quarterfinal game, set by the Patriot League, are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and youth. AU students are admitted free with an AU ID. Rates for groups with 10+ are $3 per person.\nTickets are now on sale via AUEagles.com\/Tickets. Fans can also visit the Athletics Ticket Office in person, or call (202) 885-TIXX (8499) Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.\nFor the latest on American University Women's Basketball, stay tuned to AUEagles.com and follow the team on Twitter @AU_WBasketball.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Contributions to Vote Sawant 2013\nItemized Contributions\nTED VIRDONE Seattle Public Schools Seattle, WA $700.00 5\/18\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nSTEPHANIE RUGOFF LOCKER RETIRED New York, NY $700.00 7\/19\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nALAN LLOYD Alan Lloyd Seattle, WA $700.00 7\/24\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nKAMAL G KHALIL University of Texas Medical School Houston, TX $700.00 7\/30\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nSIMEON MINSHEW Minshew Networks Seattle, WA $700.00 8\/3\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nADAM P EDWARDS Opscode, Inc. Seattle, WA $700.00 7\/29\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\n8\/8\/2013 \u2011 $650.00\nANDREW FUNG The Boeing Company Seattle, WA $700.00 8\/16\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nDANIEL OJALVO F5 Networks Seattle, WA $700.00 5\/18\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nJUDITH ZEH RETIRED Seattle, WA $700.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nWALTER HANSON RETIRED Seattle, WA $700.00 8\/12\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\n8\/12\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\n9\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBRUCE LESNICK Bug Busters Software Engineering, Inc. Seattle, WA $700.00 8\/13\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nPATRICIA BICKNELL Patricia Bicknell Seattle, WA $700.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $125.00\n9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $575.00\nJINAH YOON Jinah Yoon, LLC Seattle, WA $700.00 6\/13\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nKEVIN WALLACE Kevin Wallace Seattle, WA $700.00 9\/25\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nROMI MAHAJAN Romi Boutique Bellevue, WA $700.00 9\/27\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nVALENTINA WARNER Neighborcare Health Seattle, WA $700.00 7\/29\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\n10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nBOB BOWES RETIRED Somerville, MA $700.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nCHRISTOPH PONATH Microsoft Bothell, WA $700.00 8\/19\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nSUE FISHER RETIRED Black Butte Ranch, OR $700.00 6\/19\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\n10\/11\/2013 \u2011 $450.00\nJEANNE LEGAULT UNEMPLOYED Seattle, WA $700.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLEE COLLETON Google Seattle, WA $700.00 9\/18\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nDEIDIRE GAUFF King County Metro Seattle, WA $700.00 10\/16\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nSHIRLEY HENDERSON Associates in Cultural Exchange Seattle, WA $700.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nR. CORBIN HOUCHINS CorbinCounsel Seattle, WA $700.00 10\/24\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nPARUL SHAH Knee Deep Marketing Bellevue, WA $700.00 10\/26\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nSAMIA KHALIL University of Texas Medical School Houston, TX $700.00 6\/24\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nREMINGTON FURMAN Carbon Design Group Seattle, WA $700.00 8\/9\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nSARAH WHITE Swedish Medical Group Seattle, WA $700.00 5\/29\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nSTEPHEN PRICE Stephen Price, LLC Kirkland, WA $700.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nSONJA PONATH UNEMPLOYED Bothell, WA $700.00 4\/24\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nGUS HARTMANN Google, Inc. 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New York, NY $700.00 12\/24\/2013 \u2011 $700.00\nSEIU LOCAL 6 Seattle, WA $700.00 1\/10\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nSEIU LOCAL 1199NW Renton, WA $700.00 3\/17\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nTEAMSTERS LOCAL 117 Tukwila, WA $700.00 4\/16\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nIBEW LOCAL 77 SeaTac, WA $700.00 4\/16\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nKATHRYN SHIELDS RealNetworks Foundation Seattle, WA $700.00 4\/18\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nKATHERINE TURNBULL Cass Turnbull Gardening Seattle, WA $700.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nNICHOLAS CALEB Concordia University Portland, OR $700.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\nPTE LOCAL 17 Seattle, WA $700.00 4\/30\/2014 \u2011 $700.00\n46 ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC Kent, WA $692.92 7\/19\/2013 \u2011 $246.46\nMARK GILL Coldwell Banker Bain Kirkland, WA $692.00 2\/26\/2014 \u2011 $500.00\nCARLA SAULTER Transportation Choices Coalition Seattle, WA $685.00 7\/21\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nPHILIP LOCKER Philip Locker Seattle, WA $685.00 10\/9\/2013 \u2011 $685.00\nDAVID DICATO Microsoft Seattle, WA $682.00 6\/30\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nGARY NISHIMURA Robbins Co. Seattle, WA $650.00 10\/3\/2013 \u2011 $650.00\nRONALD STERLING Ron Sterling M.D. Seattle, WA $650.00 8\/15\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nTHOMAS BARNARD Port of Seattle Seattle, WA $650.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJOHN ROBERTS WSGR Bainbridge Island, WA $650.00 9\/16\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nDOUGLAS SMITH UNEMPLOYED Bellingham, WA $625.00 9\/23\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nPRESTON SAHABU Facebook Seattle, WA $600.00 8\/6\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nMEGAN GALLUS Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington Seattle, WA $600.00 11\/5\/2013 \u2011 $600.00\nRICHARD C BURTON Washington State Nurses Association Seattle, WA $600.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nRICHARD BURKHART RETIRED Seattle, WA $600.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDAVID FATHI ACLU Washington, DC $550.00 6\/23\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nGWEN GOODBEE Sno-Isle Libraries Langley, WA $550.00 7\/15\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJOANNE QUINN Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Kenmore, WA $550.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nRAGHAV KAUSHIK Microsoft Kirkland, WA $530.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nLOGAN SWAN Seaport Steel Seattle, WA $525.00 9\/1\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nDAVID JETTE RETIRED Seattle, WA $500.00 9\/5\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nALAN PRESTON Real Change Seattle, WA $500.00 10\/12\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nMATT GONZALEZ San Francisco Public Defender San Francisco, CA $500.00 10\/31\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nRACHEL SOBEL Google, Inc. Seattle, WA $500.00 11\/2\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nLINDA MALANCHUK-FINNAN Thurgood Marshall Middle School Olympia, WA $500.00 3\/26\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nROBERT COMMIKE YRC Freight Plainview, NY $500.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $300.00\nJOEL BRADBURY RETIRED Seattle, WA $500.00 8\/16\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nARAM FALSAFI Tellabs, Inc Seattle, WA $500.00 8\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nWFSE LOCAL 304 Olympia, WA $500.00 11\/15\/2013 \u2011 $500.00\nCOOPER CLAUSON Orora Design Technologies Seattle, WA $500.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nSTEPHEN LUDWIG Cloud City Seattle, WA $500.00 9\/30\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nHUGH HUNTTING Hugh Huntting Seattle, WA $500.00 1\/7\/2014 \u2011 $500.00\nMARVIN DAWSON RETIRED Bothell, WA $500.00 3\/23\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nSTAN SORSCHER SPEEA Seattle, WA $500.00 11\/18\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nJUDITH ARMS University of Washington Seattle, WA $500.00 11\/18\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nDAVID THOMPSON Netmotion Wireless Inc. Seattle, WA $480.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $80.00\nTHOMAS G WEGNER InStore Technology, LLC Seattle, WA $450.00 4\/16\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nGEORGE GOODALL Seattle Fire Department Seattle, WA $450.00 3\/21\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nJEB WYMAN Seattle Central Community College Seattle, WA $450.00 6\/14\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nEDWARD CIOK Seattle Community Colleges Seattle, WA $450.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nKATHRYN MALY Kathryn Maly Seattle, WA $430.00 11\/12\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nBURKE STANSBURY Campaign for Community Change Seattle, WA $425.00 8\/8\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nJOSH FARRIS Josh Farris Seattle, WA $420.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $420.00\nCHRISTOPHER MEEK Christopher Meek Seattle, WA $400.00 10\/20\/2013 \u2011 $400.00\nCHOP SUEY Seattle, WA $400.00 10\/24\/2013 \u2011 $400.00\nMICHAEL A SCHLOSSER RETIRED Eugene, OR $400.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nDORLI RAINEY RETIRED Seattle, WA $400.00 5\/18\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nKATHERINE B WILSON Helen Clouston Seattle, WA $400.00 8\/10\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nTREEPAC Seattle, WA $400.00 11\/27\/2013 \u2011 $400.00\nJAMES M SQUIRE James M. Squire Seattle, WA $400.00 9\/16\/2013 \u2011 $300.00\nALICE DUBIEL Planet Art Seattle, WA $375.00 8\/11\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nSTEPHEN EDWARDS RETIRED Chicago, IL $350.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nPHILIP WOHLSTETTER Philip Wohlstetter Seattle, WA $350.00 10\/13\/2013 \u2011 $350.00\nPHILIP WEISS Philip Weiss Seattle, WA $350.00 8\/7\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nKIM LOGAN NorthCare Hospice Kansas City, MO $350.00 10\/17\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nKAREN COWGILL Seattle University Seattle, WA $350.00 10\/17\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nDOUG NIELSON University of Washington Seattle, WA $350.00 10\/20\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nCHRISTOPHER GLENSKI Microconnex Seattle, WA $350.00 10\/16\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nLABORERS LOCAL 1239 Seattle, WA $350.00 4\/17\/2014 \u2011 $350.00\nKEITH J GILLIS University of Washington Seattle, WA $335.00 8\/6\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nOWEN P MEYER STUDENT Seattle, WA $330.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nJULES STRAND RETIRED Seattle, WA $300.00 7\/25\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nAPOLINARIO WARNER STUDENT Seattle, WA $300.00 10\/11\/2013 \u2011 $300.00\nBEN ALLEN STUDENT Seattle, WA $300.00 10\/15\/2013 \u2011 $300.00\nSONORA JHA Seattle University Seattle, WA $300.00 10\/19\/2013 \u2011 $300.00\nPETER HOWARD RETIRED Hilo, HI $300.00 10\/28\/2013 \u2011 $300.00\nNEIL FOX Law Office of Neil Fox, PLLC Seattle, WA $300.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJAISRI LINGAPPA University of Washington Seattle, WA $300.00 10\/27\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nCHERYL A BERSCH RETIRED Seattle, WA $300.00 10\/13\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMARINA YURIN Safeway Fife, WA $300.00 9\/4\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJOHN FINNAN Washington State Department of Licensing Olympia, WA $300.00 1\/21\/2014 \u2011 $300.00\nRAJAA GHARBI Rajaa Gharbi Seattle, WA $300.00 10\/14\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJOHN C CUEVAS CPA Seattle, WA $300.00 7\/31\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nPHILIP KOCH Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD $300.00 4\/19\/2013 \u2011 $90.00\nJESSICA SPEAR Jessica Spear Seattle, WA $290.67 4\/4\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJ. GLENN EVANS J. Glenn Evans Seattle, WA $285.00 7\/10\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nANN MONTAGUE RETIRED Salem, OR $275.00 9\/13\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nVAFA GHAZI Synopsys, Inc. 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Tompkins Seattle, WA $250.00 10\/27\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nJUSTIN HARRISON Verizon Philadelphia, PA $250.00 11\/15\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nJOAN SANDLER RETIRED Seattle, WA $250.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nWILLIAM WASHINGTON William Washington Seattle, WA $250.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nOPEIU LOCAL 8 Seattle, WA $250.00 12\/31\/2013 \u2011 $250.00\nFRED KORN RETIRED Seattle, WA $250.00 9\/23\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nROBBY STERN RETIRED Seattle, WA $250.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nANINDITA MITRA CREA Affiliates Seattle, WA $250.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJAN TREECRAFT Spokane County Title Spokane, WA $250.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nKEVIN RUBY Holy Rosary Regional School Tacoma, WA $250.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $250.00\nDAVID GORDON University of Washington Seattle, WA $249.00 7\/19\/2013 \u2011 $249.00\nJANE ANAU Group Health Cooperative Seattle, WA $225.00 9\/25\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nPAIGE E HEGGIE SolTerra Systems Seattle, WA $225.00 9\/17\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJONATHAN WENGER Getty Images Seattle, WA $220.00 7\/19\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nCARY J YOUNG Marin Software Portland, OR $220.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $200.00\nROBERTO LOVATO RETIRED Milwaukie, OR $220.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $200.00\nJOAQUIN I UY Washington Low Income Housing Alliance Seattle, WA $215.00 11\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJOHN WENDT Great Harvest Bread Co. 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Seattle, WA $200.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nKAY G POWERS Snohomish County First Amendment Scholarship Fund Seattle, WA $200.00 11\/19\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nRYAN KAHLER U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seattle, WA $200.00 12\/29\/2013 \u2011 $200.00\nCINDY DOMINGO King County Seattle, WA $200.00 10\/11\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMICHAEL GUITTARD Seattle Central Colllege Seattle, WA $200.00 4\/10\/2014 \u2011 $200.00\nWILLIAM BIELAWSKI John F. Throne & Co. Seattle, WA $200.00 10\/3\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLYNN STAHELI RETIRED Seattle, WA $200.00 4\/14\/2014 \u2011 $200.00\nMICHAEL MESFORD RETIRED Seattle, WA $200.00 10\/3\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nTHEODORE SMITH Smith & Huston Seattle, WA $200.00 9\/29\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nBOB ZAPPONE King County Seattle, WA $200.00 1\/12\/2014 \u2011 $100.00\nJON REINSCH National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle, WA $200.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nAUDREY MONROE University of Washington Seattle, WA $199.00 8\/3\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDUNCAN AUTREY Duncan Autrey Seattle, WA $199.00 8\/9\/2013 \u2011 $99.00\nRUTH SCHAEFER RETIRED Seattle, WA $195.00 11\/5\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMARCIA ALDEN Microsoft Seattle, WA $187.76 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $187.76\nANTHONY WILSDON University of Washington Seattle, WA $180.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMASUD SHAH Washington CAN Seattle, WA $180.00 6\/26\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nSHULAMIT DECKTOR Shulamit Decktor Seattle, WA $180.00 9\/4\/2013 \u2011 $36.00\nTOM KEOUGH Tom Keough Brooklyn, NY $180.00 5\/16\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nJENNIFER JACKSON UNEMPLOYED Seattle, WA $179.00 7\/15\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nCARL DAVIS The Princeton Review Seattle, WA $176.00 8\/11\/2013 \u2011 $101.00\nERIC HUFFMAN WA Deptartment of Corrections Edmonds, WA $175.00 7\/8\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nLAURA BERNSTEIN Lehman Learning Solutions Seattle, WA $175.00 9\/29\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nGARY MOORE NW Connection Services, Inc. Renton, WA $175.00 7\/28\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDEREK DEXHEIMER Allovus Design Seattle, WA $175.00 10\/21\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nGEORGE GREGORY Kaleidoscope, Inc Seattle, WA $172.00 10\/27\/2013 \u2011 $172.00\nJACK SMITH RETIRED Seattle, WA $169.00 10\/21\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nJAYN FOY Jayn Foy Seattle, WA $165.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nELENA NASKOVA Puget Sound Energy Seattle, WA $165.00 10\/17\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHAEL LUBRANO STUDENT Seattle, WA $150.00 4\/6\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nANNA STRAHAN King County Seattle, WA $150.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nJON GROUT King County Seattle, WA $150.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nSARA KLEIN Tumwater School District Tacoma, WA $150.00 9\/1\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nGLENN BARFORD RETIRED Philadelphia, PA $150.00 9\/11\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nSARA GHARBI-REINKING Valley Medical Center Seattle, WA $150.00 9\/27\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nKAREN KONZEN RETIRED Kirkland, WA $150.00 10\/4\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nKATIE GARROW Professional & Technical Employees Local 17 Seattle, WA $150.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nBROCK LARSON Boeing Seattle, WA $150.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJOANNE FOX King County Seattle, WA $150.00 10\/19\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nASHOK MISRA Alina Consultants, Inc. Mercer Island, WA $150.00 10\/19\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nSUJATHA SRINIVASAN Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Redmond, WA $150.00 10\/22\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nANDRA ARTEMOVA Linda Werner & Associates Seattle, WA $150.00 10\/25\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nELIZABETH BORTZ Seattle Counseling Service Seattle, WA $150.00 6\/25\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nCHRISTOPHER O'BRIEN STUDENT Somerville, MA $150.00 9\/5\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLORN J FANT STUDENT Seattle, WA $150.00 9\/27\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nVICTOR WALLIS Berklee College of Music Somerville, MA $150.00 3\/13\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMELISSA JONAS Melissa Jonas Seattle, WA $150.00 10\/12\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nBILL YATES Bill Yates Seattle, WA $150.00 11\/1\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nPETER BOHMER The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA $150.00 9\/21\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLYDIA OLCHOFF Accenture Seattle, WA $150.00 11\/10\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nANDY RUSSELL Seattle Public Schools Seattle, WA $150.00 9\/1\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLAURA BOLZ Laura Bolz Seattle, WA $150.00 11\/13\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nMARJOLEIN VAN DER VEEN UNEMPLOYED The Hague, $150.00 11\/15\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nDIANE SNELL RETIRED Seattle, WA $150.00 9\/14\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJONATHAN P FLACK Laika Entertainment Seattle, WA $150.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nDANIEL SCHWARTZ King County Seattle, WA $150.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $150.00\nBRUCE LORENTE Avail Home Health Seattle, WA $150.00 10\/20\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLISA DEKKER Washington CAN Seattle, WA $150.00 10\/31\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMONA LEE RETIRED Seattle, WA $150.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJOHN MCBRADY O-Rings West, Inc. Seattle, WA $150.00 1\/23\/2014 \u2011 $150.00\nOREN GERSTEN STUDENT Seattle, WA $149.00 7\/17\/2013 \u2011 $99.00\nJOAN JONES Service Employees International Union Seattle, WA $145.00 3\/30\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nTHOMAS WELLS UNEMPLOYED San Jose, CA $140.00 8\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nKAITLEN S MARK Washington CAN Seattle, WA $136.00 5\/14\/2013 \u2011 $36.00\nCAROLINE SAYRE Shoreline Community College Seattle, WA $135.00 10\/25\/2013 \u2011 $115.00\nRONNIE P RODRIQUEZ Ronnie P. 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Hall Seattle, WA $120.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $120.00\nPAUL CHAPMAN Microsoft Seattle, WA $120.00 10\/22\/2013 \u2011 $120.00\nMIKE MCCORMICK Mike McCormick Seattle, WA $120.00 11\/2\/2013 \u2011 $120.00\nAPRIL BREES UNEMPLOYED Seattle, WA $120.00 11\/7\/2013 \u2011 $120.00\nPAUL MARESH Paul Maresh Portland, OR $120.00 10\/15\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nRICHARD BARRY Broken Shade Photo Seattle, WA $120.00 1\/10\/2014 \u2011 $120.00\nTHOMAS E COMFORT RETIRED Portland, OR $115.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $100.00\nBORIS POPOVIC Washington CAN Seattle, WA $110.00 9\/10\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nROSEMARY DONAGHUE RETIRED Seattle, WA $109.00 10\/21\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nSUSAN SHAW RETIRED Seattle, WA $108.00 12\/30\/2013 \u2011 $108.00\nMARCIN ZALEWSKI Indiana University Bloomington, IN $105.00 3\/13\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nBERNARD HAGGERTY Laramie County Government Laramie, WY $101.00 9\/6\/2013 \u2011 $101.00\nERIC OEMIG Omega Labs, Inc Kirkland, WA $101.00 10\/14\/2013 \u2011 $101.00\nARUN MISRA Guardian Life Insurance Co. Johns Creek, GA $101.00 1\/27\/2014 \u2011 $101.00\nREY RAMIREZ Seattle, WA $100.00 5\/18\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nTRAVIS CUMMINS Mobile, AL $100.00 5\/30\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMARGARET SHEETS Seattle, WA $100.00 7\/19\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nDEVIN THERIOT-ORR Seattle, WA $100.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nADAM PAYSSE Seattle, WA $100.00 8\/7\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nAARON STOESS Seattle, WA $100.00 8\/12\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nSHANE HENSINGER San Francisco, CA $100.00 8\/14\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nDANIEL CORDAS Seattle, WA $100.00 8\/29\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nASHER CHRISTL Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/7\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nFREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/13\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nTIMOTHY HARRIS Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/14\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMARIETTA ZINTAK DSHS Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/14\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nKRAIG SCHWARTZ Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nLESLIE WEERTMAN Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/16\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nRICHARD THURSTON Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/17\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJAMES DOUGLAS Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJONATHAN BROWN Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/20\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nNICOLE GRANT Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/21\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMICHAEL WOO Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/23\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nCHUCK S RICHARDS Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/24\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nSUSAN APPEL Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/24\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMARK WATSON Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nNATE NEVILS Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/6\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMADGE DODSON Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nCAROL BROWN Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nCHARLES MECONIS Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/29\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nCHRIS BEITER Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/30\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMARTIN LIEBOWITZ Seattle, WA $100.00 9\/30\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nMARTIN MALY Seattle, WA $100.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nZACHARY KEMPEL Springfield, IL $100.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 $100.00\nJUDITH ADELSON Los Angeles, CA $100.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 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Seattle, WA $75.00 10\/3\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nYOUNG HAN Seattle, WA $75.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJAY SCHREIBER Seattle, WA $75.00 10\/17\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nMOLLY KHALIL Houston, TX $75.00 10\/27\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nNANCY DICKEMAN Seattle, WA $75.00 8\/16\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nALEXANDER JONES Middlebury, VT $75.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nTOMMY ROGERS Seattle, WA $75.00 11\/2\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nSURENDREN MOODLIAR Boston, MA $75.00 11\/4\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nIAN BELL Seattle, WA $75.00 7\/25\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBILL DUROE Seattle, WA $75.00 10\/29\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nRUST GILBERT New York, NY $75.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nPAULA BERRY Temecula, CA $75.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nJUAN GIMELLI HEMME Seattle, WA $75.00 9\/24\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nSCOTT MILES Seattle, WA $75.00 11\/13\/2013 \u2011 $75.00\nLARISSA CHUPRINA Mercer Island, WA $75.00 8\/1\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nADRIENNE DAILEY Seattle, WA $75.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHAEL A STOKLEY Seattle, WA $75.00 11\/1\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nWESLEY IRWIN Seattle, WA $75.00 1\/27\/2014 \u2011 $75.00\nOWEN HAMEL Seattle, WA $75.00 9\/27\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nPAUL BIGMAN Seattle, WA $75.00 11\/21\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nRAYMOND MURPHY Seattle, WA $75.00 5\/18\/2013 \u2011 $20.00\nMARK GIUS Seattle, WA $70.00 10\/12\/2013 \u2011 $70.00\nTIM WHITE Orcas, WA $70.00 10\/24\/2013 \u2011 $70.00\nDANIEL DIMAGGIO Silver Spring, MD $70.00 10\/7\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nSYD FREDRICKSON Seattle, WA $70.00 9\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJULIAN GONZALEZ Brooklyn, NY $70.00 11\/13\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nROBERT J MAJURE Portland, OR $70.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nCAROLYN W SPERRY Seattle, WA $65.00 10\/18\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nHAVENS TIPPS Bellevue, WA $65.00 1\/7\/2014 \u2011 $25.00\nKATE KILBOURNE Portland, OR $65.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nRACHEL HANES Portland, OR $65.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nIZAAK GOODALL Seattle, WA $60.00 6\/5\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nTEDDY PRIEST Woodinville, WA $60.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nJEANNINE POWERS Seattle, WA $60.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nKYLE EVANS Seattle, WA $60.00 10\/9\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nDEVIN KELLY Seattle, WA $60.00 10\/23\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nPAUL PEMBERTON Seattle, WA $60.00 10\/27\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nALGERNON D'AMMASSA Deming, NM $60.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nMONTY MITCHELL Lake Stevens, WA $60.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $60.00\nMARY PAT DILEVA Seattle, WA $60.00 10\/21\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nMIKE DRAPER Seattle, WA $60.00 1\/6\/2014 \u2011 $60.00\nPAUL NAMES Federal Way, WA $60.00 1\/12\/2014 \u2011 $60.00\nCAROL DANSEREAU Seattle, WA $56.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\n11\/3\/2013 \u2011 $6.00\nKRIS PATTON Seattle, WA $55.00 8\/1\/2013 \u2011 $55.00\nRYAN BLACKHAWKE Kirkland, WA $55.00 9\/2\/2013 \u2011 $5.00\nPABLO BUSTINDUY AMADOR Astoria, NY $55.00 10\/15\/2013 \u2011 $55.00\nDEBORAH ALTERMAN Seattle, WA $55.00 10\/23\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nSANDRA KURTZ Seattle, WA $55.00 10\/9\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nHOWARD S THORN Portland, OR $55.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\n4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $5.00\nJONIS DAVIS Seattle, WA $53.00 10\/25\/2013 \u2011 $53.00\nKERRY FINNAN Olympia, WA $50.00 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJAMES ZISSLER Kenmore, WA $50.00 5\/18\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nSAVINA MASON Seattle, WA $50.00 6\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nKEVIN BAKER Los Angeles, CA $50.00 6\/20\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nTEGAN MULHOLLAND Seattle, WA $50.00 6\/23\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMINA NAKANO Seattle, WA $50.00 6\/30\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJACKI WEBER Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/8\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMARGARET E SMITH Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/18\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJERRY HUNNICUTT Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nGILBERT LEVY Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJENNIFER KAPLAN Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJEANETTE WALLIS Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nTYLER LEPARD Seattle, WA $50.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJAANINE GLASCOCK Berkeley Springs, WV $50.00 8\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMIKE DAVALOS Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/3\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nANGELA GARBES Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/4\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDAVID WIELAND Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/7\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nANDREW BOSCARDIN Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/7\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJEFFREY FEW Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/7\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJEAN S FALLOW Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/8\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nEMILY MURPHY Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/9\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nLEVI JONES Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/9\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nSUZANNE SKONE Mercer Island, WA $50.00 8\/12\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBRIE GYNCILD Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/13\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMARTHA S BRAGIN Brooklyn, NY $50.00 8\/17\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJULIA STOYANOVICH New York, NY $50.00 8\/18\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nRICHARD KNOX Seattle, WA $50.00 8\/31\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nKATHLEEN M NILAN Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/14\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDANIEL NORTON Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBOBBY RIGHI Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHAEL RIGHI Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBETTY S WILLIAMS Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nRUTH YARROW Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMIKE YARROW Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nELLEN WHITTON Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nAARON SEMER Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/18\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nLAURA MILLER Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMATTHEW RICHTER Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/19\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDOUGLAS RYBACKI Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/20\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nTATIANA MASTERS Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/23\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nGREG CAIN Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/24\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJEREMY HALINEN Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nNATHAN HOWARD Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJIM SHOBE Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/27\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJEFFREY S SMITH Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDENIS F HARNEY Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nGREGORY RUBIN Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBRYAN THOMAS Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJANINE C BLAELOCH Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/29\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nERIC E THORSEN Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/30\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nDANIEL PARRY Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nKIRSTY PALMER Klamath Falls, OR $50.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nJOSEPH PETTY Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nCHRISTOPHER ADAMS Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nCHRIS POPE Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nPAUL WAKENIGHT Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/4\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHAEL WEISMAN Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/4\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nBENJAMIN J GALLUP Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHELE DRAYTON Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/7\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nKAREN MESKO Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/7\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nART PEDERSON Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/9\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nWENDY ASHMUN Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/10\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nRYNE LEUZINGER Urbana, IL $50.00 10\/11\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nARLENE GEIST Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/11\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nCIENNA MADRID 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\u2011 $50.00\nDANA HUFFORD Seattle, WA $50.00 1\/6\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nROBERT PACE Seattle, WA $50.00 1\/6\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nJONATHAN THOMPSON Seattle, WA $50.00 11\/7\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nZAIN BURGHED Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/10\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHAEL VITZ-WONG Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/11\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nDOUGLAS MAYES Dow, IL $50.00 4\/11\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nMICHAEL VALENZA Oakland, CA $50.00 4\/11\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nLARRY GOSSETT Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/11\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nSUSAN GODING Burien, WA $50.00 4\/12\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nMATHEW CLARK Renton, WA $50.00 4\/13\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nJOY FRADIN Lincoln, WA $50.00 4\/15\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nGRAHAM MATHES Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/19\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nDREW WASHBURN Seattle, WA $50.00 9\/25\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nRAEL NIDESS Marshall, TX $50.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nDANA IORIO Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nCAROL R CAMPBELL Keaau, HI $50.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nROBERT POTTER Provo, UT $50.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nERIC E WAHL Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nSUE MOON Seattle, WA $50.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nRICHARD KEPPLER Nashville, TN $50.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nDANIEL RAPHAEL University Place, WA $50.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nSETH WOOLLEY Portland, OR $50.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $50.00\nRAMY KHALIL Seattle, WA $50.00 10\/3\/2013 \u2011 $50.00\nPATRI COLLINS Seattle, WA $49.00 10\/20\/2013 \u2011 $49.00\nALEXANDER KING Portland, OR $47.28 10\/15\/2013 \u2011 $47.28\nBURNIS TUCK Fresno, CA $46.00 12\/30\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nWALT SHOLUND Seattle, WA $45.00 7\/7\/2013 \u2011 $45.00\nMARTHA BASKIN Seattle, WA $45.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $45.00\nCODY RANK Seattle, WA $45.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nRAFEEQ A HASAN Chicago, IL $45.00 11\/2\/2013 \u2011 $45.00\nSAYED NAIMI Seattle, WA $45.00 9\/2\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nRACHAEL BELISLE Puyallup, WA $45.00 9\/2\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nALISON CARDINAL Seattle, WA $40.00 4\/13\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nJOHN EURE Seattle, WA $40.00 5\/11\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nCHRISTINE ECCLESTON Seattle, WA $40.00 6\/5\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nIAN ANDERSON Seattle, WA $40.00 7\/6\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nBARRIE D WALL Seattle, WA $40.00 7\/10\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nYASMIN ADEN Burien, WA $40.00 7\/14\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nVIVIAN LITTLE Seattle, WA $40.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nANA FREUND Seattle, WA $40.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nTORI WESTMAN Seattle, WA $40.00 9\/7\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nGUY ASTLEY Seattle, WA $40.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nWEBSTER S WALKER Seattle, WA $40.00 9\/29\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nSTEVE MCFADDEN Seattle, WA $40.00 10\/2\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nALLISON CAUVEL Seattle, WA $40.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nKAMARIA HIGHTOWER Seattle, WA $40.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nDAN TENENBAUM Seattle, WA $40.00 10\/9\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nJUDITH GIBBS Seattle, WA $40.00 10\/27\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nNAOMI NOMURA-BARRY Seattle, WA $40.00 10\/31\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nLADAN SANI Seattle, WA $40.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nS J BIRD Bellingham, WA $40.00 11\/12\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nTHOMPSON POTTER Cambridge, MA $40.00 11\/25\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nSEFERIANA DAY Seattle, WA $40.00 12\/12\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nKRISTINE R JANSSEN Port Townsend, WA $40.00 12\/14\/2013 \u2011 $40.00\nGRACE ARMSTRONG Kenmore, WA $40.00 1\/6\/2014 \u2011 $40.00\nNAJWA ALSHEIKH Northampton, MA $40.00 7\/27\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nKIM LOFTNESS Shoreline, WA $40.00 10\/31\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nERIK BERGMAN Seattle, WA $36.00 6\/1\/2013 \u2011 $36.00\nJONATHAN ROSENBLUM Seattle, WA $36.00 4\/17\/2014 \u2011 $36.00\nMATTHEW KOZLOWSKI Madison, WI $35.00 3\/16\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nFRANK LINGUITI Philadelphia, PA $35.00 8\/25\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nJANET VAN FLEET Seattle, WA $35.00 11\/2\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nRACHEL ERSTAD Seattle, WA $35.00 11\/2\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nDIANA SHEA Albuquerque, NM $35.00 11\/14\/2013 \u2011 $35.00\nCHARLES ANGELL Seattle, WA $35.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nMATT NAWROCKI Seattle, WA $35.00 9\/2\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nGARY BILLS Portland, OR $35.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nMARGARET HASHMI Bellingham, WA $30.00 3\/18\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nJUSTIN C MILLER Seattle, WA $30.00 6\/18\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nHATIM SALEEM Seattle, WA $30.00 6\/23\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nDEBRA SMITH ADLER Seattle, WA $30.00 7\/24\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nGENE ANKLI Tacoma, WA $30.00 7\/26\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nCHRISTINA STALDER Seattle, WA $30.00 7\/28\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nRUBEN J GONZALEZ Seattle, WA $30.00 8\/3\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nJENNIFER SMITH Seattle, WA $30.00 8\/3\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nDAN GREEN Seattle, WA $30.00 9\/15\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nPAMELA KEELEY Seattle, WA $30.00 9\/26\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nKATIE GILLESPIE Seattle, WA $30.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nMATTHEW BELLINGER Seattle, WA $30.00 10\/10\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nJOHN CHATTERTON-PAPINEAU Seattle, WA $30.00 10\/16\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nDENNIS BUSH Portland, OR $30.00 10\/19\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nSEAN POWER Seattle, WA $30.00 10\/23\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nPETER GORSUCH Seattle, WA $30.00 10\/10\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nDIANE HOOD Seattle, WA $30.00 11\/1\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nJESSICA LONG Seattle, WA $30.00 11\/5\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nMAEVE STEPHENSON Seattle, WA $30.00 11\/8\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nJASON MALERICH Springfield, IL $30.00 11\/8\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nSUZANNE PARDEE Shoreline, WA $30.00 10\/31\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nBRIDGET KNIGHT Seattle, WA $30.00 11\/14\/2013 \u2011 $30.00\nSIOBHAN GWOZDZ Oregon City, OR $30.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $30.00\nMEGAN HISE Portland, OR $30.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $30.00\nNICK KNUDSON Gresham, OR $30.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $30.00\nBRIAN SCHULTZ Portland, OR $30.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $30.00\nSTEVE SYNDER Portland, OR $30.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $30.00\nJANET BATTAGLIA Seattle, WA $26.00 9\/21\/2013 \u2011 $26.00\nJAIRUS COLYER Seattle, WA $26.00 10\/5\/2013 \u2011 $26.00\nDUSTIN GRINSTEAD Seattle, WA $25.00 8\/3\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nAARON THOMLE Seattle, WA $25.00 8\/6\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nPETER DREWES Bellingham, WA $25.00 9\/28\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nMIKE RUSSELL Las Vegas, NV $25.00 10\/1\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nGREGORY H PLANCICH Seattle, WA $25.00 9\/27\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nKRISTYN JOY Seattle, WA $25.00 10\/18\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nCAITLIN SCOTT Seattle, WA $25.00 10\/29\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nALBERT PENTA Monroe, WA $25.00 10\/30\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nJASON MAYERFELD Seattle, WA $25.00 11\/7\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nKENNETH PICK Seattle, WA $25.00 10\/13\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nMARK SMITH Seattle, WA $25.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nJEAN BUSKIN Seattle, WA $25.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nMARK CONOVER Bellingham, WA $25.00 11\/13\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nTIM THOMAS Seattle, WA $25.00 11\/18\/2013 \u2011 $25.00\nJEFFREY VOGEL Sunnyside, NY $25.00 4\/10\/2014 \u2011 $25.00\nDEMIAN GODON Seattle, WA $25.00 4\/16\/2014 \u2011 $25.00\nELIZABETH UNGAR Seattle, WA $25.00 4\/22\/2014 \u2011 $25.00\nWILLIAM EARNEST Tallahassee, FL $25.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $25.00\nNANCY GLASER Seattle, WA $25.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $25.00\nMAGGIE REARDON Olympia, WA $25.00 11\/12\/2013 \u2011 $10.00\nPATRICK BURNS Seattle, WA $20.00 9\/17\/2013 \u2011 $20.00\nLAUREN M TOZZI Seattle, WA $20.00 11\/10\/2013 \u2011 $20.00\nTREVOR GRIFFEY Seattle, WA $20.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $20.00\nROBERT W MULL Seattle, WA $20.00 11\/10\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nMASON S TAYLOR Seattle, WA $20.00 4\/21\/2014 \u2011 $20.00\nCONNOR DONEGAN Wauwatosa, WI $20.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $20.00\nALAN LIPSCOMB Tenino, WA $15.00 8\/7\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nJERY FULLER Seattle, WA $15.00 10\/11\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nJOHN LORANGER Seattle, WA $15.00 10\/18\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nALEX MARKEY Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/8\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nLORRIN NELSON Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nPAUL LOEB Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nEVAN SUGDEN Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nNICOLE CASPER Bellingham, WA $15.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nJOYCE RAY Renton, WA $15.00 11\/9\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nCLARK WILLS Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/10\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nSUSAN O'NEIL Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/13\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nDEEPA BHANDARU Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/13\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nARTHUR DIQUATTRO Seattle, WA $15.00 11\/19\/2013 \u2011 $15.00\nMATT BANEY Kent, WA $15.00 4\/10\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nJONATHAN FLANDERS Troy, NY $15.00 4\/17\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nNICOLE JEKICH Seattle, WA $15.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nHERSCHEL SOLES Portland, OR $15.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nDAVE KING Portland, OR $15.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nLAUREN KING Portland, OR $15.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $15.00\nRICH JENSEN Seattle, WA $10.00 11\/17\/2013 \u2011 $10.00\nPETER HENRY Edmonds, WA $10.00 1\/2\/2014 \u2011 $10.00\nCATHERINE POTTINGER Seattle, WA $10.00 4\/23\/2014 \u2011 $10.00\nSTEPHEN AMY Portland, OR $10.00 4\/24\/2014 \u2011 $10.00\nBEVERLY BASSETT Olympia, WA $5.00 4\/10\/2014 \u2011 $5.00\nTotal Itemized Contributions $137,406.57\nUnitemized Contributions $25 or less\n# of Contributions\nDeposit Date\n67 4\/29\/14 $831.00\n12 10\/19\/13 $201.50\n14 8\/9\/13 $179.50\n9 8\/1\/13 $161.00\n7 10\/27\/13 $145.00\n6 11\/9\/13 $140.00\n6 4\/28\/14 $120.00\n8 9\/3\/13 $95.00\n5 7\/29\/13 $95.00\n5 11\/14\/13 $95.00\n5 11\/5\/13 $90.00\n1 1\/29\/14 $6.00\nTotal Unitemized Contributions $25 or less $14,297.43\nAnonymous Receipts\n4\/29\/14 $308.00\n12\/21\/13 $145.00\n11\/4\/13 $100.00\n8\/1\/13 $56.00\n10\/22\/13 $50.00\n3\/24\/13 $50.00\n11\/4\/13 $50.00\n7\/5\/13 $6.00\n5\/23\/13 $5.00\nTotal Anonymous Receipts $1,029.00\nCandidate Contributions\n(if itemized)\n7\/2\/13 $100.00\nTotal Candidate Contributions $100.00\nTransfers From Previous Campaign\nTotal Transfers From Previous Campaign $0.00\nMiscellaneous Receipts\nPROCEEDS FROM LOW COST FUNDRAISER $8,182.39 3\/22\/2013 \u2011 $12.00\n10\/24\/2013 \u2011 $1,460.00\n11\/5\/2013 \u2011 $1,104.00\nBank Accounts $7.71 1\/1\/2013 \u2011 $5.00\n7\/23\/2013 \u2011 ($140.00)\nTotal Miscellaneous Receipts $8,190.10\nSummary of Totals\nItemized Contributions $137,406.57\nUnitemized Contributions $25 or less $14,297.43\nAnonymous Receipts $1,029.00\nCandidate Contributions $100.00\nTransfers From Previous Campaign $0.00\nMiscellaneous Receipts $8,190.10\nGrand Total $161,023.10\nRecently Reported Contributions These are contributions from amended and new reports that have been filed but not yet vetted by SEEC staff. They may duplicate information already listed.\nTotal Recently Reported Contributions $0.00\nPermanent Link to This Report\nSee More Lists","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"'High social cost' adults can be predicted from as young as three, says study\n20% of population uses majority of public services, research shows, indicating long-term importance of early years investment for disadvantaged children\nBy looking at socioeconomic background, experience of maltreatment, IQ and self-control it was possible to predict which children would grow up to become part of this \"high- cost\" segment of society, the study found. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo\nNicola Davis\n@NicolaKSDavis\nMon 12 Dec 2016 11.00 EST\nLast modified on Tue 28 Nov 2017 04.41 EST\nA small fraction of the population is likely to account for the majority of societal costs, according to new research into the impact of childhood disadvantage on later life.\nThe research \u2013 based on New Zealand data but involving an international team \u2013 also revealed that such \"high cost\" adults can be predicted when as young as three years old from an assessment of their brain health.\nThe study, which followed around 1,000 children from birth, found that at 38 years of age just 22% of the group accounted for 81% of its criminal convictions, 78% of pharmaceutical prescriptions, and 66% of welfare benefits.\n\"About 20% of the population is using the lion's share of a wide array of public services and we found that the same people use most of the national health service, the criminal courts, insurance claims for disabling injury, pharmaceutical prescriptions and social welfare benefits,\" said Terrie Moffitt, co-author of the research from Duke University, North Carolina.\nWhy the Tories' so-called free childcare will punish children and families | Neil Leitch\nBut she cautioned that the results should elicit compassion rather than being used to stigmatise individuals.\n\"Very often when we think of the people who are the greatest burden on society we can jump to the conclusion these are lazy layabouts who are happy to live off the public purse,\" she said. \"But in fact what this research suggests is, yes, there is a very high cost fragment of society, but these are people who weren't very well prepared as pre-schoolers for making their way into the really modern, fast-paced, higher technical, education-dependant job markets.\"\nJosh Hillman, director of education at the Nuffield Foundation, who was not involved in the research, agreed, adding that while the study was based on children in New Zealand, the findings are likely to apply in other developed countries, including the UK.\n\"The implications are that we have really underestimated the long-term benefits of investment in early years education for disadvantaged children, both in terms of the benefits for the children themselves but also in terms of the payback for the public purse,\" he said.\nWriting in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, the team from the US, UK and New Zealand, described how they analysed data collected from 1,037 children born in Dunedin, New Zealand, who took part in what is known as the Dunedin Longitudinal Study.\nAround 95% of the children were followed up until the age of 38, when data was collected from personal interviews and a host of national administrative databases, allowing the team the rare chance to explore connections between factors in childhood and a host of outcomes in adulthood.\nThe results reveal that 20% of the group accounted for the majority share for each of the different resources or services considered, ranging from criminal convictions to welfare benefits and cigarettes smoked.\nBut they also found that many individuals cropped up as heavy users of multiple services. \"They did tend to be the same individuals who were showing up again and again and again in each of the different government databases,\" said Moffitt.\nMental illness and poverty: you can't tackle one without the other | Dean Burnett\nIndeed, analysis of heavy users of three of more services revealed that the same 22% of the cohort accounted for 81% of the group's criminal convictions, 77% of fatherless children, 36% of injury insurance claims, 78% of prescriptions, 66% of welfare benefits and 40% of excess obese kilograms, as well as more than half of cigarettes smoked and nights spent in hospital.\nIt was possible to predict which of the children were most likely to grow up to become part of this high cost segment of society from measures of their socioeconomic background, experience of maltreatment, IQ and self-control, which were taken repeatedly from birth to age 11.\nBut the team also discovered that a rating of \"brain health\", based on the combined results from a 45 minute-long assessment of motor skills, understanding of language, social behaviour and IQ at three years of age, was almost as accurate a predictive tool.\n\"Given two pre-schoolers about 80% of the time we can accurately predict which group they will end up in,\" said Avshalom Caspi, another author of the research, also from Duke University.\nGeoff Lindsay, director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research at the University of Warwick said the study adds powerful evidence in support of the need for research into early interventions.\nFrances Gardner, professor of child and family psychology at the University of Oxford, described the new research as both novel and impressive in looking at the use of a wide range of services in adulthood. But, like Lindsay, she believes further work is needed to determine how to best ensure every child has a good start in life.\n\"On its own this study doesn't tell us all that much about how to intervene or when, but it reassuring that the problems that we are trying to tackle in these childhood interventions have even stronger evidence of their long-term implications that we thought before,\" she said.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Ernest Borough Johnson 'Timber Gatherers, Winchelsea'\nOil on Board, 34x23cm.\nErnest Borough Johnson 1867-1949\nInscribed verso March 1916.\nBorn in Shifnal in Shropshire, Johnson was a painter in oils, watercolours, tempera and pastel of portraits, figure subjects and landscapes. He was also an important lithographer, etcher and charcoal draughtsman.\nJohnson studied at the Slade School under Alphonse Legros and at the Herkomer School, Bushey.\nHe exhibited very widely at the principal London galleries from 1886 and extensively abroad.\nElected an RBA in 1896, RI in 1906 \u2013 he received an Honourable Mention at the Paris Salon in 1922, and a silver medal in 1923. Amongst his published books were 'The Art of the Pencil' which is a wonderful record of his fine draughtsmanship.\nHe was Professor of Fine Arts, Bedford College, London University, and for fifteen years Headmaster of the Art Department of Chelsea Polytechic.\nAmongst his highly successful work as an illustrator was Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbevilles'. His work is represented in public collections worldwide.\nCategory: Period Paintings\nCyril Stone 'Milking the Goat'\nJames Kessell 'Barges at Sutton Stop, Coventry'\nEdward Matthew Hale 'The Bathers'\nMiriam Deane 'Mending Nets'","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Film >\nTrailer >\nTyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor\nTyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor Trailer\nFollow Eric West\nGenre(s): Dramas\nWhile Judith may not have the natural credibility for her job as a marriage counsellor, having only ever experienced male affection from her husband of six years (partner for nearly twenty), she works at a highly well respected practice with a clientele of mainly well-off people, with dreams of setting up her own private business. One day she finds herself familiar with one of her new clients, whom she happens to see often while out jogging. In spite of herself, she finds herself unable to resist his charms, as her own domestic life slowly begins to fail. While she initially believes him to be an escape, it soon becomes clear that he is abusive and controlling, and pretty soon she's going to have to tell her husband her heartbreaking secret before anymore damage can be done. Can this marriage expert save her own relationship? Or is it too late even for her?\n'Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor' is an ironic tale of how love and lust can engulf even the most moral of people. 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+{"text":"Meet the team! CallScripter's team comprises of individuals from a variety of backgrounds with a formidable combined skill set. We work in an open plan office to prevent barriers to communication; This encourages a healthy working relationship among individuals and process clarity between departments. By working closely together, we can utilize our skills to deliver the best service possible.\nWil Sokanovic\nWil Sokanovic started his IPPlus career over a decade ago as an agent in our very own call centre, Ansaback. Over the ensuing years, Wil has demonstrated a commendable work ethic and dedicated enthusiasm. This has been duly recognised by the company and enabled Wil to work his way from agent through the ranks to service delivery manager. With Wil's vast experience of the contact centre world and extensive knowledge of CallScripter's scripting application, he was the perfect candidate to join our Sales team. Wil takes great pride in representing the brand and driving the business forward.\nRob Farrance\nProfessional Services Consultant\nRobert joined IPPlus as a call agent in 2009, moving quickly to shift supervisor and then senior client coordinator. His technical capabilities brought him to the attention of the CallScripter Professional Services team which he joined in 2015 as Helpdesk Support Analyst. Rob has shown exceptional initiative in this new role; demonstrating impeccable communication skills and problem solving techniques and has now taken on the role as Professional Services Consultant, managing customer projects. In his spare time Rob enjoys snow sports, squash and dodgeball.\nElliott Drewell\nElliott Drewell has been with IPPlus for nearly two years as a Team Leader in our contact centre, Ansaback. After showing a particular interest in our software, which he has used on a daily basis during his time as a Customer Care Advisor, he has been recruited as a Helpdesk Analyst for CallScripter. As first line support, Elliott is responsible for prioritising, resolving and elevating helpdesk tickets and liaising with our client base. Elliott is an avid music fan and in his spare time loves to cook, ride his Harley Davidson and enjoys real coffee and 'proper' beer.\nAston French\nAston French obtained a BSc in Physics from Swansea University before completing his MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield. One of Aston's hobbies is playing computer games and making modifications to them, as part of a team effort. His zeal for all things tech and aptitude for group projects makes him the perfect candidate for his new role in CallScripter's Professional Services team as a Support Analyst. Working closely with Mike Hollett, fellow tech enthusiast, Aston will be working on the platform delivery and maintenance of CallScripter. In his spare time, Aston volunteers for the British Heart Foundation and enjoys live music, squash and anything space related!\nAndy Hemingway\nAfter graduating from Suffolk University with a BSc honours degree in Software Engineering, Andrew joined the call centre division of IPPlus as a script builder. This role evolved to encompass the complex manipulation of applications to meet customer demands. This led to Andy's move to CallScripter to work specifically with the software solution. Andy has worked in different areas of the business, giving him a profound knowledge of the product. He now oversees the Development Team.\nSenior Developer (UI Specialist)\nChris is responsible for the continual improvement of usability of the CallScripter application. Most recently Chris' graphical and server-side restructuring of the software has given birth to the new Synergy application. Chris' professional experience is primarily with a variety Microsoft languages, whilst his freelance experience has generally been with PHP and other open source languages. When he's not at work most of his time is spent with his wife and daughter as well as a bit of gardening and amateur beer\/wine brewing.\nKarl Margerum\nDeveloper (Integrations Specialist)\nKarl joined CallScripter with a wealth of development knowledge back in 2005. His role as Integrations Developer involves the comprehensive .net integration of CallScripter with remote EasyCall (DXI) hosted dialer platform, additional .net integration of CallScripter with numerous premise based telephony hardware and CRM style applications and remote webService based utilities and the maintenance and development of CallScripter's web based contact centre solution. Out of work, Karl enjoys whipping up a storm in the kitchen, seeking out music new and old and is an active swimmer and biker.\nMichael has over 10 years' experience in software support at all levels from direct helpdesk to administration. As a CallScripter product tester, Michael is focused on the development of our new and existing software solutions. Michael is dedicated to finding ways to deliver quality software and is a dynamic problem solver.\nHilary Sullivan\nProduct Tester & UI Graphic Designer\nHilary boasts a varied career in design before joining CallScripter in 2006 as Graphical User Interface Designer. In this role Hilary demonstrated her creative and technical capabilities in the design of the CallScripter application as well as the branding of corporate literature and websites. Hilary currently works alongside the development team, product testing for usability and assisting the marketing team with graphic design projects. Outside of work, Hilary spends the majority of her time with her little monsters sons.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"nike air bakin for cheap kids boots for teens 2017 DQ7576 - nike elastico superfly cr7 soccer boots shoes , 001 Release Date - SBD\nnike womens pro hyperwarm tights black volt womens clothing\nair jordan spring 2021 retro collection release date info\nAir Jordan 3 Rust Pink CK9246 600\nNIC opens Leeds office\nThe UK government's independent advisers on national infrastructure have today (24 January) opened an office base in Leeds.\nThe National Infrastructure Commission has taken space in One Embankment, the central Leeds offices which also serve as the headquarters of the UK Infrastructure Bank.\nCllr Jonathan Pryor, deputy leader of Leeds City Council, joined National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt and UK Infrastructure Bank chief executive officer John Flint to cut a ribbon marking the official opening of the new premises.\nSir John said: \"It's great to be here. Having a team based in West Yorkshire and holding our main Commission meetings here regularly will give us a stronger sense of the infrastructure needs of this part of the country, while also enabling us to build a close working relationship with the new UK Infrastructure Bank.\n\"The Commission helps identify long term priorities while the bank helps fund projects that might otherwise not secure private investment, and together we play an important role in ensuring the UK's infrastructure is fit for the future.\"\nCllr Pryor, who is also the City Council's executive member for economy, culture and education, said: \"We are delighted the National Infrastructure Commission had chosen to locate a base in Leeds. As we are also home to the UK Infrastructure Bank, it really underlines that Leeds is the place to be for organisations looking to move north from London and the south east.\n\"In Leeds we care deeply about climate change and the environment, so we are excited to see recommendations come forward next year from the Commission to hopefully improve key infrastructure in Leeds and across the north, particularly our transport, energy and zero carbon infrastructure.\"\nJohn Flint, CEO of the UK Infrastructure Bank, said: \"I am very pleased to welcome the National Infrastructure Commission to Leeds - given our complementary missions, this makes perfect sense. The bank was set up to tackle climate change and boost growth across the UK, but we cannot achieve this alone, and we must work with partners in the public and private sector to deliver on our mission.\n\"The NIC is one of these key partners, as we both strive to create better cleaner, greener infrastructure for everyone across the country. Leeds continues to offer a diverse range of careers across the financial sector and provides great employment opportunities for anyone wanting a career that will support the green transition.\"\nA small number of Commission staff will work from the new office with immediate effect, with the intention that around 40% of the Commission's secretariat will be based there in future, with others continuing to work from offices in London.\nThe move is part of the government's commitment to move 22,000 civil service positions out of London and the south east by 2030, through the 'Places for Growth' programme.\nLater this year the Commission will publish the next National Infrastructure Assessment, a major report setting out costed recommendations to government on the UK's long term infrastructure priorities.\nCommissioners visited West Yorkshire in July 2021 and met with local political and business leaders to discuss the region's aspirations for transport and energy networks, among other infrastructure, to help inform the Assessment.\nThe Commission proposed the establishment of a national infrastructure bank in its first National Infrastructure Assessment, published in 2018, which was a key factor in the government establishing the UK Infrastructure Bank in Leeds in June 2021.\nBridget Rosewell steps down from NIC\n600,000 properties face threat of future flooding, says NIC\nMPs highlight major national security risks to critical infrastructure\n225,000 extra construction workers needed by 2027, says CITB\nMPs raise questions over \"rushed\" UK Infrastructure Bank\nNetwork Rail in exclusive talks to upgrade telecoms infrastructure\nClancy wins multi-million-pound broadband contract\nGreater Manchester active travel set for \u00a314m boost","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"COVID-19 statement from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn\nby Communications QEHKL April 22, 2020\nCaroline Shaw Chief Executive for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, said \"We can confirm today that a further three patients \u2013 a man in his 80s, a man in his 70s and a lady in her 90s \u2013 who had tested positive for COVID-19 have sadly died while being cared for at our hospital. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones at this difficult time.\"\nThe QEH, DHSC, NHS England and NHS Improvement will not be giving out any further information on this patient.\nThe media are asked to respect the wishes of the family, and the interests of staff at the hospital to avoid any disruption to operational services.\nPrevious Entry In a war zone against an invisible army: A senior doctor's insight into life on the NHS frontline\nNext Entry COVID-19 patients discharged from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital exceeds 100","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Good Advices\nWhen you meet a stranger, look at his code\nSpiff: The competition\nIn the intervening years between the first inception of Spiff (yes, I'm going camel case, upper case everywhere just won't do) and it's subsequent revival (and re-revival), a couple of competitors have appeared in the same space.\nClosest in spirit to Spiff is Preon. It even states it's aim \"to be to binary encoded data what Hibernate is to relational databases, and JAXB to XML\", which pretty much sums up what I want with Spiff. Where Preon differs is in it's extensive use of annotations to do what Spiff does in it's format definition file (which Spiff calls an .adf file - Arbitrary Data Format). Preon will examine your classes and derive the data format from the order and types of annotated fields in the class. It also uses annotations to derive looping and conditional logic.\nI'll admit that I've not used Preon - partly through fear of polluting my ideas about what Spiff could and should do, and partly in case I decided it was better than Spiff and just decided to call the whole thing off. So any discussion of it's merits and drawbacks are truly superficial. My general impression is that it's reliance on annotations are a little hairy - when you're expressing logic in annotations, things look a little awkward. Spiff trades off compactness (having everything described in the code) for readability and also portability. The event dispatching and class binding mechanism means that one .adf file can be used to populate classes of any shape without needing to respecify the file format. This also highlights the fact that it looks like Preon expects the classes to fully describe the file format, which is rarely what you want in the code. One of the use cases that led to me starting to write Spiff was wanting to get little pieces of the data without having to worry about the rest of the file format. And thus were .jump and .skip begat.\nOn the other side, the Google lads are also in the frame with protobuf. Protobuf is interesting in that it uses something analogous to the .adf file to describe the format. Where it differs is that it will generate classes for you to serialize and deserialize the format. That's something that Spiff might be capable of one day, but I like the idea of being able to write arbitrary POJOs and map the data onto them, rather than having objects in my code whose sole purpose is as marshallers. Also, it's largely oriented towards message-passing, that is, describing a message that will be passed between two systems, such as in RPC, where the user is in control of both ends of the transaction. To that end, the .proto definitions are reliant on using the underlying protobuf grammar for the message, for instance to recognise repeated blocks of data, and don't have some of the flexibility to express more complicated relationships between parts of the file.\nI see a couple of strong points in Spiff from this. Portability of .adf files is possibly the biggest. Once someone has defined an .adf for, say, a .bmp file, or an ItunesDB file, anyone else can take that and use it to bind all or part of that data to their own classes. The other is flexibility, in hopefully being able to express all the things that can make binary file formats tricky to work with. I guess first step is to have a working product...\nPosted by Mark Piper at 22:01 0 comments\nSpiff!\nOk, I'm back on Spiff. I mean it this time. Repeat after me - \"I will ship software, I will ship software, I will ship software\".\nComing back to code after a little time is an interesting experience. Almost every time you can guarantee a few nuggets of insight that hadn't occurred previously.\nToday's lesson: if it's difficult writing a unit test for (usual suspects being the FileNotFoundExceptions and if(x == null)) conditions), it's probably not worth having in the code.\nI'm not normally one for striving for 100% code coverage with tests. Like all things that fall under the agile\/XP umbrella, if you're doing it by the book, you're doing it wrong. There isn't a book that tells you how you should be working on your projects.\nHowever, in this instance, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to try and get up to 100%. By getting OCD on the unit tests, I found at least two conditions in my code that couldn't actually occur:\na null check on an object right after it's constructor was called, and\nan exception thrown from code where I was using dynamic assignment where static assignment was sufficient.\nIn the latter case, I had\nlib = Class.forName(\"java.lang.Math\");\n\/\/how do I get here?\nCan you write a test that exercises the catch block? Nope. This was a remnant of old code that hadn't been cleaned up. What I should have been doing was\nlib = java.lang.Math.class;\nwhich doesn't throw any exception.\nIt's good to remember that adding test cases is not the only way to get closer to 100% code coverage - deleting code does just as well.\nHow final is final?\nOne interesting tidbit from Spiff development. How final is\nfinal int x = 1\n? Answer: Not very, if you're using reflection. Field.setAccessible(true) will soon get you round any awkward encapsulation issues.\nSo, newly armed with that knowledge, what's printed out here?\npublic class HowFinal {\nprivate final int x = 1;\npublic static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {\nHowFinal howFinal = new HowFinal();\nField f = howFinal.getClass().getDeclaredField(\"x\");\nf.setAccessible(true);\nf.set(howFinal,2);\nSystem.out.println(howFinal.getX());\nSystem.out.println(f.get(howFinal));\npublic int getX() {\nThe answer, unexpectedly, is\nEr, so x was final after all? Sort of. The compiler inlines constants at compile time, so as far as the runtime JVM is concerned, getX() contains the code return 1;. Querying the field via reflection shows it's true value of 2.\nIs there any question whose answer doesn't start with \"it depends\"?\nSpiff on Github\nSpiff is now available to download\/fork\/whatever at GitHub. The GitHub site also has a wiki with some instructions for getting started.\nCurrent state is pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha. That is, it doesn't really work, I'm rebuilding some of the core parts, but it's there for anyone who wants to snoop. Ship early, ship often!\nCode gigolo","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"WANHUA worldwide: Locations Contact Us\nSelect your language (\u9078\u64c7\u8a9e\u8a00)\nArticle Model | Product | Job Model\nProfile & Organization\nWanhua Chemical's main business segments consists of four parts: Polyurethane, Petro-Chemicals, Performance Solutions and Special Chemicals.\nInnovation Worldwide\nR & D Investment\nInnovation Strength\nNational Engineering Center\nTechnical Exchanges & Cooperation\nThere are about 820 full-time researchers in Wanhua R&D and 3.5%-5% of the sales revenue is spend in research and development each year.\nHSE Strategy & Values\nHSE Management & Governance\nCommunity Dedication\nResponsible Care Report\nWanhua & REACH\nWe have created our own HSE management system: \"Area Safety Management\" and \"5 Universal Safety Principles,\" each composing and HSE management system specialized to Wanhua.\nResponsible Care Reports\nThis area provides our latest news, you can make use of this service to get updates.\nListing & Figures\nStakeholder Structure\nWanhua is one of the most competitive MDI producers in the world and the largest TDI supplier in Europe.\nWhy Wanhua\nRecruiting Programs\nGraduates Programs\nProfessional Worldwide\nAt Wanhua, we fervently believe that talent is one of the most important strategic resource that can bring exceptional value to our company.\nREPROT FRAUD\nHome > SUSTAINABILITY > Community Dedication\nAs a good-quality enterprise with a sense of social responsibility and corporate mission, Wanhua Chemical Group not only maintains the stable operation and sustainable development of the enterprise, but also assumes social responsibility and actively takes part in all kinds of programs for public good.\nYangliu Primary School - \"Wanhua Dormitory\" was completed\nMarch 16, 2016, Wanhua Chemical together with the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation came to the southwest of China's Sichuan Province, Kaijiang, Yangliu Primary School, witnessed the ceremony of the completion of \"Wanhua dormitory\".\nAs one of the China \"Responsible Care\" initiative, Wanhua Chemical has been actively involved in public welfare projects and education.\nWanhua Launched the 2015 Spring Festival Visit to Wangjiawa Community\nWith the approaching of 2015 Chinese Spring Festival, Wanhua visited the low-income families and households with a disabled member inYantai Qixia Guandao Town Wangjiawa Community. They send deep concern and festival greetings of all Wanhua employees to those poverty-stricken families.\nDuring the visit, Wanhua also checked the operation of community funding projects in detail: 180 m-deep fresh water well built with Wanhua reverse osmosis membrane purification facilities, which reached the standard of water quality; the first domestic polyurethane insulation chicken farm built with high-quality MDI produced by Wanhua, which increased the income of the village; and \"Wanhua Square\" has become a daily necessary fitness place for all villagers.\n\"On Wings of Love, We Are in Action\"\nIn June 2013, the Marketing Department and EMS jointly organized a caring donation activity named \"On Wings of Love, We Are in Action\". This activity called on all the employees of the company to donate clothes and books for children in remote areas. This activity collected 456 pieces of clothing, 241 books, 50 pairs of brand new shoes, as well as school supplies and toys such as new schoolbags, footballs, building blocks, expressing best wishes of Wanhua's employees to children in poor areas.\nGathering Every Drop of Wanhua FD's Love and Fulfilling the Dreams of Left-behind Children\nOn March 31, 2013, Wanhua Financial Department (FD) launched a caring donation activity with the theme of \"Gathering Every Drop of Wanhua FD's Love and Fulfilling the Dreams of Left-behind Children\". FD staff from Yantai, Ningbo, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou had donated 27,760 yuan and a large amount of educational equipment, such as computers, harmonicas within only three days. On the day of the activity, under the leadership of Zou Jihua, the general manager, FD staff visited the children in Zhongdademei Children' School with their deep blessings. They also prepared a series of distinctive \"Sunshine Lessons\" for these children and spend a very happy afternoon with the children.\nA Warm Trip with Love\nOn May 27, 2013, 20 representatives of the workshop of Wanhua Yantai factory, together with their families, went to Yantai SOS Children's Village to send their Children's Day blessing. The factory director Wei Jianfeng, on behalf of all the employees of the factory, presented 8,700 yuan in cash and 20 sets of school supplies, showing their love and best wishes for Children's Day to all the children in the Children's Village.\nIn March 2012, Wanhua Design Institute organized a caring donation activity for Yantai SOS Children's Village. Under the leadership of the Director Jiang Jiayi, all employees in this institute actively took part in this activity and showed their love and care for the orphans. In this activity, there were total 5,300 yuan of donation raised.\nCaring for the Lives of the Elderly and Visiting a Nursing Home for the Chongyang Festival\nOn October 13, 2013, party branch members of Quality Inspection Center of Yantai factory visited the Zhuji Community Nursing Home where more than 160 aged people were living with some daily necessities such as towels, milk and rice bought by their donation of 1,000 yuan. Guided by Liang, head of the Nursing Home, and the staff there, they visited the dorms and activity rooms of the aged people and communicated with them, spending a warm Chongyang Festival with the elderly.\nMother's Day Activity\nOn the Mother's Day of 2013, Wanhua organized an activity to visit the local elders on Daxie Island, Ningbo and celebrated the birthday for six elders aged more than 95 years old.\nOn October 19, 2012, after more than five hours' driving, members of the Wanhua Executive Office and HSE Department, led by Yao Yuan'en and Shu Sui, the general managers, came to the Yanghu Township Nursing House in Yangxin County, Binzhou City. They took consolation money and cotton-padded clothes for fellow villagers in the nursing home and sent their sincere greetings.\nDistributing Safety Manuals and Publicizing Safety Knowledge to Citizens\nBy virtue of the good atmosphere of the Safety Production Month Activity and with the help of the local safety supervision department, Wanhua publicized safety knowledge and distributed safety manuals to citizens to bear the social responsibility of a \"corporate citizen\". And adhering to the concept and criterion of responsible care, Wanhua has constantly promoted the implementation of community safety in several residential areas.\nDonating to Earthquake Disaster Areas in Sichuan\nAfter the occurrence of the big earthquake in Sichuan in 2008, the domestic and overseas employees of Wanhua urgently donated more than RMB 2 Million Yuan to the disaster areas in the aggregate. Besides, Wanhua also made 1000 sets of formaldehyde-free ecological desks and chairs valued at more than RMB 200,000 Yuan for the children of the disaster areas.\nJoin us on social platforms:\nSitemap|Legal Notices|Accessibility Notice|Privacy Statement\nWanhua Chemical Group Co.,Ltd. Copyright(?)2008 All Rights Reserved TOP\nWanhua Vision\nScan QR code to join us on Wechat\nav\u8001\u53f8\u673a\u5728\u7ebf\u76f4\u64ad\u514d\u8d39_\u8001\u53f8\u673a\u8d44\u6e90\u5728\u7ebf\u76f4\u64ad_\u8001\u53f8\u673a\u5728\u7ebf\u56fd\u4ea7","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"The Tycoon Herald\nFor those who never settle!\nCrypto | NFT\nBooks To Understand Dr. King And His 'Economic Dream'\nBy Tycoon Herald 1 year ago\nMONTGOMERY, AL \u2013 MAY 1956: Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home in \u2026 [+] May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\n\"There are two Americas. \"In this America, millions of people have the milk of prosperity and the honey of equality flowing before them\u2026This other America has a daily ugliness about it that transforms the buoyancy of hope into the fatigue of despair. In this other America, men walk the streets in search of jobs that do not exist\"\nDr. Martin Luther King Junior delivered his most powerful yet unfamiliar speech \"The Other America\" at Stanford University on April 14, 1967. This speech is a direct reflection of Dr. King's crusade to bring his \"economic dream\" of ending poverty and the dismantling of American Capitalism so that a better system could take its place. \"Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets life is social,\" said Dr. King.\n\"The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.\"\nHe has always combined his theology and civil rights activism with this more aggressive approach to economics. The most famous speech by Dr. King \"I Have A Dream\" discussed the poverty and economic inequality that Black Americans faced in the fight for civil rights. \"One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst vast ocean of material prosperity\u2026we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check . . . that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.\"\nThe rose-colored lens of white Americans emphasizing the idea of a colorblind society weakened the views of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on economic inclusion and criticism of capitalism. As a way to undermine and disregard the issues of systematic economic and racial injustice embedded into America's infrastructure, the iconic phrase \"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character\" was used to deflect from a failing american system.\nThe following are some books that can help you understand Dr. King's philosophy and efforts regarding economic inclusion.\nThe philosophy and theology that made Dr. King a leader of the civil rights movement can be attributed in part to his years at Morehouse College and Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, along with the influence of Gandhi, Eastern philosophy, Buddhist teachings and Thoreau.\nThe Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson\n\"Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great essayist, said in a lecture in 1871, 'If a man can write a better book or preach a better sermon or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, even if he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.' This hasn't always been true \u2014 but it will become increasingly true, and so I would urge you to study hard, to burn the midnight oil.\" \u2013 Dr. King\nProgress and Poverty by Henry George\nDuring the 1968 Poor People's Campaign Dr. King referenced Henry George in a speech\"Where We Are Going\"\nIn 1879 Henry George anticipated this state of affairs when he wrote, in Progress and Poverty: \"The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends knowledge and increases power and enriches literature, and elevates thought, is not done to secure a living. It is not the work of slaves, driven to their task either by the lash of a master or by animal necessities. It is the work of men who perform it for their own sake, and not that they may get more to eat or drink, or wear, or display. In a state of society where want is abolished, work of this sort could be enormously increased.\"\nCivil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau\n\"During my student days I read Henry David Thoreau's essay On Civil Disobedience for the first time. Here, in this courageous New Englander's refusal to pay his taxes and his choice of jail rather than support a war that would spread slavery's territory into Mexico, I made my first contact with the theory of nonviolent resistance. Fascinated by the idea of refusing to cooperate with an evil system, I was so deeply moved that I reread the work several times.\" \u2013 Dr. King\nMONTGOMERY, AL \u2013 MARCH 25: Dr. Civil rights and Union leaders (Left: Cleveland Robinson, \u2026 [+] (vice-president of the Negro American Labor Council), 3rd from front left: author James Baldwin, 4th from front left: march planner Bayard Rustin, 5th from left: A. Phillip Randolph (president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters), 6th from front left: John Lewis, (president of Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee or SNCC), Center-7th from left: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Right of microphone stand: Coretta Scott King, second from right: Juanita Abernathy, wife of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, who is behind to her right and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth) sing 'We Shall Overcome' at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein\/Getty Images)\nDr. King's Sphere Of Influence\nDr. King not only cemented his place in history as a civil rights icon, he was known to have friendships with James Baldwin, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou, who also helped him organize protests. His legacy has also been immortalized through written works by Alice Walker, Angela Davis and Gwendolyn Brooks.\nBaldwin first met King in 1957, during the Atlanta stop of his tour of the Deep South. They developed a complicated friendship, both having respect for one another but clashing on core beliefs.\nThe Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin\n\"He was more beleaguered than he had ever been before, and not only by his enemies in the white South\u2026King has had an extraordinary effect in the Negro world and is now in the center of an extremely complex crossfire.\" Baldwin wrote of King in Harper's magazine\nWomen, Culture & Politics By ANGELA Y. DAVIS\n\"They remember King the Dr. Orator, but not Dr. King the disrupter of unjust peace. They applaud Dr. King who opposed violence, but not the Dr. King who called for massive non-white violent demonstrations to end war and poverty in our houses. They applauded his 1963 \"I have a dream speech,\" and that's the only thing that many people know. They applaud his 1963 \"I have a dream speech but forget how as he told us in a Christmas sermon on peace, not long after talking about that dream I started seeing it turn into a nightmare.\"- Angela Davis on Dr. King's Legacy\nMartin Luther King, Jr., wearing a hat and sunglasses calls out \"All right, all right, we're gonna \u2026 [+] march, we're gonna march straight south\" as he leads marchers across the Coldwater River Bridge in Coldwater, Mississippi. Dr. King resumed James Meredith' | Location: Coldwater, Mississippi, USA.\nBettmann Archive\nThe Dreamer and Rebel In His Own Words\nThroughout Dr. Kings Life He has written books and speeches on tolerance, socioeconomic inequality, capitalism, and the racial injustices of America. King is one of the most important thinkers, orators and writers of the 1950s and 1960s. History has a way of simplifying his teachings and methods\u2014hopefully the full scope of his dreams for a more equal and unified America will be understood through his own words.\nWhy We Can't Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr\nWhy We Can't Wait explores the origins of the civil rights movement. King explains why 1963 was the year the civil rights movement arose while also addressing poverty, criticism of the government, and his stance on nonviolent protest.\nWhere Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?\nThe last book written by Dr. King before he was assassinated, this book was his analysis of the next phase of the civil rights revolution which would include the economic advancement and demands of Black Americans.\nIn honor of King's Day, all should embrace Dr. Kings ideals in their entirety while continuing to push for their realization.\nTags: Leadership, The Forbes Journal\nPrevious Education Must 'Lead Out,' Not 'Stuff Into'\nNext Death Is The Final Silence: A Tribute To Martin Luther King, Jr. On His Birthday\nThe Tycoon Herald is an American business magazine. It features original articles on world politics, finance, industry, investing, entertainment and marketing.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Tag Archives: Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing: University of Wolverhampton\nUnder-Diagnosis of Dementia in the Community: an International Review (BMJ Open \/ JGCR)\nSummary A literature review and meta-analysis of 23 international studies on the under-detection (i.e. the failure to achieve a diagnosis) of dementia identified a pooled rate of undetected dementia assessed to be 61.7%. The rate of under-detection was higher in \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\nPosted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton\t| Tagged Academic Institute of Medicine: University of Wolverhampton, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Age and Gender Differences in Diagnosis Rates, Agewell Foundation (India), Anhui Medical University, Assessment and Diagnosis, Australia, Australian National University, Barriers to Early Diagnosis, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Centre for Research on Ageing Health and Wellbeing: Australian National University, China, Cognitive Assessment Tools, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case Finding Scheme, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre-Early Diagnosis and Prevention: Australian National University, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Dementia Screening Debate, Department of Practice and Policy: University College London, Department of Psychiatry: University of Liverpool, Department of Public Health: Wolverhampton City Council, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Diagnosis at Primary Care Level, Diagnosis Gap, Diagnosis of Dementia, Diagnosis Rates, Dignity Foundation (India), Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Effectiveness of Early Detection and Treatment, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics and Decision-Making, Europe, Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing: University of Wolverhampton, General Practice, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), GPs, Health Inequalities, HelpAge India, India, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Liverpool, Mental Health Inequalities, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE), New Cross Hospital: Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, North America, Post Graduate Academic Institute of Medicine: University of Wolverhampton, Reducing Health Inequalities, Research School of Population Health: Australian National University, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, School of Health Administration: Anhui Medical University, Screening, Screening for Cognitive Impairment, Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults, Screening for Dementia, Screening Programmes, Screening Tests, Socio-Economic Differences in Diagnosis Rates, Timely Diagnosis, UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), Under-Detection of Dementia, University College London, University of Liverpool, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Council\t| 1 Comment\nRedesigning Support for People With Dementia (NHS England)\nSummary Professor Alistair Burns (NHS England's National Director for Dementia) and Colm Owens (Consultant Psychiatrist, Older People's Mental Health Services, Devon Partnership NHS Trust) discuss enhancements to the dementia diagnosis process and arrangements for post-diagnostic dementia interventions \/ support, in \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\nPosted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Evidence, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest\t| Tagged Alistair Burns: NHS England's National Clinical Director for Dementia, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province, Ashford and St. Peters NHS Foundation Trust, Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy (AGECAT), Burden of Dementia, Burden on Caregivers, Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Burden in Dementia (Measured by Zarit Scale), Colm Owens: Consultant Psychiatrist - Older People's Mental Health Services at Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Dementia \/ Memory Cafes, Dementia Advisors, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Epidemiology, Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing: University of Wolverhampton, Guangdong, Guangdong Medical University, Heilongjiang, Hubei Province, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, Inequalities in Dementia Care, Maojian Sub-District of Shiyan City, Memory Cafes, Memory Services, Older People Mental Health, One Stop Shop Support Services in the Community, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care And Support, Post-Diagnostic Support for People with Dementia, Primary Care, Professor Alistair Burns, Provinces of China, Rural and Urban Communities in Chinese Provinces, School of Health and Wellbeing: University of Wolverhampton, Shanghai, Shanxi, Socio-Economic Drivers of Health Inequality, Socio-Economic Patterning, Socioeconomic Position (SEP), Support for Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Timely Diagnosis, University of London (ICR2UL), Yanhe Village: Wushan Township of Wucheng County, Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), Zarit Scale\t| Leave a comment\nAir Pollution and Risk of Dementia (The Telegraph \/ Stroke \/ BBC News \/ RCP \/ Environmental Research)\nSummary Research suggests that middle-aged and older adults living in towns and cities may be prone to an increased risk of brain shrinkage and silent strokes, both of which have been linked to dementia. The study of over 900 adults \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\nPosted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Statistics, Stroke, Universal Interest\t| Tagged Aberdeen, Air Fresheners, Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Increased Risk of Respiratory Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Air Pollution and Public Health, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Air Quality, Australia, Australian National University, BBC Health News, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Boston University, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Causes of Premature Mortality, Centre for Research on Ageing Health and Wellbeing: Australian National University, Cerebral Brain Volume, Cerebrovascular Disease, Clean Air Zones, Cleaning Products, Coal Soot, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), Covert Brain Infarcts, Daily Telegraph, Department of Biostatistics: Boston University, Department of Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Geography and Environmental Development: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience: University of California, Department of Neurology: Boston University, Diesel Vehicle Emissions, Environmental Research (Journal), Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Every Breath We Take (RCP Report 2016), Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Exposure Epidemiology and Risk Program: Department of Environmental Health, Exposure to Air Pollution and Cognitive Functioning, Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing: University of Wolverhampton, Fly Spray, Framingham Heart Study, Harvard T.H. 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+{"text":"Rob MacCachren Claims the Overall Win at the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250\nRockCrawler.com\nPosted onMar 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM\nUpdated onUpdated on Feb 22, 2015 at 12:01 PM\nRob MacCachren has long held a reputation for being a talented driver, the kind of \"hired gun\" you add to the team to guarantee victory. Yet despite over 175 event wins and 20 championships, his \"hired gun\" status also meant that he had never won a SCORE Trophy Truck race as the Driver of Record. All that changed when MacCachren and co-driver, Cisco Bio, bested a field of 220 worthy competitors at the 2011 MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in the No. 20 SCORE Trophy Truck sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drink and MasterCraft Safety. \"We have knocked on the door and come so close so many times; it is great to finally take home the victory for everyone who has worked so hard to make this program possible. I didn't just want this win for myself and the sponsors, I wanted it for the team.\"\nRob MacCachren started 11th in a crowded field of 24 SCORE Trophy Trucks and quickly worked his way towards the front, battling with the 2010 SCORE Trophy Truck champion, Jesse Jones, for the physical lead. MacCachren was able to traverse the entire 252.09 mile treacherous course in an impressive four hours, 17 minutes and 45 seconds with no flats from his BFGoodrich tires. Battling a slipping steering belt for most of the race, the Las Vegas native took a gamble during the fuel stop at race mile 108 by opting to spray the belt with carburetor cleaner and get back on course as quickly as possible. The gamble paid off as 'Rockstar Rob' not only claimed the class win, he also claimed the overall victory and took the checkered flag just 44 seconds ahead of the second overall finisher, Jesse Jones.\nUnfortunately MacCachren's teammate and Impact and MasterCraft Safety CEO, Robbie Pierce, did not fare as well in the No. 30 Impact by MasterCraft Safety \/ Rockstar Energy Drink SCORE Trophy Truck. After starting the race in the 7th position, Pierce battled brake issues throughout the day requiring the crew to bleed the brakes during the fuel pit. Eventually, the No. 30 succombed to an intermediate shaft failure at Race Mile 172 and Pierce reluctantly had to call the race. It was a disappointing DNF after Pierce claimed a respectable fourth place finish at last year's MasterCraft Safety San Felipe 250 and also concluded the 2010 SCORE International race season fourth in points.\nWhen asked about the race, Robbie remarked, \"I wish my day would have gone better; nothing would have made me happier than to put both our Jimco-built SCORE Trophy Trucks up on that podium in the first and second spot, but unfortunately the unforgiving San Felipe desert had other plans for me. Regardless, I am thrilled for Rob and his victory. It really is the next best thing to my own win and I couldn't be more pleased and more proud of Rob and the incredible MasterCraft Racing support crew.\"\nPictured: Robbie Pierce (left) and Rob MacCachren (right)\nHeld along the Sea of Cortez in picturesque Baja California, Mexico, the 2011 MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 marked round two of SCORE International's five race desert series. The course traversed 252 miles of sandy washes, deep silt beds, and incredibly rough rocky and whooped out terrain. Look for the MasterCraft Racing Team to continue their winning ways as they work towards the SCORE season championship at the 43nd annual SCORE Baja 500 in beautiful Ensenada, Baja California on June 3-5, 2011.\nMasterCraft Racing is Sponsored by:\nRockstar Energy Drink \u2022 BFGoodrich \u2022 Jimco \u2022 Fox Shox \u2022 Walker Evans\nRancho Drivetrain \u2022 MSD Ignition \u2022 Palomar Communications \u2022 KC HiLites\nView all 1756 articles\nMasterCraft SafetyRob MacCachrenROCKSTAR Energy DrinkSCORE International Off-Road Racing\nPrevPrevKing Shocks Continues to Support MORR Sportsman Racers in a Big Way\nNextNextYokohama Tire Corporation-Sponsored Heidi Steele Wins SCORE San Felipe 250","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Sex Crime, Drug Crime, Whistleblower-Qui Tam, Securities, Criminal Defense\nSanta Ana, Huntington Beach, Whittier, Long Beach, Torrance\nLanguage Vietnamese Taiwanese German Spanish Hebrew Armenian Farsi Ukranian All\nTop Anaheim White Collar Crimes Lawyers - California\nNearby Cities: Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Whittier, Long Beach, Torrance\nRelated Practice Areas: Sex Crime, Drug Crime, Whistleblower-Qui Tam, Securities, Criminal Defense\nWhite Collar Crimes Lawyers Serving Anaheim, CA (Newport Beach, CA)\nIf You are Charged with a Crime or are Under Investigation Contact Us for the Protection You Need.\nAt the Law Offices of John D. Rogers, we are fully committed to helping you achieve the most favorable outcome possible for your serious criminal charges. 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+{"text":"Apple Pencil patent suggests a massive hardware upgrade could be coming\nIt would make the Apple Pencil even more attractive to artists and graphic designers\n(Image credit: Apple)\nBy Sam Cross\nAll the best features, news, tips and great deals to help you live a better life through technology\nThank you for signing up to T3. You will receive a verification email shortly.\nSince late 2015, the Apple Pencil has been a staple of Apple's accessory line. Used in conjunction with an iPad, the pencil allows users a greater degree of accuracy and control, whether that's for everyday tasks, or specialisms like graphic design.\nNow, a patent application published by Apple suggests that there could be a big change to a future iteration. The application, unearthed by Patently Apple (opens in new tab), shows the Apple Pencil we all know, but with two optical sensors in the tip. The aim is to enable users to pick colours and textures from the world around them, and use them in designs.\nIt's a brilliant idea. Being able to just use colours from the real world would be fantastic \u2013 like one of those Dulux colour matching stations, but for your digital artwork. But the real clincher is the texture functionality, which could yield some really interesting results.\nFor casual users, the ability to see a texture, pick it up and use it in designs will make the whole process of creating digital artwork much less daunting. For professional users, it could save time, allowing them to utilise textures around them, rather than painstakingly recreating them.\nIt's worth noting that there is no time-frame for this feature, though. In fact, there's no guarantee we'll see it at all. Apple has historically patented all sorts of technology that they work on behind the scenes. While some of it does shape commercial releases, many more are left behind, never to see the light of day.\nI certainly hope this one does, though. It has a wealth of real-world uses that will appeal to creative users and make it easier to create exceptional artwork.\nToday's best Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) deals\nSam Cross\nOnline news writer at T3.com, Sam has five years of experience in online and print journalism, with work featured in publications like Metro and Last Word on Sports. After years writing about music and football, Sam now turns his hand to bringing you news about new phones, smart home products, smart watches, laptops and TVs. Sam is a longtime fan and user of Apple products, including iPhones, MacBooks and Apple Watches.He's also T3's resident football expert, bringing you everything you need to know about the big games, including how to watch them. In his spare time, Sam is a keen guitarist, watch lover and (very) amateur golfer.\nLeaked Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra images could make it the best Android phone\nIt was close for a while, but these images could put the fight for the Android phone throne beyond doubt\nBy Sam Cross \u2022 Published 28 January 23\nForget running \u2013 Try this 8-min beginner full-body workout to lose belly fat instead\nHaven't got the time but want to move your body? Try this quick, no-repeat bodyweight workout for size\nBy Matt Kollat \u2022 Published 28 January 23\nT3 is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site\n\u00a9 Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"NSA Phone Tap 'Scandal': Can We Finally Talk About What the Government is Doing to 'Keep Us Safe'?\nJune 6, 2013 by Doug Porter\nBy Doug Porter\nIt's a one topic day for this news roundup.\nThe Guardian newspaper has a major scoop on its hands. Reporter Glen Greenwald yesterday published a leaked copy of a Patriot Act Section 215 order. The order itself is the scoop, since Section 215 orders are secretly authorized by a secret court to tell individuals to take actions in secret.\nRevealing the existence of one of these secret orders is against the law. So we can expect a Federal investigation with its own set of secret court orders into who leaked this document.\nAnd, sorry conservatives, this isn't anything unique to the Obama administration. Members of both parties have been playing this hush-hush sport for way too long. Before 9\/11 even.\nAs California Senator Diane Feinstein, who led efforts to defeat language requiring specific ties to terrorists with Section 215 orders, put it this morning, \"It's called protecting America.\" She and Georgia Senator Chambliss told the media, \"monitoring of phone records\u2026 has been going on for years, Congress is regularly briefed about it.\"\nSo the content of the leaked document, which ordered a single telecommunications provider to share transactional information about every transaction made through its system, is\u2026 Not. Really. News. To anybody who's been paying attention.\nAn expert interviewed by the Washington Post today said the Section 216 order appeared to be a routine renewal of a standing order that's been more or less in place since 2006. And while the leaked document refers to Verizon, other telecommunications providers almost certainly are under similar orders.\ncredit: ACLU\nHere's what the government wants, from the Guardian story:\nThe information is classed as \"metadata\", or transactional information, rather than communications, and so does not require individual warrants to access. The document also specifies that such \"metadata\" is not limited to the aforementioned items. A 2005 court ruling judged that cell site location data \u2013 the nearest cell tower a phone was connected to \u2013 was also transactional data, and so could potentially fall under the scope of the order.\nWhile the order itself does not include either the contents of messages or the personal information of the subscriber of any particular cell number, its collection would allow the NSA to build easily a comprehensive picture of who any individual contacted, how and when, and possibly from where, retrospectively.\nSo it's totally legal for the federal government to collect such data on phone calls without any specific basis for suspicion. The Supreme Court has already ruled that such data has no Fourth Amendment protection, on the theory that sharing information with a third party gives no \"reasonable expectation of privacy\" with respect to the government obtaining information from that party.\nAs David Cole at The Nation puts it:\nCongress has placed some limits on the gathering of such data, but as this order reveals, they are largely meaningless. A controversial provision of the USA PATRIOT Act, Section 215, allows the government to demand \"business records\" from any business, so long as they are \"relevant to an authorized investigation \u2026 to obtain foreign intelligence information \u2026 or to protect against international terrorism.\" Section 215 orders are granted in secret, as this one was, and until now little was known about how extensively the government relied upon them, or how \"relevant\" was interpreted. By this single order, however, the NSA has been given access to records on literally millions of customers, without suspicion about any of them. We don't know the government's theory, but it appears that it may be arguing that in order to protect against international terrorism, it is \"relevant\" to sweep up phone call data about all of us all of the time.\nLast year, Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall warned, in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, \"We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of\u2026.these secret court opinions. As we see it, there is now a significant gap between what most Americans think the law allows and what the government secretly claims the law allows.\" Count me as one of those stunned. The leak of this secret court opinion certainly narrows the gap in our knowledge that secrecy permitted. But it does so by confirming that those most paranoid about government spying were right after all.\nIs all this data collection necessary to keep us 'safe' from terrorists? Or is this just a part of the every day routine of 21st century governance?\nColumnist Richard Seymour at The Guardian weighs in:\nTechnically, one could argue that there is no need for this surveillance. The inspector general of five federal intelligence bureaucracies published a report in 2009 indicating that FISA's requirements had in no way hindered intelligence-gathering efforts. That may be missing the point, however. Expanding the state's ability to gather information on citizens, no matter what the justification, always increases its options \u2013 be they repressive or productive. Further, the convergence of spying on the one hand and secrecy on the other is just characteristic of the state's tendency to monopolise information.\nThe conventional liberal critique of such practices is prudential. As the liberal writer Stephen Holmes argued, secrecy undermines security by allowing the state to conceal and perpetuate errors. It removes the necessity to have plausible reasons for one's policies, so that eventually one stops having plausible reasons. These strictures apply even more in the case of emergencies. Holmes evoked the image of an emergency room, in which medical staff are having to cope with life-threatening situations; unless their behaviour is governed by certain rules, medical staff will be prone to error.\nThis metaphor may work, if we assume the patient is a crisis-stricken American capitalism and its global authority. Obama's hoarding of executive power can only be understood in the context of his mission to restore American global power, rationalise its productive base, and expand the state's capacity to process dysfunctions. In this respect, his agenda is not fundamentally dissimilar from that of his predecessor, which is why he needs many of the same means.\nI would like to error on the side of the freedoms that George Bush told us the 'terrorists hate us so much for' on this issue. I think this leak is a good thing\u2026IF it provokes a non-hysterical discussion about what government does in the name of national security. I know the chances of that are small, because the chickenhawks squawking about such dialogue revealing our (military) weaknesses have traditionally triumphed. But I'd like to hope for it anyway.\nAs Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic says:\nThere would be fewer leaks if the Bush and Obama administrations hadn't improperly hid so much of consequence from the American people, including policies that made federal employees uncomfortable or ashamed, usually because they're illegal, immoral, or at odds with American values.\nAs a first-term Illinois senator turned president-elect once put it, \"often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.\"\nJust as we celebrate Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, recognizing that his leak made America stronger rather than weaker, I hope and trust we'll one day celebrate the War on Terror leakers who kept reminding Americans that their national security state is out of control.\nOn This Day: 1944 \u2013 The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved. 1968 \u2013 Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination. 1972 \u2013 David Bowie's \"Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars\" was released.\nDid you enjoy this article? Subscribe to \"The Starting Line\" and get an email every time a new article in this series is posted!\nI read the Daily Fishwrap(s) so you don't have to\u2026 Catch \"the Starting Line\" Monday thru Friday right here at San Diego Free Press (dot) org. Send your hate mail and ideas to DougPorter@SanDiegoFreePress.Org Check us out on Facebook and Twitter.\nDoug Porter was active in the early days of the alternative press in San Diego, contributing to the OB Liberator, the print version of the OB Rag, the San Diego Door, and the San Diego Street Journal. He went on to have a 35-year career in the Hospitality business and decided to go back into raising hell when he retired. He won numerous awards for his columns from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Doug is a cancer survivor (sans vocal chords) and lives in North Park.\nLatest posts by Doug Porter (see all)\nLast Call. Last Column. - December 14, 2018\nWhich Presidential Candidate Will You Support in 2020? - December 13, 2018\nMounting the Assault on Big Gay and Other Drivel From SDSU's Minimum Wage Scrooge - December 12, 2018\nFiled Under: Columns, Government, Military, Politics, The Starting Line\n\u00ab Making Room for Lyric Allen on the Family Tree\nSD For Free: Hiking in Tecolote Canyon Natural Park \u00bb\nAndy Cohen says\nYa know, I'm finding it rather hard to muster up any outrage about this. What the NSA has done (and done so since the Bush administration, with no one raising a stink about it until it was revealed to have happened on the Black President's watch) is to collect phone numbers. Nothing more than phone numbers. No names, no recordings of conversations, no text messages. Just the phone numbers and who they've called or been called by. They then match up any numbers with the numbers of known terror suspects, and then they MIGHT have probable cause for further investigation.\nSo, they have my number, but they don't have my name associated with it. They don't know it's mine until they have reason to dig further, which I have not and will not give them (I don't have any ties to terrorists\u2026..not that I know of, at least). So I don't really see how my privacy has been invaded. When that happens, then let's talk.\nUntil then\u2026\u2026..\nDoug Porter says\nyeah, yeah, yeah\u2026 the old 'if you're not doing anything illegal, why should you be bothered by surveillance?' argument. it got used a lot by 'good Americans' when civil rights and anti-war protestors complained about being spied on.\ni am not \"outraged\" by the Guardian's disclosures. i am not even surprised. but i think a broader discussion of what constitutes privacy is warranted.\nfinally, metadata is actually more useful to intelligence agencies than 'content'. transcribing recordings (even if done by software) is a tedious process that slows down analysis. and the gov't has never had the resources to use the recordings it has collected for intelligence purposes. that's why there are still literally boxcars full of magnetic tape in Maryland of intercepted Soviet communications\u2026\nFrom Businessinsider:\nLast year, Nokia held what it called \"Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and Social Interactions\" dedicated competition.\nBasically, volunteers gave competing research teams the exact same information the NSA just acquired.\nHere's what they were able to tell from that information:\n\u2014 Your location in 24 hours, to within 20 meters.\n\u2014 Your demographics \u2014 race, age, class.\n\u2014 Your intent, or the reason you a traveling to a certain area.\nRead more: http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-nsa-meta-data-can-do-2013-6#ixzz2VSw4k86w\njohn eisenhart says\nAndy, Here is how the system will work\u2026\u2026.\nThe Free Press is a terrorist newspaper and therefore you are working for the terrorists. Hence, you are guilty of treason and the death penalty awaits you. \u2013\"Nothing to hide\" argument is a very dangerous platform. You have rights as a human being, the state is the state. (liberal, conservative vs republican vs democrat, pepsi vs coke, etc\u2026..is all diversion tactics we are ground into lower and lower economic and social rights. )\nJoseph Howard Crews says\nNSA SPOOKS\nMr. Cohen, you are quite naiive. You think all they have is your phone number.\nAll those millions and millions of Internet message, phone calls and e-mails that the NSA and CIA are storing \u2014 I heard Diane Feinstein (Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee), along with her Republican buddy, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan), chairman of the House \"Intelligence\" Committee, declaring on the George Stephanopolous show how harmless and innocuous this information is, because they collect only phone numbers, date-time, and length of calls, and that there are NO NAMES collected. What idiots! If you have only that information, and run it through the NSA super-computer programs and algorithms, you can extrapolate all kinds of information that could identify innocent people as suspects.\nHow did Feinstein and Rogers ever get onto so-called \"intelligence\" committees?\nMr. Cohen:\nHere is something for you to try: Enter your own 10-digit telephone number into a Google search, and see what kind of information you can retrieve. You may be shocked. For just $1 you may be able to extract all of the following:\nPhone Carrier\nAnd for only $10 you can have unlimited searches for a whole month.\nThe NSA, of course, has its own SUPER computers, highly sophisticated search programs and has unlimited free search on millions of calls every day. Kind of scary, isn't it?\nHave you ever wondered who was spying on Gen. David Petraeus while he was Director of the CIA? Well, it certainly was not Bradley Manning, but it could have been any one of thousands of low-level intelligence people. And ask yourself, if General Petraeus, CIA Director, was not aware his calls and emails were being tapped while he was having an amorous relationship with that wealthy Florida socialist, then how in the world is any average person to know when Big Bad Brother is spying on them?\nThey've got your number, all right.\nFrances O'Neill Zimmerman says\nI don't know about \"outrage,\" exactly, but it sure makes me worry.\nThe \"war on terror\" makes the \"war on drugs\" look brilliant and honest by comparison.\nInstitutionalizing undisclosed snooping and dumping fortunes of money on it are changing the kind of nation we thought we were. And the Democratic President is constitutional lawyer!\nIt's been imperfect, but I have always felt fortunate and grateful to have been born in this country. Now I am worrying and doubting. I guess I need to go up to Mt. Soledad and say a little prayer to the wargods.\nSHRED says\nMicrosoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple, Verizon, Sprint\u2026etc\u2026have been sharing your personal information with each other for years now.\nWill the mainstream media ever do a show about the \"corporate war on privacy\"?\nOh\u2026that's right\u2026nevermind.\nIF HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG \u2026\nLong before the NSA, CIA and FBI; long before the East German Stasi and the Catholic Inquisition, there were domestic government spies in ancient Rome, Persia and Babylonia and China. All oppressed freedom of speech and liberty. They imprisoned, beheaded and quartered traitors who disrespected the emperor, or blasphemed god. Their common element was the dark stream of secrecy. Apostle John wrote \"And men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.\"\nThe Roman poet Juvenal penned in his Satires \"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?\" which translates \"Who will guard the guards themselves?\" That is the preeminent question in American today: Who will keep our cyber totalitarians in check? How can we rein them back in and restore Constitutional law in the United States? We can never accept that it is too late. It is too late for those already killed by our cyber tyrants, but it is not too late for Bradley Manning, and not too late for Edward Snowden. And it is not too late to save the democratic soul of our nation.\nBring to trial James Clamper, the NSA director, who lied to the US Senate and the American people. Try Clamper for gross violations of the Bill of Rights.\nIf Clapper has done nothing wrong, he has nothing to fear.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Items tagged with \"Juvenile Justice System\"\narticles | Juvenile Justice in Illinois, 2015\nJuvenile Justice in Illinois, 2015, provides a statistical overview of the juvenile justice system in Illinois across four decision points in which data were available: arrest, detention admissions, active probation caseloads, and new sentence admissions to corrections. Statewide and regional figures are provided with rates spanning from 2011 to 2015. In addition, population, demographic, and offense type information is provided for decision points in which data were available in 2015. Overall, rates for arrest, active probation caseload, detention admissions, and new sentence admissions to corrections have decreased between 2011 and 2015; however, the Central and Southern regions had slight increases in detention admission rates.\nJuvenile justice in Illinois, 2014 outlines juvenile justice statistics across the four process points in which data were available: arrest, detention, court, and corrections. Decreases in the statewide figures were noted across all of the data points examined, indicating that fewer youth were entering and moving through the system.","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Kate Schnittman\nMain Line Today Staff September 26, 2016\nPhoto by Tessa Marie Images\nThere can't be anything worse for a parent than finding out her child has a brain tumor. Such was the case for Exton's Kate Schnittman, who quit her job to care for her then 4-year-old son, Max, and her husband, Aaron. \"I found a surgeon in Boston who believed he could remove the tumor without harming my son,\" she recalls.\nThe doctor was successful, and the family was fortunate enough to be able to travel for care. When a second surgery was needed, friends raised funds to help cover expenses.\nThat inspired Schnittman to create the charity named for her son, who takes his name from Maximilian Kolbe, the Patron Saint of Families. The Kolbe Fund approached social workers and places like the Ronald McDonald House to determine what families need. \"I heard again and again that they need a place to stay,\" Schnittman says.\nJust like that, a simple but impactful mission to fund lodging was born. To date, the organization has provided more than 400 families with nearly 1,500 overnight stays.\nMary Nixon\nMarisa Porges","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}
+{"text":"Insane Barn Find Leads to Discovery of Massive Car Collection\nAnd the trespassing teens videotaped their entire finding.\nA group of teenagers in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil just made a massive automotive discovery and it looks like it was all by chance. The group broke into an old building only to discover a barn find that was actually a massive collection of classic cars that look as though they had been sitting, ignored for decades. According to Motor1, the vehicles belonged to a collector who kept them in a private museum. The museum consisted of the cars, a technical library, parts for the cars, a collection of gas pumps, and its own recreated coffee shop. Motor1 goes on to note that the private museum was once visited by collectors and friends of the owner, but they ultimately decided to lock it up. The heirs of the collection were twins, with one wanting to keep the collection together and the other preferring to sell it all. The teens who discovered the collection recorded their discovery of the collection and uploaded it to WhatsApp. Eventually, police got wind of the collection and contacted the kids' parents as well as the owners. Since the discovery, the owners have moved some of the cars and even washed the Fiat 124 Sport Coupe so it could be placed for sale. Other cars discovered included a Citro\u00ebn DS, Renault Dauphine, Austin A90 Atlantic coupe, Chrysler Airflow, Standard Vanguard, Ford Consul, Morris Oxford, Hudson Hornet, and so many others. You can watch the discovery for yourself via the video below.\nSource: Motor1\nCasey Putsch Test Drives the $3.4 Million W Motors Lykan Hypersport\nA chance to drive the famous hypercar from Dubai. Casey Putsch is very familiar with the W Motor Lykan Hypersport....\nBAC Mono Beats LaFerrari's Lap Record Around Red Bull Ring\nBy almost six seconds. The BAC Mono R, a limited edition supercar, has just set the production car lap record...\nWatch Our 2021 Lamborghini Huracan STO First Drive\nThere is no better place to test out a supercar than on a racetrack. That's why I traveled to California...\nF1 Car Races Superbike and Porsche 911 Turbo S\nA drag race you'll probably never see again. What we have here is a race between three vehicles that you've...\nMiller Motorcars' Monterey Car Week 2021 Highlights\nThere were a lot of happenings during Monterey Car Week 2021 that it was almost impossible to see it all....\n2023 Corvette Z06 Spied at the Nurburgring During Tests\nIt sounds... phenomenal. Automotive Mike was recently at the Nurburging during Industry Pool and spotted what looks to be the...\nSee Vanderhall's All-Electric Brawley Undergo Epic Testing\nBlasting through the desert without a sound. The new all-electric Vanderhall Brawley looks like too much fun and I mean...\nWatch A Ferrari FF Scorch The Autobahn\nTwo transmissions makes it twice as fast! Ferrari doesn't follow the crowd. So when Maranello decided to go head-to-head with...\nWhat is the Fastest Lamborghini?\n991 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Specs, Prices, Photos & Review\nJanuary 2022 duPont REGISTRY Uncovered","meta":{"redpajama_set_name":"RedPajamaCommonCrawl"}}